Paper Flowers

 -PAPER FLOWERS-


Things you need`
- Paper, you can use newspaper, paper from old books or whatever your heart desires.
(also will need about 8 pages for each flowers)
- Scissors 
- Floristry wire

     

Aswell as being extremely easy to make these paper flowers use for something unique to compliment a gift or even as a gift.

One of my dearest friends recently had a turn of age and has a deep love for Lou Reed, so in her bouquet i made for her i wanted to pop a few paper flowers in there cut from pictures of Lou Reed.

Now allowing 3 pages for the largest size, 3 for your medium and 2 for the smallest cut your circles to fall into those groups. 

Now theres no particular right or wrong with this step just simply cut slightly rounded edges around your circles this i find gives for a more realistic look to your flower.

Do this for all sizes

 you now grab them one at a time and scrunch them up,

once they are all done slowly undo them being mindful not to rip them as

i've done it many times before and still do. This step is to add a look of imperfection and texture which makes for a more tangible paper bloom. 

Grabbing a sprig of your wire and a pair of scissors,

cut the wire in half and bending it over your finger to make a pin.

Gather all of your circles for one flower now and arrange them in size from largest to smallest, starting with the smallest sizes start to slide your circles one after the other onto your wire pin by simply puncturing the centre of your circle equally with either side of the pin then slide each up to the top only then to be followed by the other.

Once you have them all on your pin, bend the wires underneath to secure them in place.

Now all theres left to do really is make your circles looks like a flower, i find layer by layer having a bit of a play and ruffling them forward bending some corners down you'll get a feel for how you want it but have a play your first of may not be perfect for mine certainly was not, but also i think imperfection adds a character to them i encourage.

     So these are my four i put together for the bouquet, now if you wanted to make a bouquet like this, all you simply need is your choice of flowers and some foliage.

And you could do this with a bouquet or in any floral design the list can leak on this is merely an example;

And through out the make of or once done you can insert your paper flowers to sit where you see fit in your little bundle .

But this is certainly not the only use for these paper blooms. You can simply whip up a quick paper bloom to place ontop of a gift to complete the wrapping, you could make a flower headpiece from your blooms attached together a similar process to that would be the making a wreath which i think is even a nice idea for those seasonal times when theres not even a silver to spare you can whip up one of these bad boys.

I recently made one for a friend out of an old poetry book i got for 50c at the second hand store.

~Thankyou and enjoy~