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Paper Peony Bouquet

October 6, 2015 By Chelsea Lipford Wolf 2 Comments

As part of the gallery wall I curated for our little lady’s nursery, I knew I wanted to incorporate something flowery. Either real or fake. And when I found the perfect mercury glass candle holder/vase, I knew exactly what to do. Recreate some peony-style flowers from pink tissue paper that I shared on Instagram over a year and a half ago.

Original Paper Flowers in White Vase

Most of you don’t know how much I LOVE to recycle. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. is my motto. I’ll go out of my way to make sure something gets recycled. I’m pretty sure I’ve even brought back plastic bottles in my suitcase to be recycled before. And that’s where the main ingredient (tissue paper) for this project comes in. I saved every last piece of tissue paper from a baby shower my aunt and my mom’s sweet friends threw for me a few weeks back.

My sisters, mom and I at the shower. 🙂

Lipford Girls at Baby Wolf's Shower

Some paper was in bad shape and was tossed into the recycle bin. But some looked just fine to be reused for another present or upcycled into paper flowers!

Since there was so much pink (which I don’t mind!), I had plenty to choose from.

Stack of various pink tissue paper

To create each flower, you’ll need 6 pieces of paper cut into 7″ squares. I mixed up the different shades of pink paper within each of the 3 flowers I was making to give it the color variation of real flowers.

Tissue Paper in 3 Piles of 7 Inch Squares

Then I took each stack separately and folded it 1 inch at a time, accordion style.

pink tissue paper folded accordion style on glass coffee table

Next I got out this random wire I’ve had in my craft closet for a while. Not even sure what it’s called.

craft wire spool with pink tissue paper

I wrapped it around the middle of each flower-in-progress and left several inches of wire before cutting it. Then I cut dog ears on the ends of each fold like so.

Ends of Folded Tissue Paper Cut on Angles

Now it’s time to start fluffing it out to look like a flower!

Tissue Paper with Wire in Center

With the 2 pieces in the middle, I delicately curled them in on themselves, again, to more closely replicate a real flower.

Curling Middle of Tissue Paper

Slowly pulling the sheets of tissue paper apart one at a time, and voila I had a flower!

pink tissue paper peony flower

Repeat again and again and I had a bouquet! If 3 flowers can be considered a bouquet…

bouquet of pink peonies from tissue paper

I wrapped the excess wire from each flower together to create the stems. And then flattened the stems to create a base that sits perfectly inside the mercury glass.

pink peonies in mercury glass vase on white shelf

The vase shares a shelf with a Madame Alexander doll as part of the gallery wall. I think they compliment each other well! And I just love the subtle pinkness of the used tissue paper. Guess I have my baby shower guests to thank for their perfect choice in wrapping!

Tissue Paper Peonies in Mercury Vase

Such a quick and easy project to work on while watching your favorite TV show! Comment below to let me know what color you’d make your paper flowers in!

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Comments

  1. Rebecca says

    November 22, 2015 at 8:55 pm

    The flowers are lovely! I love peonies and these look just beautiful. Yes 3 is a bouquet! How long did it take you to make all three?

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    • Chelsea Lipford Wolf says

      November 23, 2015 at 3:55 pm

      Thanks, Rebecca! It probably took about 30 minutes from start to finish. Easy peasy! ~ Chelsea

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