I’ll be honest. The thing I get asked about the most regarding my wedding? The paper flowers.
People seem to really like what I did with the paper flowers which thrills me to no end because I spent a ton of time on them.
A TON OF TIME.
So much time that I stopped counting. And got sick of the flowers. And thought I was insane for doing it.
But in the end I think it was worth it.
I love the final result. The flowers were cute, modern, and quirky.
They fit our wedding and style perfectly.
The hanging pom flowers were a late almost-last-minute decision. I started these just a couple weeks before the wedding. I knew I wanted a colorful, fun backdrop for our ceremony and thought the poms would be cute.
In retrospect, I wish I had made them bigger! I liked the small size but it wouldn’t have taken so long if they were bigger. Did I mention the paper flowers took me forever? The hanging tissue paper flowers for the ceremony backdrop took a lot of hours in those last two weeks and I had friends helping up until the day before the wedding.
Similar to the hanging tissue paper flowers I made tissue paper flowers in purple for the tables.
Those actually were the fastest flowers to make and the easiest! I loved how they looked on the tables.
But my favorite flowers of all? My paper flower wedding bouquet!
I made my bouquet out of sheet music and printed emails from Kepa from when we were following in love. Obviously this gave the bouquet a lot of sentimental value that you just can’t get from real flowers (though I do in fact LOVE real flowers).
The process of making my bouquet took FOREVER. It was the longest project because I had so many flowers in it and had no idea how to put it together when I started (tutorial coming eventually about this). In the end it looked perfect and I loved how it looked in photos.
Despite all the hours and stress over the paper flowers I looooooooved the result.
I think they made the wedding look just a little bit different and showcased a part of my skill set that I love to use but don’t use enough. Now that the wedding is over and I don’t *have* to make flowers I actually miss the process. Maybe I’ll make some type of flowers for future parties! :)
Update: The tutorials I currently have created to make these flowers are here: Hanging Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial & Kusudama Paper Flower Tutorial. Enjoy!
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YOUR WEDDING FLOWERS AND DECORATIONS LOOK AMAZING!!!
I absoutly love everything you did! And I envision similiar decorations for my own wedding which is coming up.
Where did you get the instructions to make all the different flowers?
Thanks for your time,
Sarah :)
HI! These are incredible! I was wondering if your posted a tutorial on how to make the bouquet flowers? I really want to give making a few of them a try.
Hi :) your paper flowers are soo amazing! i wonder if you can send me a tutorial of your paper flower wedding boquets . :)
Thanks a lot! :)
I absolutely am in love with these flowers!! You did a fantastic job on them! I’m also wondering about a tutorial about making them! I’m getting married in April and would LOVE to have something like this at my wedding! Thanks so much!
I am so thankful to have seen your wedding photo’s. My daughter is having an outdoor wedding and now I have so many idea’s to help her. Could you please send me the tutorial for making the flowers. Much happiness to you and your honey.
Glad you liked them! The tutorials I currently have created are here: Hanging Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial, Kusudama Paper Flower Tutorial
Love your flowers but really need tutorial. Please!
The tutorials I currently have created are here: Hanging Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial, Kusudama Paper Flower Tutorial. There may be more in the future. :)
Mary! I just got to this page through Pinterest! I recognized your flowers and thought, is this gonna take me to Mary’s blog I wonder? Clicked the link and here I am! Just thought that was a fun happenstance. :)
Fun! :)
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