DIY: Lilly Printed Whale Garland

Hey y'all! This is a DIY blog post to teach you how to make your very own Lilly Pulitzer printed Whale Garland! Trust me, it's super easy to make! 

All you will need to start is an old Lilly Pulitzer agenda, scissors, tape, a Vineyard Vines whale sticker or print out, a pen, and fishing line or other clear string. If you don't have an old Lilly agenda then you can print out sheets of Lilly prints on card stock paper. 

Step 1:

You can either pull the paper out of the agenda or leave it in the agenda and just trace and cut the whales out. It would be a lot easier just to pull the paper out.

Step 2:

The first thing you'll need to do is line the whale up with the print you want to cut. Make sure that the whale is backwards and that you are on the calendar part of the paper. Look at the pictures for examples.

The paper is on the calendar side and the whale is flipped backwards.

This is what your whale should look like.

Repeat step 2 until you have your desired amount of whales. I would consider doing eight or nine.

Step 3:

Once you've completed tracing and cutting out all of your whales its time to start attaching them to the fishing line or clear string. So i recommend laying your whales out in an equally spaced line with the calendar side facing upwards.

Step 4:

Once your whales are laid out the next step is attaching them. You can use staples or tape, but i find tape to be the easiest. It also makes it a lot easier in case you space your whales out wrong. 

So start by leaving at least an inch of string with nothing attached. Then lay the string out over the line of whales. Tape/staple each string to the back of the whales. 

This is what the finished product should look like.

Step 5:

Last but not least you can hang your Lilly printed whale garland where ever you would like! And don't forget, YOU made it!! Congratulations and enjoy! :)

I hope you enjoyed this little diy! If you'd like some more diy's just let me know my contacting me on one of my social medias (listed on the About Me page)! 

Xoxo,

Samantha 

@theofficialprep