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How to Make Perfect Paper Daisies
comments (63) February 25th, 2016
DIY Paper Flowers
"The headline will read, 'Beautiful Centerpieces from $5 to $500,' " the magazine's style editor told me, "And we want you to design the $5 model for our readers." Now, designing expensive projects is easy: Exquisite papers, elaborate designs, and a lot of time (all of which translates into a lot of money) are all you need to create something beautiful. Pulling off the same effect with only five bucks and a few simple steps is many times harder. The challenge was right up my alley.
Since the price point would be modest, I decided to try my hand at making some paper daisies, those most humble of field flowers.
The materials list was modest:
Paper (I used pieces from my paper scraps pile: textured and smooth pink and white-on-white, as well as long, narrow, strips for the flower centers)
Hot glue gun with glue sticks
A craft knife
A circle template (an upside-down drinking glass)
Floral wire and green floral tape for making the daisy stems
I loved the results so much I kept at it, coming up with a handful of options for the editor. In the end, the magazine decided to print a number of my designs in their story. Unfortunately, this version-one of my favorites-never made it into those pages, so I'll share it with you. If the response to this post is good, in an upcoming post, I'll feature one of the designs that made it into print. They were gorgeous so, please let me know if you want to see more of this sort of thing.
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Get more paper flower projects: • How to Make Elegant Parchment Flowers • How to Make Crepe Paper Flowers • How to Make a Paper Flower Centerpiece • Make Simple White Paper Flowers |
Perfect paper daisies
Begin with a circle of paper cut to the overall dimension you want your daisies to be. I used an inverted water glass with a 3-inch mouth as my cutting template. Cut two circles for EACH bloom you intend to make.
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A drinking glass provided the cutting template. Pick a size circle that best suits your purposes. Two-inch circles will make the flowers look precious, while five-inch circles will add impact. Be sure your paper is stiff enough to maintain its shape if you opt for making the larger blossoms. |
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Your art is beautiful!
Wonderful, thank you for sharing.
Hope you will share the beautiful paper vase some day.
Happy thoughts,
Petrina
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Maybe I'm just not seeing it!
I would love to see the others
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Hey Jeff--
Do you have any sunflower ideas? I love sunflowers but I don't know how I would make them real looking. I'm sure it would come to you quickly!
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For the white daisies: Echizen Washi Kozo & Sulphite paper from Thailand (Direct link to page where this paper is featured: http://www.nycentralartsupply.com/asia/japan2.html). Style number: M32 Gira-Ume, 80 grams, 31" x 43", $5.60 per sheet
For the yellow centers of the white daisies: Canford Paper (Direct link to page where this paper is featured: http://www.nycentralartsupply.com/europeii/unitedkingdom.html), Desden Yellow, 150 grams, 20 1/2" x 30 1/2", $2.00 per sheet
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cant wait to try them!
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I would love to see more of your paper crafts!
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How elegant and simple all at once. Thank you Jeffery. Superb directions!
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