Paper Flowers Bouquet

Paper flower bouquet constructed out of handmade paper roses, blue paper flowers with pearls and soft fabric blossoms with glass beads.

I used only paper, wire, pearl beads, glass beads, fabric flowers, and pretty ribbon (silk, satin and printed satin). A single paper butterfly adorns the handle of the bouquet.

7" - 8" wide, 9" high.

It's perfect for a handmade wedding, don't you think?

How I Adore Blue Paper Flowers

My closest friends and family members know that my favorite color is blue. I like to see it in my New England sky, on my clothes, shoes, accessories, make-up, furniture, walls, wedding details, everywhere...

So, it's no wonder that I started making blue paper flowers.

The one above is made from turquoise blue crepe paper with some wire and 3 pearl beads. It's perfect as a gift box topper, wedding decoration, or as a simple flower-in-a-little-vase centerpiece for a favorite coffee table or a bookshelf.



And speaking of blue flowers, some of you might remember the one with LED lights I made this winter. It's currently in our bedroom, sitting in a vase next to our bed. I like to turn the LEDs on every once in a while and let it cast a lovely blue light.
We have a few of these flowers, so they make a pretty bunch :)

Some might also remember my large light-blue paper flowers which are adorable as wall art. I recently created something similar to these - a flower you can hang on your walls, a one-of-a-kind striped blue paper flower.



There's something special about blue flowers, isn't it?

As my husband and I are planning our move to a new apartment, I keep collecting swatches in a million shades of blue - each an inspiration on its own. We'll have plenty of white, too, so our blue paper flowers can still find a nice spot on our new walls...

Have a great weekend :)

3 Deep Purple + Green Flowers

Last night I played with my pretty double-sided paper and a new batch of cat-eye inking pads, and these 3 flowers came out as the result.

You can see that the deep purple leaves are handmade too. I used my lovely new gel pen in gold (from Paper Source) to draw the lines. They glitter in the sun - and stand out in such an awesome way against the dark purple.



I also had pretty buttons laying around, so each flower has 2 layered buttons (purple and lilac) for its center.

Munieca Drawings

I came across these drawings by Munieca, which I think are pretty adorable in a weird sort of way. I love the one with the girl whose hair turns to branches with leaves. How amazing is that :)

Happy Earth Day!!!

Paper Confetti

These are my newest paper confetti. Each butterfly, dragonfly, flower and dot has been hand-punched from pretty paper. I mostly use double-sided, card stock or shimmer papers.



You can see the latest confetti packages in my Etsy shop here.



The idea for creating paper confetti came to me as I was planning my wedding. I think these are a lovely alternative to tossing rice (which can bloat birds' bellies), or harmful plastic throwables. Instead, these paper thingies are all bio-degradable. They can even be used for embellishing albums, cards, invites, and so on.

I re-use everything, plastic bags, cereal boxes, you name it, so the plastic bags for the confetti come from other small items that I've purchased at craft stores. I make the little paper packaging add-on myself, and sometimes even the little tags (depending on the moment of inspiration).



Anyways, if you have a party coming up and would like to go for greener confetti, check out my little shop. I post new things almost every day.

Cheers!