This weekend has been full of paper flower crafting for Brittney’s wedding. The centerpieces for her reception, are based off of this
Gorgeous right?
So we went for the artsy book look and decided to make flowers for the tables as well. One of the types…is this!
Supplies:
Wire- I’ve used paperclips and green floral wire…anything will do!
Paper- I tore pages out of a book for these
Scissors, and a glue gun!
Oh, and some buttons or something cute for the center
Cut strips out about 4 inches long. I played with a couple lengths, but I really love this size the best. I stack 8 pages or so together and go at it. They DO NOT have to be perfect, trust me!
Grab your wire and make a loop/swirl/not at one end to stop the paper from going off.
First you will make the top of the flower, and move down to the bottom. You can get really creative here!
To make the smaller middle section, take a strip and punch the wire through one side, then the middle, then the opposite side. So 1 strip actually makes 2 petals. Got it?
I do that about 3 times for the top part
Then the bottom takes about 15-ish pieces. Simply poke your wire through one side, then the other (in other words skip the middle). Don’t crease the paper, it makes it “springy”
And once you are done, dab a bit of hot glue on the end to keep it in place!
Then glue a button, or something cute for the center of the flower to cover up your wire
If you want to get really creative, I later took strips on some of these and mod podged around the stem to make it a little artsy-er!
And you’re done!
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| (these are still missing the middle part!) |
31 comments:
Those turned out great!
These are soo pretty! Love the simplicity and elegance of them! Hope you will share with my Pink Hippo Party @ http://pinkapotamus.blogspot.com/2011/01/pink-hippo-party-14.html
I LOVE those! My sister's wedding is coming up and these would be such a cute addition. I love your inspiration centerpieces too. Will you post pics of the actual centerpieces from the wedding? Would love to see it!
These are stunning well done i love them tina x x http://scratchycatcrafter.blogspot.com
These flowers are SUPER cute! Love that they come from a book --- recycling is so much fun this way!
Oh wow! They look awesome all together! Great job!
So fun!
Would love for you to come link up:
http://gigglesglitzandglam.blogspot.com/2011/01/tuesday-glam-party-13.html
Thanks everyone! Yes I cant wait to post pictures of Brittney's wedding...but it wont be until may! It will certainly be worth the wait!
Love paper crafting! Thanks for the tutorial!!!
Very simply, yet they look sophisticated! Thank your for the pictures and the steps.
Tracy@rustedgingham.com
These are so cute, thanks for sharing the tutorial
Great job - I adore paper flowers. This will make such a sweet centerpiece.
Oh, you know I'm definitely going to have to try that. You would not believe the stash of scrapbooking paper I have, and this is the cutest project! Thanks for linking up!
Great tut. Thanks!
These are amazing! I have a load of scrapbook paper I will have to dig out!
Just saw your feature on Someday Crafts..congrats! :-)
Love these! Cute for hair, clothing or decor! I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Grab my "featured" button.
Love these! posted a link on my blog:
http://lindaloveschocolate.blogspot.com/
Very cute - so many options for these!
These are adorable! I love how they turned out :)
I had something similar attached to a bag when i made a purchase at a botique & thought it was so cute...thank you for sharing how to make them! xoxo
Simply cute flowers! Happy to have stumbled upon your blog and glad to be a new follower. :) Please consider sharing your creativity with my followers, link to my blog bash K.I.S.S. I also have a neat gathering spot to link up your on-line specialty shop, The Homespun Slate @ The Tattered Tag.
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I LOVE this! What a great idea! I can't wait to try! I would love for you to link up at Ten Buck Tuesday on my site!
You didn't use one of your law textbooks for this project, did you? :) Just wanted to say thank you for linking up to my blog bash K.I.S.S and for adding your Etsy shop to The Homespun Slate. Your inspiring ideas are appreciated. Also, big thank you for becoming a follower.
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these are so cute! i have a stack of scrapbook paper that i just might have to use for these!!
These are too cute!!! I can't wait to get started making them. They would look really outstanding on a foam wreath. You would need a large volume of them, but it would be so worth the effort. Just keep up the great tutorials.
Barb
I'm going to have to steal this for my library decor :)
okay, after looking through all yours posts, i'm an official follower of yours. Thanks for being awesome!
PrettyLittleLovelyChrissie.blogspot.com
I got married about a month and a half ago and my centerpieces were basically the exact same as the picture except with jewel tones. I'm so happy to see other people taking steps away from the "typical" wedding and branching out. I made like 250 paper flowers and had them everywhere. My husband and all his guys wore them as boutonnieres and they were in my bouquet as well as my bridesmaids. They were also the decorations on my wedding cake. Everyone LOVED them and now I'm making some for some high school girls going to prom.
I'm loving your blog!
Had to share this with my followers!!! http://crafting-it-up.blogspot.com/
Thank you for this tuto
a bientôt
Flo
These are just lovely paper flowers. I just can imagine how beautiful these would be if they are made into bouquets. Anyway, this is such a great way of recycling old newspapers, shredding Houston paper strips or books. Thank you for sharing this post. This is really an inspiration.
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