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Howdy, hive! Here?s part II of the Horseshoe DIY roundup. Here?s a link to part I in case you missed it.
Paper flowers ? around $60 and many hours
I started making paper flowers for our wedding in 2015. I was hoping to use a lot of more of them for our decor (centrepieces, etc.), but I ran out of steam as we inched closer to our wedding. I did, thankfully, have a good number of flowers to use and was able to create a short garland of sorts for our welcome sign.
I bought crepe paper rolls in coral, cream, and pink ombre from Etsy. Straight floral wire pieces came from Michael?s. I also bought yellow, white, and black streamers to use for the middle of my flowers (the stamen, etc.). I already had floral tape and a hot glue gun to use.
I really like how these turned out. / Source: personal
I made paper anemones, peonies, tulips, carnations, and nondescript six-petal flowers. I followed tutorials by Lia Griffith but started to freehand things once I got comfortable making flowers. I needed around 10–15 minutes to make one flower once I accounted for cutting crepe paper, forming the petals, and then assembling the flower.

I twisted the floral wire stems of my flowers together in order to create the garland for our welcome sign. I used floral tape where needed to get errant wires to stick together.

Another action shot of the garland. Source: personal
I looped some ribbon onto the garland in order to hang it off our canvas. I also used some hot ...