Reddit reviews The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Unbelievably Realistic Paper Blooms
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Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
I'm going to be DIYing as many paper flowers as I can. Flowers are crazy expensive but I love them and want my wedding to look lush and whimsical.
So I got two books, The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers and Paper to Petal.
Im also thinking of having one large flower for my bouquet, like this
I love paper flowers. Have you seen this book?
Paper to Petal: 75 Whimsical Paper Flowers to Craft by Hand by Rebecca Thuss
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385345054/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Fte8Cb8VH5H5K
Or this one
The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Unbelievably Realistic Paper Blooms by Lucia Cetti
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617691003/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lue8CbSBMRXBK
I've made tissue paper flowers not crepe, but loved this book. very easy once you've got into the swing of things.
my tip is to make a test bunch that you're happy with first, then figure out how many of each flower type you need and work through them in batches.
so for example I had 2 peonies, 1 dahlia, 3 begonias etc in each bunch. then I cut out enough petals/centres/leaves in whatever colour I needed to make all of the peonies in one go, then moved onto the begonias. that way you're not swapping and changing between types and techniques and you can power through.
once I had enough of each for all of the arrangements, I started putting the bunches together, always copying off the very first test bunch.
Aw, thank you!!
I really like the look of crepe and tissue paper flowers. And the supplies are super cheap too. I actually made rose buds from the Lia Griffith site but used tissue paper instead (those are the hand drawn templates I made in picture four).
I've been using the exquisite book of paper flowers and Paper to Petal. The Exquisite book has really pretty flowers and good technique. I don't love most of the flowers in the Paper to Petal book but it has good info on technique. Based on these two books, I've also made up my own flowers too.