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| Looking down on my handy work. |
I've been looking for a spring centerpiece and I've been looking for a baby shower table centerpiece. I think I've found just the thing. It's an easy peasy project that cost me NOTHING!
Don't you just love that?
All I did was go outside and cut some of the beautiful branches beginning to bud. I actually had to determine whether or not this was a good idea and finally decided that one of the reasons trees are here are to provide beauty for us to enjoy. Soooo, I cut some branches and arranged them in one of my favorite vases.
Then I made some crepe paper buds. I looked online for ideas but all I could find was tissue paper flowers- like carnation sized. I just want little buds.
I drew flower shape onto the tissue paper in various sizes and then cut them out.
I pinched them in the middle, then twisted the center where I was pinching the tissue paper.
I used a little dab of glue to hold them in place.
Then I wanted some large flowers that looked like cherry blossoms or something of that scale.
I played around with tissue paper cutting and folding and layering until I got the look just right.
I used a pink marker to outline the edges of one of the layer for just a little pop of pink.
For the larger "flowers" I used some white twisty ties and wrapped each one around the end of a branch.
I actually removed the blue when the shower was over and replaced them with smaller versions of the white ones.
I'll post more tomorrow on the "how-to" for the faux flowers.
Linked up at Funky Junk Interiors, Tatertots and Jello, Simply Designing, Nifty Thrifty Things, Craft Envy, I Heart Nap Time, Tip Junkie and Reasons to Skip the Housework.
I drew flower shape onto the tissue paper in various sizes and then cut them out.
I pinched them in the middle, then twisted the center where I was pinching the tissue paper.
I used a little dab of glue to hold them in place.
I played around with tissue paper cutting and folding and layering until I got the look just right.
I used a pink marker to outline the edges of one of the layer for just a little pop of pink.
For the larger "flowers" I used some white twisty ties and wrapped each one around the end of a branch.
I actually removed the blue when the shower was over and replaced them with smaller versions of the white ones.
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| Sorry about the yellow tint- took photos at night. |
I'll post more tomorrow on the "how-to" for the faux flowers.
Linked up at Funky Junk Interiors, Tatertots and Jello, Simply Designing, Nifty Thrifty Things, Craft Envy, I Heart Nap Time, Tip Junkie and Reasons to Skip the Housework.
