I have never really done any scrapbooking, but a while back I bought a booklet of fun, travel-themed scrapbook paper that I found in the discount bin at the craft store (DCWV, "The Bon Voyage Travel Stack"). I only needed a few sheets to line a decoupage gift box I was making for a friend. After that was done, I was left with a bunch of really cool paper that I had no idea what to do with. Somehow I got the idea to make a garland out of one of the sheets that had vintage-style travel tickets printed on it.
First, during a craft night with Linda over at Our Lovely Bungalow, I cut each ticket out. I will be honest and tell you the cut out tickets sat in a box for about 6 months before I remembered them.
Next, I cut some brown packing paper from the roll and started to glue the pieces onto it. I use Aleene's acid-free tacky glue for things like this. I put some of the glue into a small bowl, added a little bit of water and applied it to the paper with a small paintbrush. The tickets needed a little coaxing to really stick at all the corners and lay flat so each time I had a text-book size area finished, I put a heavy book on it and let it sit for a few minutes.
Once everything had dried, I cut each ticket out of the brown paper, leaving a border of paper showing.
I then used a hole punch to make the holes for stringing the tickets into a garland. For most of the pieces I punched two holes because the tickets won't lay flat otherwise. A few of the smaller pieces only got one hole since they were going to be strung together with a larger ticket.
I made sure to get the layout of the tickets how I wanted on my desk first before starting to string them onto the twine. I chose twine because I think it compliments the weathered look of the tickets and the brown packing paper nicely.
Overall, this was a fun, easy project. I may make another one with the other sheet. Hopefully it doesn't take another 6 months though!
The garland is for sale in my etsy shop
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