I have a great giveaway for you today (sponsored by Windows Phone 7), but more on that in just a bit. First I want to share a little project with you.
Supplies
- paper (can be new, or can come from magazines/catalogs)
- ribbon (grosgrain works nicely)
- ruler or drafting triangle (optional — see the second step for clarification)
- pencil
- scissors
- decorative edged scissors (optional)
- glue (plain Elmer’s is fine)
- sewing machine or needle and thread (optional)
Instructions
- Determine how long your garland will be and cut the appropriate length of ribbon (mine is nine feet long). Be sure to leave some extra length to hang down on the ends or to tie into bows.
- Cut a triangle out of paper to use as a template. The sides on mine were seven inches long. You don’t have to measure, but a ruler is helpful for making straight lines. I used a drafting triangle, but that is totally unnecessary unless you are persnickety about making true equilateral triangles (*ahem*).
- Trace your template onto different papers to make as many triangles as you need. I cut nine triangles from catalogs and nine from pink card stock.
- Figure out which triangles are going to be the top layer (the patterned ones in my case), and mark off the top one inch from each. Fold it along the line and snip off the little ends that stick out.
- Line up each smaller triangle with a larger one and glue them together along the top to make your flags.
- After I made mine, I decided that they would look even better with a decorative edge so I used my pinking shears. You can leave them plain though, or even draw on a border (dots would be cute).
- Glue or sew your completed triangles to your ribbon, remembering to leave some length along the ends to hang.
- Finished!
And that’s how I made a recycled paper bunting using items from around the house, doing more with less. Speaking of which…
Windows Phone 7 Giveaway
The new Windows Phones are helping people Do More with Less, and I have one to give away to you! You can enter to win by leaving a comment on this post. One entry per person, per day, until November 29. Please see the official rules for more details.
This giveaway is brought to you by the new Windows Phone 7. Less tech tired. More tech trendy: Learn more about Windows Phone online and see it in person at local T-Mobile stores today.
* 11.30.10: Congratulations to the winner, TracyCK!
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'F' for Freebies, Crafty (& Handy) • 492 Comments • November 15, 2010
Love the concept of doing more with less – and that’s a great looking phone – awesome giveaway!
This is a super cute idea!
What a cute idea, love how it turned out! Awesome giveaway too!
PLEASE! I need a new phone my bb sucks!
Ooh, that’s adorable! And the phone looks quite intriguing…
I just accepted a new job at a non-profit agency in Seattle and I’ll be riding the bus downtown everyday – 1/2 hour there, 1/2 hour back. I’m still using a Razr Phone! It would be so great to have a phone with mobile web on it to go through emails and such while riding the bus each day. Thanks so much for holding this contest!
Doing more with less–necessity is the mother of invention (or creativity!). Recycling anything into something creative is my idea of doing more with less. I make junque into art.
Super cute idea! Thanks for showing us the how-to, and what a great giveaway!
I’m doing something w/ less right now. making paper chain to decorate my apt for the holidays & using old magazines for materials. I love how it is turning out!
Great give away and DIY idea!
I would love to have this new windows phone – I just got a new Honda w/bluetooth and my old dinosaur phone does not work with it!
(I want a sneak peek at your basement re-do!)
My boyfriend just got this phone today… I would love to be nerdy and match him :)
What a cute idea! Very resourceful :) Would also love the phone!!!
I’m a lifelong thrifter/salvager/finder/trash-picker. I would never ever be able to buy a phone like that for myself!!
Awesome! Iove the idea. Can be modified for different season. I see a Christmas project in my future.
Wow! What a cool giveaway! Cute project idea too! I think I could even do it. The phone would be an awesome way for me to keep on my blog reading while getting other tasks done. Yay for multi-tasking!!
ooooh i would loooove to have that phone!
Love the project! GReat idea! I’d love the phone too!!
I was laid off in May, so my hubby and I have cut back on our expenses. The biggest difference is we traded in our newer, fancier cars (with big car payments) for two older, cheaper cars with one smallish car payment. We don’t miss the fancier cars and we certainly don’t miss the car payments.
Also, I’ve been shopping almost exclusively at consignment shops and second hand stores and have made out like a bandit! Plus, when I get tired of the clothes after a couple of months – no guilt!
A new phone!
My phone started getting squirrelly so I’m looking at replacing it.
I love that this project is something easy to do with all the pretty pictures laying around! I also love that phone :)
Holy cow would I ever love to win this and give it to my husband for Christmas this year!! Fingers and toes crossed (that doesn’t make them cancel each other out does it??) :)
Love the banner.
wow! What a fabulous giveaway from a fabulous blog!
And a great tutorial as a bonus!
Great way to make use of the tons of magazines we all have laying around! Thanks for this.
As a stay at home mom of four children, I have learned to do a lot more than I ever thought possible with a lot less than I thought we could make it on! But with every clipped coupon and every thirsted outfit, I get the satisfaction of time well spent with my little ones!
This is a fantastic idea! I have a ton of vintage wallpaper sample books that this would work wonderfully with. I think a garland is in order to help brighten up my basement laundry room re-do. Thanks for the inspiration.
My phone doesn’t even have QWERTY. This would be a BIG upgrade!
Wow, what a treat! Thanks for the great give-a-way!
Awesome Giveaway!
Would love to win this phone! Awesome giveaway!
Such a great giveaway! Thanks for this and for all the awesome stuff you have on your site.
What a fun toy! It is on my to-buy list!
I love my Dell laptop running Windows 7, so I know I’d love a Windows 7 phone, too.
I have made a big effort in the last couple of years to recycle and repurpose everything. If I have old T shirts, I cut the knit fabric into strips and knit it into dishcloths. I’ll cut old towels into strips and weave or braid them into bathmats or rugs to put under the litter boxes in my house.
I would love to have a new phone.
Great idea using things around the house! I like how you incorporated the stitching with the sewing machine.
What a GREAT project, love the pretty ribbons. Thanks for sharing.
The phone looks great, pity I dont qualify being overseas
I love the idea with banner you made! Super cute! I am also very excited about the new Windows Phone 7! Doing more with less: Buying at garage sales definitely comes to mind.
looks like a great phone and maybe one that actually works without crashing all the time. i am locked into a love-hate relationship with windows based phone systems. i like microsoft outlook and the way it can synch my address book and calendar with the phone as i do a lot of site visits to look at construction projects all over the puget sound area. i have no interest in surfing the web or sending email on my phone and even when i try to do it the expensive phones seem almost incapable of handling what seems to be effortless for google based systems, and then the phones crash and burn on a regular basis. i vowed never to buy another windows based phone when i bought my current one, but perhaps if i win this one it will finally show me that they have made one that works and i will not have to hum john vanderslice’s classic : “bill gates must die” as wait for the phone to do some simple task.
I would love a new fancy phone but there’s no way I could afford to buy one! Which is why I love your DIY paper garland – awesome way to reuse what I already have around the house.
I am so in love with bunting! I can’t wait to try this project with some old Christmas magazines to decorate for the holidays! Of course, winning a new phone would also brighten my holiday season!
I started making a bunting today!
Lurve the bunting. I just pulled some of my fancy home magazines off the shelf and I’m having a HOOT of a time trying to decide on my color/pattern scheme.
what a great banner! I would have to search to find magazine pages to cut up as I tend to keep mags for inspiration. Thanks for the opp to win a Windows Phone what a great prize.
Great giveaway! I’m doing more with less by shopping at thrift stores and garage sales :-)
Nice craft project and great phone!
This little gem, if won, would have to go under the Christmas tree for some lucky family member. It might even be me! Ha ha…or ho ho ho!
I’ve never even seen this phone before, it sure beats my free flip-up phone I have…
Such a cute idea with the magazine pictures! Not too bad on the giveaway either :)