paper flowers
My mom, sister and niece were visiting this weekend. This was our project for the weekend since none of us can sit still without making something for very long. Laura posted about these about a year ago, then made one, and I’ve been insane about them ever since. Then Lena made some last week and enough already. I had to have some hanging pronto. Luckily, it worked out six idle hands were hanging out the past few days.
My sister actually found a wire frame about 20″ wide while she was walking Olivia so I used that for the chandelier. It’s quite large and have it hanging from our ceiling fan. Then we also made some garland for the kitchen. It feels like a party tent now in there.
I have so much I need to get done that it was actually really nice to work on this with them. Plus, now I don’t have to stress about decorating for my family’s Thanksgiving visit next month. Bonus. Score!
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1. Sharona | October 18th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I am in love with this project!! I am not sure I have the resilience to make one myself.. Maybe I can buy flowers online?
2. Sarah | October 18th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Very, very cool. I love the tissue paper flowers! So, what did you use for the spacers?
3. sarah | October 18th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I used dried wheat. I had to cut them with my Fiskars cut through metal type scissors though because regular scissors cracked the wheat when it was cut. And if it cracks then the string in between comes out of the wheat “tube” spacer. I used the starburst paper punch from the Martha Stewart craft line for the smaller paper flower spacers, and a 2″ scalloped paper flower for the larger ones. The tissue paper flowers were hand cut circles. Some were made from crepe paper cause it’s what i had on hand.
4. Cathfromchunkychooky | October 18th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
I love these! i like it as a garland to hang across the room!
5. Laura Normandin | October 18th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
wow! looks great.
6. nicole | October 18th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
wow you crazy lady, this is awesome.
7. Ann | October 18th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Paper flowers are wonderful because they don’t go bad after long periods and they are really cheap. Looks fantastic, you guys are really talented.
8. Anne-Marie | October 19th, 2009 at 1:23 am
Brilliant - and I love that you used dried wheat for spacers. That is so clever. The project turned out very sophisticated and beautiful.
9. little t jane | October 19th, 2009 at 11:00 am
wowowowowowow! so lovely…bright & cheery! i wish i had one for my home :D well done, mon frere!
10. our little love nest | October 19th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Awe-inspiring!!! I love everything about this post and about your gorgeous blog. xoxo
11. veronica | October 20th, 2009 at 5:30 am
omg! love it! want one! u should make up a kit to sell
12. sarah - jane down the lane | October 20th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Wowzers Trousers that is really really lovely! I can see why you have obsessed about making one. Thanks for passing your addiction on! I shall be stricken for weeks whilst trying to work out how the devil you did it! Tee hee,
Sarah x
13. suee | October 20th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
this is so lovely! i should try this project and decorate my room!
14. Jenny | October 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 am
Oh this is so lovely!
15. The Phantom Moon | October 27th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Fantastic job as always!
16. bq | October 27th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
love your little wedding toppers! + your paper flower project is one of the prettiest i’ve seen. we are going to feature some of your lovely creations on CherishThis!
Take care & happy creating.
17. Lesley | October 29th, 2009 at 6:17 am
This is so cute! Love it! What did you use for the circle hoop of the chandelier?
18. sarah | October 29th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I believe the frame was from a hubcap. My sister found it while walking her dog around the block.
19. sarah | October 29th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I forgot to mention, that around the hubcap wire circle, I did hot glue a wider piece of tagboard/cereal board type card about 1/2″ wide then wrapped it in strips of crepe paper.
20. kelly | November 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
This makes my heart sloshy with love. I have been following this idea around too and your how-to might have tipped me over the edge. Gorgeous!
21. Jennifer DeDonato | November 25th, 2009 at 1:38 am
so totally flipping cute… I LOVE it
22. Lisa | January 20th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
LOVE these! I have to share…hope you don’t mind. I’ll link back. :)
I'm curious about your two cents. You smart cookie!
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