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Featured Writer: Emily Jones
Here’s what you’ll need:
:: paper {either cover or text weight}
:: florist wire
:: scissors, pencil, glue gun
STEP ONE: cut irregular circle
This circle is approximately 8 inches, but you can do any size you wish. (this craft was also featured in our magazine here)
STEP TWO: cut spiral
Start at the outside edge and cut in a spiral fashion to the center.
I like a sort of bumpy shape so that the petals end up a bit irregular
If you aren’t so sure about your cutting skills, feel free to draw your spiral before cutting. I did this one with a straight edge, but you could make it bumpy as well.
To add a little interest to my bouquet, I used a variety of yellow scrapbook papers {my favorite is that yellow dot}
STEP THREE: roll your blossom
start at the outside edge and coil tightly
Continue rolling until you get to the center. You’ll have a tightly coiled rosette.
STEP FOUR: release coil
And your flower grows.
STEP FIVE: glue together
Add a glob of glue to the center and press to adhere the coiled paper
TO MAKE A LEAF:
cut a leaf shape out of green paper
Fold in an accordion-style fold
and adhere with a dab of hot glue.
TO ADD A WIRE STEM:
Cut a piece of floral wire to desired size {mine are about 6 inches} and bend a small piece at a 90 angle.
Glue wire to the bottom of the flower.
Then attach the leaf to cover the wire.
When grouped together, you have a very sweet bouquet of wilt-less blossoms.
I also tried these with sheet music.
And attached to a wreath form covered in linen.
Aren’t those the cutest paper rosettes? Start rolling …
For more Spring time inspiration check out our ALL THINGS SPRING Issue here.
Emily is the lady behind Jones Design Company, a lifestyle blog and paper goods shop. She is a wife, a mother of four, adorer of anything linen, collector of too-expensive jeans and indulger in all things sweet. Getting mail makes her happy, as do ribbon stores, the scent of lilacs and homemade applesauce. She loves her bed {perhaps a bit too much}, her husband in flip-flops, getting her baby girl dressed in the morning, the sound of her boys laughing and the freedom that comes from knowing Christ. She and her husband are perpetual furniture re-arrangers, salvage yard shoppers and find great joy in turning their builder-grade house into a home with personality. Above all, she knows she was created to create. And so, create she will. Find inspiration, projects and everyday musings from Emily at http://jonesdesigncompany.com/.
