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How to Make Simple White Paper Flowers
comments (41) March 12th, 2016
When designing a project, I usually have two objectives: 1) to make something beautiful, and 2) to make something that's simple to construct. It's this second part-keeping things simple-that's the real challenge. However, with this project, as with my previous post of Perfect Paper Daisies, the elements came together in a surprisingly elegant solution.
The response to that last post was quite positive (thank you to everyone who left a comment for me) so, as promised, I'm happy to present here a project originally created for, and published in, Brides magazine. For anyone who hasn't already browsed its site, I strongly recommend taking a look. It has some absolutely stunning craft ideas to offer and it is a great place to go for inspiration when you're planning a party, wrapping a gift, or decorating your home. This set of directions is slightly expanded (and I hope, improved) from those originally created for Brides.
Check out a video of this project here.
Note to readers: When crafting, it's often easier to set up an assembly-line workflow. These flowers, especially, lend themselves to such a process. You'll save a lot of time by cutting out all of the round disks first before moving on to creasing, trimming, gluing, and assembling. We all, of course, have our own preferred way of working, but this is what has worked best for me.
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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 • How to Make Perfect Paper Daisies |
Materials:
How to make the blossoms:
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Begin by folding the circle of paper in half, then again, into quarters, and one final time, into eighths. Firmly press all creases to ensure they are sharp and straight. |
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With your disk folded into a tight wedge, trim as indicated by the dotted line in the illustration to the left. Unfold the disk and lay it flat. |
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Using a craft knife, trim as indicated, being careful to leave a small flap (A). Glue A to B using a paper glue that will dry clear. Hold until dry. |
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Once the glue has dried, re-bend all of the creases and pinch the tips of the petals as indicated by the dotted lines, to add shape and texture to the blossoms. |
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Detail: Notice the way in which each petal is crimped. I left a few blossoms unpinched to give them the look of newly opened buds. |
How to make and attach the flower stems:
(Note to readers: The next four images began life as a single, large image. In order to adapt this picture to fit the structure of the CraftStylish.com webpage, it was necessary for me to divide it into four distinct images. It is for this reason that the illustration of the flower stems that runs along the left-hand edge of these pictures appears to be cut into four segments. Please don't let this confuse you. The flower stems should be a single length of wire with a loop at one end. Thank you.)
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Begin with a piece of floral wire 10–16" long. Use the needle-nose pliers to form a small loop (approx. 1/4") in one end. |
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Wrap the loop with a small length of green floral tape to form the pistil of the flower. |
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Gently thread the wire through the center of a completed paper blossom. |
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Hold the blossom between the thumb and forefinger of one hand. Beginning at the base of the blossom, wrap the remainder of the wire with floral tape. This is best done by rotating the wire stem with one hand while holding the floral tape snugly in the other hand.
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Attach two or more stems together by wrapping floral tape around multiple wires at once. To finish, bend the stems into graceful shapes before arranging them in a vase for display. |
Check out a video of this project here.
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Super easy so far...
Heres some changes I made though...
I am making my circles 2 and a quarter inch... because my paper is 8.5x11in and I can get more circles out of the paper that way.
I ordered 2 types of paper from lcipaper.com. The "Vellum Sukashi Floral White" (which is very similar to the paper used in this tutorial) and it's only $37 + shipping for 50 sheets!!
I also tried their "Translucent Glama Vellum Paper Pastel Pink" which is even cheaper at $11.04 + shipping for 50 sheets! BUT... definitely not as nice as the Sukashi floral white paper... its harder to fold and work with, and not as pretty...
you can also order samples of their paper before you commit to buying a whole pack which is nice.
hope these recommendations will help someone out.
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love
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these.
as a green event planner, i am always looking for cool alternatives to cut flowers. these are contemporary, modern and whimsical.
i hope i get to incorporate these into an event design soon.
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