Flower String Lights

In an attempt to keep with the low budget of my latest design project, I decided to do a lot of DIY projects. One of them, which I will be doing for myself soon since I fell in love with it, is flower string lights. I bought a set of white wire mini string lights from Target for $5.

Then I bought a bunch of vellum for around $.99 - $1.99 each sheet. Half of the sheets were frosted with a pattern and the other half were a sea glass color. I own a Silhouette Cameo so I simply found a "retro" flower on line, dragged it into the Cameo program and traced the outer edge. I then duplicated it over and over and began cutting.

I think of all the things I've cut by hand over the years. Geesh. This thing is a time saver for sure. Once I cut out all of the flowers, I punched a hole in the middle of each.

Then I poured a cocktail, put in one of my favorite movies (Star Trek was tonight's choice), and one by one, pulled each bulb out and placed 2 flowers onto each bulb.

It is time consuming and I warn you that you should do this with the lights plugged in, but it is worth it in the end.

Total cost was about $15.