A giveaway for 2 blogger - How to Make 100 Paper Flowers signed book.

I have been busy working on some new tutorials :-) have exciting new crafts to share but for now I have collaborated with TotallyTutorials  to do a giveaway of TWO of my signed books.

http://totallytutorials.blogspot.com/p/exchange-program.html

The giveaway involves a challenge :-) (who doesn't love a challenge?)the readers needs to create flowers from the my new book and post one tutorial of any flower they created inspired from any of the 100 patterns offered! With 100 different patterns to inspire you it should be a breeze!

Interested in the challenge head on over here to apply for the spot! and Happy Crafting

Crepe Paper Flower Book

With the Holidays upon us now you could be creating flowers  from the book to add to your home decor or even crafting handmade flowers as gifts for your loved ones! Keepin mind the book would be great gifting option to anyone who is crafty especially kids who like to craft!

Book reviews from Amazon..
"This is a very well written book. My wife and daughter jumped on it as soon as they saw it. There are a lot of beautiful flowers showing up around the house. My daughter won't put the book down. Great to see an 8 year old occupied in creativity. I love it."

"Maria is incredibly talented to conjure up a whole garden of blossoms from paper! The intricate details are spelled out simply. Even my eleven year old has been able to follow the step by step instructions as she cuts away every paper she sees in sight!

Paper Flower Wreath Tutorial

Paper Flowers are so versatile that you could make virtually any craft from them.As I promised earlier here is the tutorial of How to Make a Paper Flower Wreath out of simple tissue paper. Easy to make it could become a great craft to do with your daughter or create one for your daughter for any event.Spruce it up and add your own ideas to it to create your own wreaths!

This tissue flower is included in my new book.I have added a slight variation step 3 to create a peony like flower.

Hope you will try this out at home! I created this set of 6 wreaths for my daughter CCD school saints fair.The kids looked so LOVELY together with all the wreaths that most of the moms were asking how I made them :-).Next week they are coming in for church wearing the flower wreaths!

Materials:

1.Tissue Paper Set of 12 sheets - Michaels/craft store/pharmacys/Hallmark

2.Florist wire - Craft store

3.Crepe Paper - Green for leaves - you can use card stock to instead.

Method:

Step 1.

Cut set of 12 set of 4 inches squares keeping the tissue paper layered.

Step 2.
Accordion fold keeping all layers together. Detailed pictures can be found in my book
Tie together at the center with florist wire and round the edges with scissors.

Step 3.
Fluff the flower up by pulling the layers up pulling up till the center .Leave 3 layers.Trim the remaining unfluffed layer into petals by cutting on the accordion fold skipping 4.

Cut 2 leaves per flowers and glue to the back of each flower.

Step 4.
Use a 18 inch stem wire.Cut a long strip of crepe paper and wind onto the wire. Assemble the wreath by winding the individual blooms onto the wrapped wire.I had to add 7 to 8 flower per wreath.Twist the end to overlap to form ring!

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If you like this tutorial do be sure to check the others here

Happy Crafting!

Gardenia Forget me not arrangement

I wanted to experiment with some arrangements so here is the first of a set I am planning to do.

Three clay gardenias a white teacup which measures around 6 inches tall with 5 inches wide. It is listed on my Etsy site. I have been working on some new tutorials so keep watching the blog!

Paper Flower Wreath DIY

I had this project for my daughter's Sunday School to create a paper flower head wreath for the Saints project they are doing.Of course my daughter volunteered to do them..:-) so here I am trying to make 6 wreaths for this Sunday.The saint she chose was St Rose of Lima who is often pictured with a floral wreath on the her head.

Here is what I made and I hope to post a tutorial online of this so that it could be helpful for other CCD teachers or moms out there..:-)

Crepe Paper Flowers tutorial Calla Lilly on Sweet Living Magazine

A magazine to inspire and delight. Ideas and practical solutions for everyday living.Reduce household bills, save money with homemade cleaning products, create delicious meals for less, craft beautiful handmade gifts, plus DIYs for your home and garden the Sweet Living Magazine has everything! 

Jane has shared the paper calla lily from my book  so head on over to take a look at her magazine and the tutorial.

Keep watching as I will sharing some more of my paper flower tutorials with her.

Keeping with with the blue theme here are the latest products on my Etsy  so feel free to pin or share with any brides you know!

woodland garden wedding for next spring

Brides do have a theme for most weddings and one of the most sweet and popular wedding theme is having a woodland earthy rustic feel to the wedding.Some revolve around bird and I love the various bird toppers that most brides use for cakes.I had made these trio of bird topper for my Etsy shop which propelled me to search for  inspiration on woodland weddings.

Here are some of my picks for a woodland or bird themed garden wedding.

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Improvising on your craft skills

I am a huge fan of paper flowers of course which is why I wrote my book.. but I am a huge fan of flower arrangements and constantly drool over the fresh bouquets and arrangements that I see in magazines.

While making paper flowers I think we should think out of the box and try to mix and match ideas together. Here I have added clay flower to burgundy  bud roses along with green fillers.The arrangement is a gift for my aunt.

 The next arrangement is clay flowers that are mixed together with some artificial succulents which has been my weakness for a while. Check my pin board out for the succulents

You are welcome to pin them onto your  board - how much out of box are you going to think for your next craft project?

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