DIY Tissue Paper Tassel Garland

I hope you guys are enjoying my DIY posts. I'll be honest- I never saw myself being a DIY person but I'm having so much fun planning my Benefit x Birchbox Beauty Bash and I wanted to make as much of it be handmade as possible. Today's DIY will be a Tissue Paper Tassel Garland. I've seen these all over and I think they are so adorable - so I wanted to make my own. Let's get started!

All you're going to need is Tissue paper (I picked 3 colors but you can pick as many as you want- I think 3 is best), some clear tape, a pair of scissors and some sort of string. I used fishing line because it's clear and that's what I wanted for mine- but you could also use string.

For the first step, you're going to need to fold your tissue paper in half and make cuts up towards the fold. You're going to want to leave some space between the top fold and where you stop cutting.. Do this all along the edge of the tissue paper. NOTE / you can add more sheets of tissue paper if you're feeling brave- this helps speed up the process. 

Once you've cute all the edges, unfold the tissue paper and lay it flat. This is a bit of a hassle. Tissue paper is so easy to rip so I took a lot of extra caution with this step. Once it's laid out flat, start rolling it up from the side and once it's all rolled up you can either twist it slightly or..

Take the middle and wrap it around your finger, creating a loop. I used my finger to really shape the loop like I wanted. I then straightened it out and took a piece of the tissue paper and ripped it off. This piece will help close up the loop. I cut it small and then wrapped it around the loop and added to tape to help keep it all together. Then you're free to add it to whatever string you have picked.

I think these are just super cute + make great decoration. I would love to make one of these for my little apartment too. Let me know if you create one of these- I'd love to see your recreations on Instagram. Tag me (@heysabrinafaith #heysabrinafaith) so I can check it out.

I also wanted to include a Book Review in this post. Birchbox also sent me a copy of "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)" by Mindy Kaling as a part of their book club. One of my goals for the year was to read more and I've kind of slacked so whenever I found out I would be getting this in the mail, I was stoked. Mindy Kaling is super hilarious and so was this book. It was an easy read and it was super fun to read her little stories. The book is kind of like a bunch of funny blog posts slammed into one book. Grab yourself a copy and let me know what you think, too!

Have a great day, babes xoxo.

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