Decorating with triangles

Last weekend, I had the stressful pleasure of throwing my own engagement party. My amazing partner of 5 year asked me to marry him on New Years Eve while we were holidaying in Port Douglas, so a celebration back home with our friends and family was absolutely necessary.

Given we had just spent all our money on a holiday we thought a party at home was the best option. Many hours were spent planning, preparing, cooking, cleaning, and for me - making decorations! Given my love of all things 3-sided, I decided to make some paper triangle garlands. 

I picked up some super discounted scrapbooking paper at Spotlight, and set about cutting them into dozens of strips of varying width, then folding and cutting hundreds of triangles with a trusty box cutter.












Then came my chance to test my sewing skills - feeding each triangle in one by one, trying to line them up as best I could - which was often challenging with the myriad different sizes and patterns. I don't think my beginners sewing skills really showed that badly in the end as I got plenty of compliments from my friends and family.

Finally, the morning of the party I realised we needed some kind of gift and card area. I had a mini chest-style woven box in my bedroom, so I quickly cut up and lettered some decorative paper and strung it along some leftover lace ribbon to attach to the box. We cleared off a spare desk and found ourselves with a little gift table.

The party itself was fantastic, despite incessant rain all day which prevented some guests making it. The generosity of our friends and family was incredible. For now, I get to plan a wedding where I can celebrate all over again with all of them!