How to make a Bridal Fern Swag Garland -Project from "The Garden Wedding"

Flower girls' swag

Have your flower girls carry it down the aisle then take to the reception for decorating the brides table. This works great for decorating the pews, wedding arch and cake table. Turn a silk flower garland into a beautiful swag easily.

Materials and Tools:

Fern garland (silk or natural...You can either get one made with fresh ferns from your florist, or get some fresh or silk fern stems and wire them to a natural vine garland).
1 large open silk rose - (pink)
2 hydrangea stems (purple)
2 hydrangea stems (white)
4 medium size open roses (white)
2 yds. 2" wide sheer ribbon (pink)
1/3 yd. tulle (pink)
4 yds. 2" satin ribbon (peach)
2 yds. 1/4" wide ribbon (green)
Floral wire
Glue gun/ glue sticks
Wire cutters
Scissors

1. Cut pink rose stem to 2" Lay garland flat and hot glue to center of swag

2. Cut flower heads of two white hydrangeas into groups of 3-4 flowers. Hot glue around the pink rose

3. Cut white med. size roses (2" long) and hot glue two around the pink rose and two at either end in the back of the garland .

4. Cut remaining flower heads from the white and purple hydrangeas leaving 1/2" stems and randomly glue all over the garland, front and back.

5. Cut two 6 X 36" strips of tulle and make two twelve inch wide , 2 loopy bows* with 6" tails. Set aside.

6. Using the peach ribbon make two twelve inch, 2 loopy bows with 6" tails.

7. Cut the sheer ribbon and the remaining peach ribbon in half and wire a piece of each ribbon to each bow for streamers.

8. Wire the ribbon with the streamers to the ends of the swag.

9. Cut the thin ribbon in half and tie to each end of the swag above the bows.

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This project is from The Garden Wedding, One Perfect Day published by Mark Publishing/ Floralhome Co., it is now out of print

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