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!!

Stripes and Hearts and Smarty Pants

Not my usual sort of flowers... These blue/beige takes on the hanging wall paper flowers were inspired by pajama-like stripes and memories of dad's favorite tie.

Brown + blue buttons and inked petals for the final touches.
Wire at the back.

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.

Emerald Greens - Book Paper Flowers Wedding Bouquet

Green is not the most popular color for wedding bouquets, but sometimes, when a bride has a vision, emerald greens are just the fresh crispy thing one needs to color a beautiful summer wedding.

The bride in this case, Heidi, asked me to create roses from book pages and touch them with green inks, add emerald touches and construct bouquets for her and her wedding party.

This is the first piece - the bridal bouquet.

Matte Stephens on Etsy

I found Matte Stephens' Large Giant Suburban Bear Monster as it visits Chicago today and simply could not resist sharing it on my blog.

The shroud of rain hasn't left Cambridge in weeks and this toothy Large Giant Bear is sweet enough to cheer me up on yet another gray day.

I also love the couple meeting to feed birds in the rain.