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Paper Flower Decoration
“Paper roses, paper roses
Oh, how real those roses seemed to be
But they're only imitation
Like your imitation love for me”
All that Anita Bryant crooning will have to
get the gag anytime soon, if the imitations themselves seem
to be the obvious forerunner, convenience-wise.
In the end,
they are the next best things to blooms cultivated in the
earth.
Apparently, paper flowers have gotten the nod for
many a wedding reception flower decoration. As a matter of
fact, scores of events planners have taken a liking for the
knockoffs, as opposed to the real, pollinated versions.
Though paper flowers are yet to be an embedded fixture any time soon,
paper flowers, among other things, have more and more become
the table flower decoration of choice.
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Aside from being table flower decorations, paper flowers are ideal for crafting, favor making, invitations, corsages, and gift-wrapping. In general, craft paper flowers are handcrafted on a certain length of a wire stem. One can never keep up with creativity enough, as paper flower decoration can come in forms like wreaths. Such variation is usually created by arranging three rows of paper roses with green leaf accents into shapes like a ring or a heart. With this formula, one has a rip-off, but not any less beautiful paper floral decoration for the reception hall or the grill of a car.
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At any rate, paper flowers have increasingly
substituted fresh flower decorations in table setups for
special events. Many times, these blossoms come in pots,
other times they do not.
Cases in point are miniature paper
flower topiaries rising from pots. Spectacles in every way,
they usually feature paper roses with green leaves, hence
lovely floral table decorations.
There are also marvelous table centerpieces in paper
roses compressed in bunches. Rose bunches may be supported
by pots or tied around with leaves. These are but a few products usually available in
local craft stores.
On the other hand, some may prefer to make paper flower
decorations themselves. To do this, one will need tissue paper in
various colors. Tissue paper in closely graded colors can approximate
the vibrant, glowing quality of real live peonies or roses. Also,
one must procure scissors, florists' wire, green crepe paper and
darning needle. |
First, circles must be cut out of tissue paper. The circles must be folded into quarters and fluted around the edges using scissors. Then four or six circles of these may be stacked together. Afterwards, a small loop must be bended in one end of a length of florist's wire.
The needle may be used to make a hole in the center of the paper circles, through which the straight end of the wire may be threaded through from front to back.
After doing so, the paper may be turned over, after which the circles are gently bunched up around the wire loop. The wire must then be wound around the base of the flower at the back to secure. At the front, petal shapes can then be eased from the tissue paper.
The green crepe paper will serve as leaf shapes. Cut in proportion to the flower heads, these leaves can strongly accentuate the fake blooms. The finished flowers and leaves may then be arranged in a bowl. |
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