Streamers and Cricut Flowers Photo Backdrop

Paper & Vinyl Crafts Completed Projects
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Made this for an event at our kids’ school. They were using a tropical islands theme and the only criteria they gave me was, “Something fun and pretty for photos!” :smile:

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I wish I could say how many rolls of streamers I used, but I definitely lost count. There were bits and pieces of streamers ALL over our house. :laughing:

Started with a mesh vegetable trellis kind of like this one. Mine was smaller, but I still had to trim it down to fit my backdrop stand. I attached it to the stand with zip ties.

Then I took bundles of streamers, folded them over each string in the mesh gride, and just stapled them to themselves along the top of each little bundle/section.

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The flowers were a mix of patterns I hand cut and some I used from Cricut Access. They were HUGE! So fun to make. I got the leaves at Hobby Lobby.

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Transporting it to the school was especially fun. I sped a bit in hopes I would get pulled over, but no such luck.

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All setup and ready for the event.

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In action with some friends!

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And Jill Kimmel. Fun fact, Jill Kimmel is Jimmy Kimmel’s sister. She was the entertainer for the evening. :microphone:

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I gifted the big flowers to teachers at the school after the event. I love randomly seeing them in classrooms around campus now. :two_hearts:

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How pretty and fun! Looks like everyone enjoyed it.

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Thank you! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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You definitely go big…wow…they are spectacular and unlike anything I have seen…I bet the entire thing was beautiful as the streamers danced in the breeze…

Lucky teachers who got those flowers…a conversation starter that begins with a smile of joy when a person sees them!

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You totally delivered on "something fun and pretty for photos!” and it definitely.screams tropical islands!

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Another knock out of the park! So inspiring. I have to do one of these for 5th grade moving up in June…

You could totally ship one of these to Jersey, right? :wink:

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Looks spectacular! I also laughed at the suspicious looking transport. :laughing:

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Fun! Those flowers are so pretty!

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Wow, that is amazing! I love this idea and I’m totally inspired now! I could see a family project to set it up and then having it for a fun holiday family get together!

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This is ridiculously gorgeous!

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OMG! This is soooo pretty and sooo fun! The photos look great, too!

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Thank you, friends!! :hibiscus: