Friday, April 20, 2012

Spring Decor Ideas

If you have visited the boutique lately you may have seen our spring inspired decor. From tissue flowers to whimsical parasols, I'm going to show you how we created the look.


Today I'll show you how to make tissue flowers, or pom-poms
They are fairly simple to make, with a little patience and plenty of tissue paper.

What you will need
-Tissue paper (any colors you like)
-Fishing line
-Scissors

For the sake of saving some money I bought regular gift-wrap tissue paper bought in various colors. You can however buy packs of pre-folded tissue flowers by Martha Stewart.

-Start by taking 6-8 sheets of tissue paper and cut them in half.

-Fold the stack of 6-8 sheets and fold accordion style.

-Keep folded and cut the two ends into either rounded or triangle points to form your pedals.

-Fold your accordion in half while still folded and tie fishing line around the crease that is formed.

You should have something that looks like this:
(http://wuilmarksevents.blogspot.com/2010/04/diy-pom-poms-flowers.html)

-Begin to pull each tissue towards the center until your flower starts to form (Be cautious not to tear your tissue)

-Pretty soon you will have a beautiful tissue flower that can be used anywhere you need a pretty touch!