Easy Crepe Paper Carnations Tutorial

crepe paper carnations

I was going through some boxes in my closet and found a few packages of streamers I had forgotten about.   I decided to get them out and see what I could do with them.  I'm always working with paper and fabric strips trying to make flowers so I thought these streamers may make a cute flower. I ended up putting a stitch down the edge, gathering them and rolling them up. They turned out really cute, just like carnations!  I also made some rolled flowers or cabbage roses, I think they call them, which turned out really cute too.  I decided to do a tutorial on how to make each of these.  There is a link to it at the end of this post.

Here are some more photos:

Here is some photos of the crepe paper rolled flowers aka cabbage flowers:

crepe paper cabbage flowers or rolled flowers

crepe paper rolled flowers

a couple of stacked rolled flowers

close up of 2 crepe paper rolled flowers stacked- this adds dimension

Crepe Paper Flowers Tutorial

Sequin Firecracker Decorations

I have a great 4th of July craft that I want to share!  There is nothing more frugal than being able to turn toilet paper tubes that would normally land in the trash can into glamorous and glitzy firework decorations for the 4th of July.  You won't believe how easy they are to create!

Here's a few photos:

TP tubes painted red

TP rolls painted white

Made using larger sized sequins

larger sequins

 

 

 

 

Covered with smaller sized sequins

 

Okay.. Okay.. I know! It's a lot of pictures but I just couldn't help it! They turned out so pretty and shiney :)

So save your empty TP tubes and grab some red, white and blue sequins... it's time to make some sparkly firecracker decorations!!

See the sequin firecracker tutorial!

Fancy 3D Chandeliers

I  have been busy making these super cute 3D chandeliers for my daughters graduation party and I'm really happy with how they have turned out.  I've made a few different shapes of them and they all look really nice, at least to me anyway.   I know these are used a lot of times for party decorations but I think they would be cute in a little girls room too.   If you are into recycling, you will love these because many of them were made from frozen pizza boxes which is basically the same thing as chipboard.


Here are a few photos:

Here's one style. This one I made several with regular cardboard and a couple out of the sides of frozen pizza boxes (same as chipboard)

Here's another style... These were made from cardboard so they were a bit heavier than the one above. The ones made with cardboard also have rhinestones glued on them... this particular one has silver rhinestones.  Right now I only have these two photos of this one and they were taken before it was finished:

LOVE these silver rhinestones!!

Here's another style.. these were made from frozen pizza boxes (chipboard), like the one on top. This is after I had put one coat of paint on it and it was waiting for another coat of paint:

Here is another pic of the top style with red rhinestones- The party colors are red, white and black. Personally I like the white rhinestones better:

Right now, all of the finished chandeliers are over at the house where the party will be but I am taking my camera and will be sure to update this hub with pictures of all these pretty hanging chandeliers.


If you are interested in a detailed tutorial on how to make these, please see my tutorial:


How to Make a 3D Chandelier

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