How to use paper flowers in your wedding + a paper flower tutorial
Did someone say paper flowers" We know how much you love DIYs, so when we happened across Toronto paper flower artist Jessie of Crafted to Bloom on Instagram, we had, oh, a zillion questions for her. Turns out, Jessie got her start making paper flowers for her own DIY wedding a few years back. Over time, paper flowers became a huge passion and after sharing her work on Insta, she was invited to instruct workshops and create custom designs. Today she’s sharing her own paper flower tips and the process of creating one of her most intricate bouquets yet (over 50 paper flowers and just as much foliage!) which was used in a real wedding captured by Nicole Berrett Photography last month. See more + don’t forget to try out the paper flower tutorial below!
Wedding photography by Nicole Berrett Photography, all other photos by Crafted to Bloom
Bride Heather loves Icelandic poppies, so Jessie focused on them first. They actually can bloom in the cooler months in Texas, so it wasn’t far off something you’d see in a fresh flower bouquet. The orange tones also complemented their wedding palette of orange, pink, and burgundy.
To make sure the orange + pink flowers didn’t produce a ‘polka dot effect’, Jessie split the bouquet composition in half with a set of transitional flowers to blend them.
Jessie says, In the middle of the bouquet, I’ve placed four distant drums roses. With their two-toned petals of peach and mauve, the...
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