DIY Project: Wedding Ribbon Banner How-to

Need a splash of color or a killer backdrop? The Ribbon Banner is your creative DIY solution! My mom, my cousin Lauren and I created a ribbon banner for a friend's wedding in a historical venue where we couldn't hang frames or wedding accessories.

After using it for my friend's wedding, I kept it and repurposed it as my new headboard (pictured below). I love it, and it goes perfectly with the aqua, brown and turquoise tones of my decor.

The Supplies You'll Need:
1. Hot Glue Gun
2. Measuring tape
3. Scissors
4. Assorted widths and colors of ribbon
5. Scotch tape
6. 1/2 inch flat wood molding from Home Depot or a pre-sized dow rod (however long you'd like it to be)

Directions:
1. Find an area where you can hang the molding or dow rod so you can see the ribbon banner unfold as you go (I hung mine on the cabinet knobs in my kitchen).
2. Measure and cut ribbon to the desired length (I cut mine to be 60 inches long).
3. Create your own color pattern with the ribbon by attaching each strand to the molding or dow rod with Scotch tape.
4. Alternate your ribbon colors and widths for contrast and dimension, giving it more of a "wow" factor.
5. Once you've taped the end of each piece of ribbon to the molding, creating a curtain of ribbon, get your hot glue gun ready. Remove the first piece of tape on the first strand of ribbon and hot glue it to the molding. Repeat with each individual strand until you have completed the whole ribbon banner. Voila! You have the perfect color story (that you can take pride in) to enhance the image of your wedding or bedroom. Enjoy and reuse!

This DIY project can be admired inside or out. Below you'll see examples of wedding ribbon banners that were made by tying the ribbon to a long piece of rope hung outside.

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