Stephanotis wedding bouquet for a bride in UK

I had been on a month's vacation for my brother's first death anniversary and I am catching up on  orders.One year has flown by and life goes on..

I was thrilled to get an order from UK for a stephanotis wedding bouquet.This bouquets came out so beautiful,they look so elegant and beautiful each time you make them that you want to gaze upon them again..

If you would like to order one for yourself do visit us at my store here we offer customization to suit your needs! They are wonderful keepsake after the wedding and very light and yet so hardy - a beautiful memento to keep of your wedding day for years to come!

Wishing a blessed married life ahead!

How to Make 100 Paper Flowers in Czech!

I received a surprise in my mail today morning! It looks like "How to Make 100 Paper Flowers" will be now available in Czek and with an absolutely wonderful cover.This edition will be in paper back equally cute as the hardbound.

Note: it is Czech - please note correction..

That aside I went shopping ahead of the winter storm here in New England and here is what I found there.I just couldn't resist picking these beauties up. Forced crocuses in a dutch croc and a windmill.SO gorgeous..

A beautiful verse that came to my  mind when I saw these!

"And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship," Exodus 31/3

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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