A Dozen PAPER FLOWERS and BUTTERFLIES in Pink and Yellow

I made this bunch of paper flowers for a very special girl's birthday.

Her mother wanted to create a lovely surprise for her daughter, so she asked me to make a dozen flowers in her daughter's favorite colors: PINK and YELLOW.

Roses, peonies, daisies and a few fluttering butterflies - all handmade and ready to bring joy on the girl's birthday!
Cheers!

Sam's Wedding Bouquet - Paper Flowers - PURPLE - BOOK ROSES

This is Sam's bridal bouquet in hues of purple, that is, book paper roses tinted in purple and accented with little shimmer purple flowers and pearls.

I used at least four different inks to get these purple tones. No matter how dark the ink was in its packaging, I learned that once it touches the paper it becomes pink. So, I also used deep dark inks, as well as jet black ink for some of the roses.

Sam also wanted roses made from music sheet paper, so you can see those in the pics below.

For what it's worth, I also found that the music sheet paper is easier to tint than the book paper.

Also see Sam's Bridesmaid Flowers here.

Paper Art Dreams - 3D Butterfly

This wonderful butterfly sculpture is made out of paper by AnneMarie Lieftink a.k.a paperartdreams, an artist I found on Etsy.

I love how serene it looks and how all the little paper pieces come together in one great form.

Great job AnneMarie!!!

RED, CHAMPAGNE and WHITE

This lovely piece was created for Sandra who wanted a wedding bouquet in RED, CHAMPAGNE AND WHITE.

I made roses in red and peonies in white, and for the "champagne" part of the palette I used book paper to create more roses (touched with ink to give the petals more definition).

Red and white paper lace butterflies complement the flowers and a lovely high quality satin ribbon ties it all together.

Elegant Autumn Wedding

Autumn is just days away, and something about seeing apples and pumpkins everywhere inspires me to dream in autumn colors and scents.

Even our CSA shares (from Red Fire Farm in Granby, MA) have been colored scarlet, purple and amber by the freshest crop of peppers, eggplant and squashes. Is there anything else quite like the abundance of fall harvests? 

So, no wonder I think about flowers in fall palettes all day long. 

:)

I just finished one fall-inspired bouquet and I'm currently working on a couple of other pieces.

One of the bouquets to come is a copy in paper flowers of an actual bridal bouquet. The groom contacted me to create the paper flowers version of his bride's bouquet as a gift for their first anniversary. I think it's such a sweet idea that I couldn't resist taking on the challenge.

I'll blog about my progress on this piece in the next few days.

In the mean time, here are more pictures of my latest autumn bouquet.

Deep Wine and Pink Champagne Paper Flowers for Joslyn's Wedding

This bouquet was constructed from handmade paper flowers and butterflies to match Joslyn's vision of a vintage style, old Hollywood wedding.

Her palette: deep red, pink champagne, mauve, etc, was the starting point for the flowers, to which I added embellishments, such as, lace butterflies with crystals, tiny glittered butterflies, metal flower charms, pearls, vintage buttons and lovely red satin ribbon.

Joslyn also asked me to make her paper roses for the boutonierres and corsages for her wedding party.

She wanted champagne roses with some wine accents for the centers, so I used petals in deep wine and dark red pearls.

Each rose is wired and has a paper leaf made of two layers of papers. The rose petals come in three shades: shimmer ivory, champagne and deep wine.

Two of the roses needed to be extra special, so I added lace paper butterflies and double paper leaves.

Each flower is wrapped in deep red satin ribbon, which can be tucked into a button hole, or twisted around the wrist as a corsage.

Raspberry Red, Gray & Ivory - Color Combo for a Beautiful Wedding

When an Etsy customer from the U.K. contacted me to create her wedding bouquet in her colors: raspberry red, gray and ivory, I did my research and found these amazing papers at my local crafts stores...

I love it when I come across a designer paper that embodies both the colors that I'm looking for, and a wonderful weight and texture that makes folding paper petals all the more enjoyable.

In this case, the paper I fell in love with is red, bright bright raspberry red, with silver brocade flowers printed on it - the highlights add this lovely sheen when the red paper peonies in the picture are seen in different lights. My favorite so far is the full-bright sunlight falling directly on the bouquet. It also looks pretty neat under a dusky lamp light from, especially from a sharp angle.

In any case, a joy to look at!

The other papers that I used for the creation of this bridal bouquet include:

• shimmer paper in several shades of silver gray and ivory,
• white paper for the lace butterflies.

To accent the silverish tones in the paper roses and peonies, I added pearly centers in silver, ivory and white. I also used different ribbons to tie it all together: red satin ribbon, gray satin ribbon and a piece of sheer ribbon in ivory.

Bring on the Freshness!! Pink & Green Paper Flowers Wedding Bouquet

This spring-like pink and greens bouquet came to exist on a midsummer's day after I couldn't resist making paper flowers from these beautiful designer papers.

A pink peony here, 

a green rose there, 

a book paper flower, 

a touch of shimmer yellow
in the form of lace butterflies, 

and little by little, 

of all the bits and pieces, 

something very bouquet-like was born ...

It is probably one of my favorite color combinations - it reminds me of a fresh sunny day about to rise over a green meadow :)

Anyways, here are more pics of the bouquet...

Red Aqua Paper Flowers Wedding Bouquet

Two years ago, I would have wanted a bridal bouquet just like this one... The color palette for our wedding was red, white and aqua, and this would have fitted perfectly.

Alas,... that's when I only started making paper flowers and didn't yet know how to fold a paper rose or create a paper peony... so my wedding bouquet was made of actual roses to which I added wired pearls.

Almost two years and thousands of paper flowers later, I'm still in love with this color scheme. It's dramatic and vivid and nothing contrasts blue so well as red.

For these flowers, I used only the best papers in a few shades of shimmer blues, lipstick red and shimmer white.

Inks and pearls complement the flowers, which are all wired, wrapped and tied together with a lovely turquoise ribbon.

I also added a blue polka-dot ribbon, just for fun :)

Hot Pinks and Turquoise Butterflies

I love saturated vibrant colors, and sometimes I like to mix them together to create something that pops up and catches the eye.

In this case - a wedding bouquet.

Or, it could be just a bunch of paper flowers in a simple vase, cheering up a room... you decide.

More Emerald Paper Flowers - Maid of Honor and Bridesmaids Bouquets

Inspired by Heidi's vision of emerald greens for her wedding, I created the remaining pieces of her wedding paper flowers: the bouquets for her Maid of Honor and her two bridesmaids.

The paper roses were made from the pages of a book, wired and wrapped and touched with green ink.

The other flowers were made from shimmer papers with added pearls and other embellishments.

I also made a few green butterflies with crystal accents to land on the delicate flowers and give that extra charm to these bouquets.

Peaches and Cream

The shape of the paper flowers for this bouquet are brand new - I came up with it while I was thinking of something else.

What started as a prototype of the flower from a piece of cream paper soon evolved into a sophisticated bloom that requires all of one's skills (well not all, but certainly some), such as:

• paper punching,
• cutting,
• inking,
• gluing,
• folding,
• wiring,
• wrapping ...

The other flowers are a variation of what I'm already familiar with, that is, peony-like flowers and tiny spray flowers, all wired and wrapped in white floral tape.

Cute buttons in pink and beige dot the centers of the flowers. 

Yellow pearly butterflies hover about and bring life to this charming assembly of individually made flowers.

Note the variety of patterns, textures and details.

Made with such joy!!

Blue Flowers, Blue Butterflies

While I'm creating roses and other flowers for a few upcoming summer weddings, I also feel the need to indulge myself in making a few other flowers on the side.

All from from paper, of course.

And what would flowers be without butterflies?

Here are the latest blue paper butterflies with crystals, wired and ready to hover over beautiful blooms.

Ivory Gold Pomanders For 5 Flower Girls

These flower spheres were created specifically for 5 flower girls with sweet sounding names like: Emma, Mya, Lexi, Kiki and Hanne.

I used designer papers in different prints, vellum papers with polka dots, and gold ink in various shades to add depth to the rose petals.

Handmade butterflies, pearls, jewels and a light touch of glitter add the extra charm, and a sheer ribbon in ivory ties it all together.

One Elegant Summer

This is the theme of one very special summer wedding. The bride, Holly, told me of her vision of bright blue summer skies, grass and a general sense of freshness.

She wanted a wedding bouquet.of paper flowers, a couple of pomanders, handmade buttonnieres for the groom and the two groomsmen, and corsages for the mothers.

Here is what I came up with.