Freebies — May 3, 2024

White Vellum Paper Flower Garland

Freebies — May 3, 2024

White Vellum Paper Flower Garland

Beginner

60min

I have been designing paper flowers for four years now and have made quite a few garlands and paper flower back drops. But I have yet to design and make a pure, white paper flower garland for a wedding, bridal shower or baby shower. Or just for a special place in your home – I’ll be using this one over a studio window to add some interest. I was given this incredible vellum paper from paper-papers.com recently.

This metallic vellum has a pretty sheen which adds to the luxe feel of these paper flowers. We decided to create this show-stopping backdrop from simple paper flowers inspired by the white jasmine flowers in my garden. You will find the PDF templates and the SVG cutting machine file over on Paper-Papers.

To keep the translucent look we used clear fishing line to string the flowers into long garlands then tied each strand onto a dowel. You can see them below against the jasmine bush as a second backdrop. A happy accident happened when I was photographing this paper flower garland in my yard – the sprinkler came on and the paper got slightly wet – the result was beautiful – it crinkled the paper slightly which added a little extra interest to the piece – try it at home using a spray bottle filled with water. The vellum is a bit stronger than regular paper and works well with the added step.

This paper flower garland makes the perfect backdrop for your wedding photographs or can be made using different colors of paper for a summer BBQ party or children’s birthday party. If you don’t want to use the vellum paper, you can use any text weight paper – I might try it in a metallic paper next! If you decide to make this fab paper flower garland please share your picture with us in the comments section below – we love to see your work. Enjoy! ~ Lia

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31 Comments

Sasha May 1, 2024 at 7:53am

This is so beautiful! I’m going to use this for my wedding backdrop. How did you hang them (I.e. did you use a rod, just tacked to the wall etc?

Thanks!

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1. Lia May 2, 2024 at 10:22am
  
  @Sasha
  
  You could do either! Rod or tacks. This will be so pretty for your wedding! Share photos when you are done. 🙂
  
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  1. Sasha May 3, 2024 at 6:23am
    
    @Lia
    
    Thank you so much, I will! Also could post link to PDF please? I can’t seem to access it!
    
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    1. Lia May 3, 2024 at 7:18am
      
      @Sasha
      
      There is a link in the text to Paper Papers who is hosting that freebie. 😉
      
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G September 9, 2023 at 10:01pm

How do you pack them for travel so they don’t tangle and so the flowers don’t bend?

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1. Lia September 11, 2023 at 9:46am
  
  @G
  
  Lightly lay them into a box that is large enough to hold them without squishing.
  
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Fiona September 20, 2021 at 8:48am

So pretty. Do you need to add a weight at the bottom of the fishing line to stop it curling back up?

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1. Lia September 20, 2021 at 3:41pm
  
  @Fiona
  
  Yes! You can add something to weigh it down.
  
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Stacey January 21, 2019 at 5:14pm

To make your 16 – 6 ft. strands, was the 100 pack enough? If not, could you suggest how many packs to get for 20 strands, please!

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1. Lia January 22, 2019 at 8:07am
  
  @Stacey
  
  Yes the 100 pack should leave you with plenty of extra paper!
  
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Jessica October 15, 2018 at 11:11am

Hi Lia, I love this and would like to make this as my backdrop for my wedding. Would you have a PDF template with larger flowers? I checked the template provided on Paper Papers and it is smaller (8 flowers) compared to the one shown on the step by step instructions on this page (6 flowers).
Thank you!

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1. Lia October 18, 2018 at 10:56am
  
  @Jessica
  
  Hi Jessica!
  
  Thanks for reaching out! We just changed the size of the flowers in our software to make the larger flowers. We don’t have a PDF for the larger flowers, but if you set the zoom to 100% or 125% when you print it that should give you the template for them! Please let us know if you have any further questions and we would be happy to help!
  
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Patricia May 1, 2017 at 7:01am

I Love this great idea but L would like to know where is the printable for the flower cutout? Thank you.

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1. Lia May 1, 2017 at 8:41am
  
  @Patricia
  
  Thanks! There’s a link in the post to the site where the PDF is hosted 🙂 http://www.paper-papers.com/news/diy-flower-garland
  
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Shana February 26, 2017 at 12:54pm

Hi there, I followed the link to the Vellum paper you used but it says that it is translucent and you I know you wrote that it had a metallic finish. Is that the correct link to the same paper? I also found this paper on their site that says it has a metallic finish:

http://www.paper-papers.com/CT-PLATINUM-Translucent-Vellum-Metallic-8-5-x-11-Paper.html

Thanks! Can’t wait to use your tutorial to make my wedding backdrop!

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1. Lia February 26, 2017 at 9:29pm
  
  @Shana
  
  Thank you for catching that! Yes the link you posted is correct, the metallic vellum.
  
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Nishma February 3, 2016 at 3:33pm

Hi Lia,
Thanks for this tutorial…how do you keep the flowers in place along the fishing line so that they don’t start slipping down? x

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1. Lia February 3, 2016 at 3:43pm
  
  @Nishma
  
  You can add a dot of glue from your hot glue gun to keep the flowers in place 🙂
  
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Julie August 28, 2015 at 9:40pm

Just BEAUTIFUL….

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1. Lia August 30, 2015 at 8:10am
  
  @Julie
  
  Thank you:-)
  
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Craft July 11, 2015 at 7:42pm

Thank you so much for sharing, would it be possible to get the pattern?
Melanie

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1. Lia July 12, 2015 at 11:01am
  
  @Craft
  
  Yes, follow the links in the post. The patterns are hosted on Paper Papers blog as a free download.
  
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  1. ami July 22, 2015 at 5:47pm
    
    @Lia
    
    where is the link at?
    
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    1. Lia July 23, 2015 at 8:47am
      
      @ami
      
      It is in the text, it will take you to Paper-Papers http://www.paper-papers.com/news/diy-flower-garland who are hosting the cutting files. Happy crafting.
      
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Corlette July 10, 2015 at 4:06pm

do you have the template for this?

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1. Lia July 12, 2015 at 11:06am
  
  @Corlette
  
  Follow the link in the post. They are hosted over on Paper Papers blog.
  
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PurplePaperHouse July 8, 2015 at 10:32am

Wow!
Just WOW!
<3
Pia

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1. Lia July 8, 2015 at 1:30pm
  
  @PurplePaperHouse
  
  Thank you, your comment put a huge smile on my face;-)
  
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janet July 6, 2015 at 8:06pm

So pretty and the vellum paper looks absolutely stunning. I’m just wondering how many you made for this size backdrop and how long – LOL

Love the “happy” accident ;oP

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1. Lia July 8, 2015 at 2:02pm
  
  @janet
  
  😉 Yes, definitely a happy accident. I made 16 strands, each strand approximately 6′ long.
  
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  1. janet July 8, 2015 at 6:42pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Thank you 🙂
    
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