Paper Flowers. This weekend has been full of paper flower crafting for Brittney’s wedding. The centerpieces for her reception, are based off of this So we went for the artsy book look and decided to make flowers for the tables as well. One of the types…is this! Just a little something I put together. Anyway, lets begin on this simple tutorial 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. 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. To make the smaller middle section, take a strip and punch the wire through one side, then the middle, then the opposite side. I do that about 3 times for the top part Then the bottom takes about 15-ish pieces. And you’re done! Ribbon Flowers.
These Flowers are just to easy to make. I have reels and reels of all kinds of ribbon.I invested in a couple of very well written books on ribbon work.These flowers are the first in a series I will be doing for Swirlydoos. So get your ribbon on, here we go... ~~~Ribbon Flower Supply List~~~Ribbon 1 - 1.5 inch ribbon works best. Gross grain, satin, silk, polyester, organza. (note: if you buy wired ribbon, you could pull out the wire with a pair of needle nose pliers. Cut you ribbon first, then remove the wires.)Needle and thread.
***Step 1*** Cut (5) 3 - 3.5 inch lengths of ribbon. ***Step 2*** Find the middle point of your ribbon by folding the ribbon in half meeting the cut ends together. ***Step 3*** The fold is not shown, but take your ribbon piece and with wrong sides together, fold over in half until your cut ends meet evenly. ***Step 4*** Repeat step 3 until all 5 petals are strung side by side on your knotted thread. ***Step5*** Carefully pull and gather your petals on the thread. The Idea Room: How to Make Leaf Skeletons. I wanted to share with you a project from one of my readers who shares with us how to make leaf skeletons. I LOVE this! I have several leafs in various forms displayed in my home and knew I needed to make some of her leaf skeletons to add to my decor. I love how a pattern of leaves can enhance the beauty in your home.
So I asked Heather if she would mind sharing her project with you. You can find more great projects from Heather at her blog The Other White House. I have spent hours and tried various ways of making these. You need washing soda, not baking soda! Gather your leaves. Washing soda is a strong base so you may want to wear gloves when handling the leaves. You will add 3/4 cup of washing soda and 4 cups of water to your pot of leaves. Keep going, you will need to add more water so your pan doesn’t dry out. When 1.75 hours are up fill a glass baking dish with cool water. I carefully removed them and rinsed with water and added clean water to the pan. 37.1Kstumbleupon. Gift Ideas for poor creative souls (6) You know how it goes, a friend calls you and invites you to dinner at the last minute.
OMG! What gift can you take?! You scrabble around the cupboards trying to find a box of chocolates or a bottle of wine but find that most of the chocolates have been eaten and the wine has gone. I thought this was a wonderful idea. You could make a few of these and keep them to one side for just such an occasion. Supplies : Patterned paper-one 12 x 12" sheet. These directions will give you one flower. 1. 4. 5. Tip: For single sided paper. 6. Note: Florist tape is stretchy, just play with it and pull gently but firmly as you move down the stem. 7. Note, you will have to play around with the height of the petals, and where on the petal you start your tape. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
For tutorials on how to market yourself online, go here. Build/Make/Craft/Bake: How-to: Hammered flower and leaf prints. Get out the hammer, it's how-to Tuesday and we have some botanical prints to make! I learned this technique, which makes an image using the natural dyes in plants, from my college roommate Sarah. It's great for making cards or simple botanical prints. Actually, you'll need a little more than just a hammer. Here's a supply list: flowers or leaves to printwatercolor or other rough, acid-free paperselection of hammers (including ball-peen or cross-peen, if possible)hard work surface (cutting board, slab of wood, etc.)paper towelsscissorspentweezers or toothpicksacrylic finishing spray (optional) Start by going on a walk or visiting your garden to find leaves and flowers to work with.
Then set up your work surface. Next, trim any chunky or squishy bits off of the plants and arrange them on your watercolor paper. Cover the plant with 2-3 layers of paper towels. On the paper towels, sketch the borders of the area you'll need to hammer. Peel back the paper towel to check your progress. Wire & Paper.