Why not brighten up your gloomy winter day, by making your own paper flowers. This super simple project takes only about 5 mins and is sure to brighten any room. Add them to twigs or branches for an instant bouquet or simply throw them in a bowl.
Originally created by Martha Stewart, Wendy from DoziDesign has whipped up a quick tutorial. Head on over there and start making flowers to your heart’s content.
Pictures from Dozi & Jen Elisebeth.
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Posted by: kelly
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I love it Kelly! It’s mother’s day soon here, so I’m going to try and make some for my Mum, she’s coming over to Dublin this weekend. Thanks for my special beginners blog!! xx
I made these for my 5 year old’s Bedouin birthday party… got other mums helping me then put them in a wee bowl on the food table. They were nearly all taken home by various kids.
Thank you
I love these things! I’ve made an arrangement of my own and it looks quite good!
How do you secure them? Do you use glue or tape around the edges or the base? And are they just perched on the sticks in the arrangement?
Lindsay, In this example the sticks are just slid through the center of the flower, but I think you could probably hot glue them if you wanted to make them more secure.
Wow! Nice tutorial. Just now found it on StumbleUpon. Cool site too! Thanks for the post.
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Nice tutorial. Thank you for sharing.
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These are beautiful! I have to try this
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These are so pretty. I’ll be linking from dollar store crafts soon. Thanks for the charming idea!
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What a fabulous idea!! I featured this tutorial on my blog today, highlighting 3 dozen flower tutorials. Here is the link:
http://oopsey-daisy.blogspot.com/2010/04/wednesdays-wowzers-3-dozen-flower.html
Thanks for the inspiration!!
Lovely tutorial thanks for sharing with us.
This is great i am doing wearable art at school and am making a dress made entirety out of paper flowers. I would have liked some word instructions as well though but the picture was great.
Beautiful! Could you use thicker paper like wallpaper or something I was thinking so I could make black velvet type paper ones
For More of a Gothic look
Ya I’m sure you good… bet they would look great!
Thanks so much for this! I did similar one to decorate my living room. You can find my version here if you’d like: http://arachna.net.ua/?p=409
I also left a link to your site there. Thanks again.
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Woww they look so real. Good job
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I will have to try this! Thanks!
How are the flowers held together?
Is the last overlap glued down? taped down?
OR is the whole bottom secured together?
These are lovely and I lover the photos but how are they kept together?
THANKS!
Barbara… if you use heavy paper they tend to stay together by themselves. they do loosen a bit over time so you could secure them with a bit of glue, or some double sided tape if you wanted.
Great idea!
best,
oMordah
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Fanastic – I’m going to try it later!
Lovely,Its look nice to have in the indoors.
So simple, yet the result is really gorgeous. As an added bonus, you never have to worry about them wilting.
Hey! I loved these so much I made some myself!
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Best post. I appear forward to reading a great deal more. Cheers