This is the finished product for my baby shower. I'm sure you see some Pinterest ideas all put together in one event. I made the decorative cup cake stands, rosette balls, pom poms, tea sandwiches, cranberry scones, and of course the Juliet banner.
This post will highlight how I made the banner. It's really simple and you can make yours anyway you want it to.
For most of it I used what I already had available in my craft room. There are a few items I had to purchase.
Materials used:
* Scrap booking paper of choice
* Bias Tape
*Glue Gun
*Ribbon
*Chipboard Pennant (cardboard triangles: I used 6"x9" Extra heavy by Paper Accents)
*Decorative punch
Pick a color, I chose white, to make the trim around the triangles. Use any decorative punch that will give you a clean edge on the other side. You will be gluing this on the back side of your triangle.
This is Chipboard Pennant I used. If you are trying to save even more money you can also use empty cereal boxes for card board. You'll just have to cut the triangle out yourself. I was running out of time and patience at this point so easy was a better option. Plus it was only $4 at Hobby Lobby and I also used a 40% off coupon for extra savings.
Pick your color paper for each triangle. Make sure you have enough for both sides for each triangle.
Now flip the paper over and trace out a triangle using one of the pennants to get the correct shape.
Once you have traced the shape, cut out the paper and paste each piece of paper to the pennant.
Find solid colors to cut out your letters. Try to get your letters as straight as possible. If you have them, find letter stencils for a more accurate shapes.
From here, glue on your letters. Once you have put together all of your pennants let everything dry for a bit. String your ribbon into the wholes of each pennant to get a banner going.
With the bias tape, open the flap and place your stringed banner along the folded edge. The tricky part is gluing the top part of the banner with the glue gun and keeping it there. Once you do one side (make sure one side has dried) flip your banner over carefully and glue the other inside flap of the bias tape to secure everything in place.
Have fun with your own banner!!
