Table Garland CenterpieceCreatively Sam's

Ever wonder how they make those table garlands that you see on tables at restaurants or at weddings? I’m going to show you just how easy they are to make. And I’m going to show you how to make it very inexpensively! This Table Garland Centerpiece is not only very romantic, but just a little bit Shabby Chic. But, by changing the flowers & candle color, you can make it fit into any decor.

This tutorial is very long. I wanted to show each step clearly so I used pictures for step by step instructions.

What you’ll need:

Ivy bushes

Rose or flower bush (5 flowers needed)

Pearls by the yard

Wire edged Ribbon (your choice of type & color)

Baby Breath (I used glitter baby breath in 2 colors)

Hot glue gun & glue sticks

scissors & yard stick or measuring tape.

White spray paint, satin finish

Floral tape

5 candle holders (I got mine from the Dollar Tree)

5 votive candles (in your color choice)

I found these ivy bushes at Walmart for 97 cents. My husband thought that they looked a little cheap, but I had plans for them! I got 4, but I didn’t need all of them. Better safe than sorry.

Clip the stems off of the bush

Clip off some extra leaves to use later for filler if needed.

Lay one stem over another, staggering them.

Then, using floral tape, wrap the stems together.

Add a third layer the same way. Make a second set of three stems, the same way that you made the first.

Then you want to make the center of the garland by layering two stems together by laying the stems over each other.

Tape the center pieces together:

Then tape the two outer sections (that you made with the three stems) together.

Once the longer sections are taped together, tape the center section onto the center of the longer piece.

Now for my plans to make the ivy look not so cheap! Take all of the pieces outside, including the extra leaves that you cut in case you need some filler. Grab a can of satin finish, white Krylon paint, and lightly spray the garland. Not too much. You don’t want them white, just lightly dusted.

When they’ve dried, bring them back into the house & continue on to the next step. Adding Ribbon & pearls. Cut some ribbon a little longer than the garland.

Then cut 2 pieces of ribbon about 15″ long.

Make a loop from a 15″ piece of ribbon.

Wire the center of the loop together. Leave enough wire to connect them to the garland.

Make another loop the same way from the second 15″ piece of ribbon.

Wire the long ribbon to the center of the garland.

Wire the first loop to the center of the garland.

Add the second loop the same way, but twist the loop in the opposite way to make it look like a bow.

Now, using a hot glue gun, glue a couple of long pieces of pearls by the yard on either side of the bow.

Next step, The Roses. I got a bush of roses (I think they were from Michaels) that had 6 roses on it.

Cut the stems from the bush, the same way that you did for the ivy, but clip the stems shorter. Hot glue a rose to the center of the bow.

Baby Breath… I used a rose color & a white color baby breath (yeah, I had to have the glitter baby breath)

You want to make little bouquets from the baby breath. Cut some off of the stems, bundle them together, and use floral tape to wrap them.

Clip off the excess tails.

After you have made several bouquets, hot glue some of them around the center rose.

Add more roses to either side of the garland, spacing them out evenly.

As you add the roses, intertwine the pearls around them. Add more baby breath bouquets around the roses and anywhere there is an empty space. If you need to, use some of the extra ivy leaves to fill in.

Add candle holders… I got mine from the Dollar Tree.

Add some votive candles to the candle holders.

And it’s ready to be used on any table, whether it’s at a wedding, a party or a romantic tablescape for two! You can use any color flowers & candles to match any decor.