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Recycling old fairy lights into exciting new ones!
I made these fairy lights as a house warming gift for my sister, they were red and black to match her kitchen (she has a small obsession with red!) but would look pretty in any colour.
They are really easy to make but take a bit of patience, so take your time. I think making 1 or 2 in an evening for a week or so is the best way (not all on a sunday in a rush like I did....).
To me, fairy lights arn't as exciting as they were when I was 15 so I think this is a great way to recycle old boring fairy lights into something new! I can't wait to see your versions :)
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adelemcknight favorited Fairy Lights
10 Jan 14:31
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Step 1Get your 'ingredients' together, saves searching round the house every 5 mins for the next thing.
Admittedly I got my fairy lights from b+q in the sale. Take off the original decorations, mine had pink fluff with I cut off with scissors. This gives you a nice fresh start!
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Step 2Cut a flower and middle template from cereal box card.
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Step 3Cut the flower and middle out of the felt and glue the middle on. I wanted to sew mine on but got fed up with it moving, so I glued it on and then sewed round the middles edges to make it look neater.
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Step 4Decorate the flower however you like, for this one I used simple blanket stitch around the edge because the felt is quite exciting itself.
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Step 5For this one I used beads...
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Step 6For this one I used glitter glue...
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Step 7Once you have enough flowers for lights, decied what order you want them to go in (so not all the reds are together etc) and sew the flowers on. Lay the fairy lights on a table and then sew them on so all the flowers end up the right way.
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Step 8Ta daaaaa!! FINISHED! Well done :)
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