Tissue Paper Blossoms On Real Branches: Stunning!

Tissue paper blossoms glued to real branches look like the real thing, only you can enjoy them for years! I’ve had these for over a year and a half, and they’ve been transported several times to various functions and they’re still looking fine. I found these branches on the side of the road, a by-product of winter pruning that suited my crafting needs exactly!

As you may or may not have noticed I have made it a practice to only post original work here so as to avoid linking to other sites, in this case however I really wanted to share this lovely project with you, so I’ll give credit where credit is due, this project was published a few years (or more) ago by the amazing Martha, as in Stewart. I used to say that I’d like to be the Jewish Martha Stewart, but after everything she’s been through I think I’ll just be happy being myself! Funny enough though, a few friends of mine started called me Martha when I started this blog, with no prompting from me. I met a friend in an elevator at a wedding and she screamed out “it’s Martha!”. Fortunately nobody had any idea what she was talking about, because I was pretty darn embarrassed, as funny as it was! Okay enough about me, on to Martha!

Instructions:

So I just did a search and it turns out I saw the project in a magazine from 2005. Here’s the written instructions (with a few changes) courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings:

You’ll Need:

• Tissue paper, the colors of your choice, either traditional pink or yellow, red, white etc.
• Flower crafting stamens
• Floral tape, preferably brown, but green will be okay, that’s all I had available to me
• Real branches
• A hot glue gun

1. For each blossom, precut a
   1-inch-long piece of brown floral tape and a strip of tissue paper 1 1/2
   inches tall and 4 1/2 inches long .
2. Accordion-fold paper (you can make up to five folded panels; for some
   blossoms, fold just two or three). With a pencil, draw the petal shape
   on the folded paper. They should have wide, flat bottoms the width of
   the panel, and rounded tops. (Picture a peanut with a flat bottom.)
3. Unfold.
4. Fold two to five stamens in half, and twist to secure.
5. Wrap paper around stamens, pinching at base as you go.
6. Wrap base
   with floral tape.
7. Trim stem, and gently spread and shape petals.
8. Hot-glue blossom to branch in clusters, with smaller blooms at top. For
   buds, cover a tiny ball of cotton with crepe paper, and tape to stamens.

In case that was a bit too hard to understand, here’s a more recent and easier (though not as realistic looking) version: http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/paper-cherry-blossom-display

Needless to say these are great for DIY wedding arrangements. Just make sure they won’t poke anybody in the eye! Probably best used on a dessert table rather than as arrangements on dining tables.  This would also be a great project to do as a crafting get together—
everyone goes home with a nice bunch of blooms to add cheer to their
homes and remember a nice time spent creating together. Enjoy!

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