a very rainbow birthday celebration, part 3

Around Cinco de Mayo, I came across this blog post about making ruffled streamers as party decor. I loved it, and couldn't wait to find a reason to make them! My sister's birthday, coupled with the already planned rainbow cake seemed perfect.

I pulled out my sewing machine for the first time since living in Annapolis...

I followed the instructions on the blog, setting up the machine on the longest stitch possible, with strong tension. Then I just had at it, overlapping two colors and feeding them through...

It really couldn't have been any easier. The only slightly annoying aspect was that the rolls kept getting twisted, making the process longer than I had expected. My solution was to place a bigger bowl underneath my sewing table, to keep the crepe paper rolls stable...

It worked like a charm! From there it was smooth sailing. I made pink and orange...

Yellow and green...

And blue and purple....

I think the whole process took about 20 minutes, once I had the sewing machine out and set up. I could think of a million different combinations and uses for these babies!

For my sister, I ended up hanging them on the wall behind the table I was going to use to display her present(s) and cake...