How to Make Shell Flowers Anemone DIY idea

Last summer while my mother was visiting we had taken my kids to the beach and of course at the end my daughter had to collect some shells.This time with my mother around with her eye for crafting she saw these amazing translucent mother of pearl like shells right where we were standing.She immediately asked me to collect them,she had a great idea to make flowers out of them..which is no surprise as I do remember when I was my daughter's age creating flowers for a wall hanging out of shells.It hung many years on our wall..

Shells collected we went ahead and made these terrific anemones.

Materials

1.Shells - collected on your next summer vacation trip to beach.Make sure to pick translucent shells and evenly shaped.

2.Glue gun

3.Any wooden button or black clay to form center

Method.

1.Cut a small piece of thick scrap paper. (if you have my book you could follow the same directions of the punched out dahlia/camelia to create  this)

2.Apply glue to the shells and stick to the paper rotating the direction of petals to form flower.

3.Alternate the next petals between the center and keep building the flower to form flowers.

4.Attach a stem to the base using glue gun.

5.Use a black button or form a button out of  black clay.Stick your center to the shell flower.

Leaving you with this I snapped of the paper flowers from my book "How to Make 100 Paper Flowers"

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Happy New Year and an update Wreath to match the season

Wishing all of you a happy, healthy and blessed New Year.

I changed up my DIY Xmas Wreath and transformed it onto a wintery valentine wreath. Of course since I had pinned them it was breeze.

1.Create burlap wreath like this

2.Use boutinerre pins to pin on the leaves.

3.Pin the balsa wood flowers.

4.Punch out paper heart. Pin them to the wreath interspersing them..

5.I used a Xmas left over pearl string.Would it around one side and pinned the ends keeping pins to the back.

New Year Wreath Done!

Have a Blessed New Year.

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Easy Paper Flower Topper Tutorial

It has been a busy and blessed season here and we have a wonderful tutorial from BlossomsAndPosies but before that  here are some eye candy for you of my Christmas gifts I gave this time.I tried to do handmade gifts.A gorgeous white peony and anemone arrangement laced with some succulents. 

A poppy based arrangements this time it is all artificial to match a poppy painting hanging in my uncle's room.Some Hair flowers for cousins..

Head on over to make this simple origami pointsettia gift topper inspired from my new book "How to Make 100 Paper Flowers". BlossomsAndPosies  won the challenge on TotallyTutorials  and created this flowers inspired from the Sunburst in the book!!! With 100 flowers to choose from I am sure you too will designing many new flowers with the book.

Happy Crafting!

Burlap Christmas Wreath Tutorial

With Christmas season "at the door" :-) I wanted to share with my readers this super easy Burlap Wreath that you could hang on your front door to impress your guests or add to your mantle to add a warmth to your room.

It has been snowing so heavily here and it looks like a very white Xmas here in New England so I could use all the warmth!

The wreath is so simple to make that within minutes you will have created a show stopping wreath.

Materials needed:

1.Flowers -you could always change  up the colors to suit the season  you could use paper flowers of course.

2.Pins 

3.Burlap ribbon. If you don't have burlap try using any thick ribbon..

4. Berrries 

5.Leaves

6.A round foam ring - use any ring that you can get a pin into..

7.No glue :-) This means once Xmas is over you can reuse it to transform it into another wreath.

Step 1. Take the end of the burlap ribbon and pin it onto the wreath form to anchor.Wind the ribbon around the wreath form twisting the ribbon each time to get fluffy effect. Dont wind too hard.At interval keep using the pin to secure to place making sure you pin  at back so the pin does not show.Wind till you get a finished ring.

Step 2:

Using the pins make a base for the flowers by pinning on the leaves.

Step 3:

Pin on the flowers by tucking the pin in between layers of the petal to hide the pin heads!!

Wind a wire onto to the berries.Make a hook of the pin and pin to attach to wreath. and you are set..

If you want change things up a bit here is another tutorial for a Christmas Wreath I did last year using the same form..

You could also take a look at all my other Paper Flowers Tutorials  inspired from my new book 

May the Blessings of Christmas be with all!

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Paper Flower Tutorial Craft Recap

I thought since the holidays are coming I would recap all the paper flower tutorials and other projects on my site which are inspired from my new book.

Paper Flower Tutorial Whimsical

Paper Flowers Tutorial for a Wreath

Calla Lilly Crepe Paper Flowers

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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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