Paper Roses

I had a little extra "aged paper" on my hands, toothpicks, glue, and time to kill; since I'm also on the hook for making myself some kind of flower+feather hair comb for the wedding (in lieu of a veil), paper roses seemed like a good fit:


Okay, well it started out lovely and antique-looking while the husband-to-be was close by and working on updating our filing system. Then he went to take a shower, and glitter exploded all over it while I was unsupervised. I don't know what happened! I was just putting my glue away in the new supply cabinet, when the spray adhesive and ultra-fine silver glitter jumped out all over me and the rose!

It was madness, I tell you: glitter EVERYWHERE.

• Making Crepe Paper Roses - I cut out my petals in heart shapes and followed Martha's step-by-step, using glue instead of floral tape and a toothpick rather than a wire
• A rose tutorial - I didn't do a thing from this one, but I think her version is lovely for a larger rose!
• More paper rose making - this is just neat because of all the old pictures of ladies making paper flowers. Very cool.