All Entries in the "Flower Making" Category
Simple pulled blossoms
Pulled blossom Simple pulled blossoms You will need: Petal paste Cornflour bag Craft knife (sharp blade) Piece of dowelling sharpened to a point cocktail stick wires Glue of choice stamens (optional) Take a small pea sized piece of paste and shape into a teardrop by rolling one side on the heel [...]
Basic “Cold Porcelain” Miniature Flower Making Tutorial
Make an Apple Blossom What is Cold Porcelain? Cold Porcelain is not actually a real porcelain clay. It's name comes from the effect achieved with the finished product. Porcelain is a clay body that requites a high fire temperature in a kiln to vitrify. "Cold Porcelain" is a mixture of cornstarch, water, glue, glycerin [...]
Fluffly Flower Tutorial
Fluffly Flower Tutorial I know that there are about a bazillion flower tutorials out there, but I thought I'd share my way of making them. It's really quite simple. Start out with about a 4" square of fabric – this will make one petal cluster for a flower of approximately the same size. You will [...]
Easy Paper flower tutorial
Step 1: Draw a spiral on a 4×4" square sheet of paper Step 2: Cut out spiral along lines you have drawn Step 3: Begin rolling up the spiral from the outside Step 4: Keep on rolling until there's no more left to roll Step 5: You're done! I used a slightly heavier weight paper [...]
Fabric flower tutorial
A few people asked how to make the flower on yesterday's fabric origami box. This is an easy craft project that's a good way to use up scraps. Use these flowers to make hair pins and boutonnieres, top gifts, decorate napkin rings, tote bags, wedding aisles, you name it. You'll need some [...]
Flower Pens
I know these aren't anything new, but I needed some new pens for my classroom, and I am tired of them disappearing. I made some flower pens a few years ago, but over time, they ran out of ink. I love how springy these flowers are, and I think they will just brighten up my [...]
Flowers (a triadic colour scheme)
I really don't have much to say about these beads. Other than that I love to "collect" Czech and German pressed glass flower and leaf beads. There are so many shapes, colours and finishes to choose between and I love spending so much time online searching for something new, something different, some unusual. Also, I [...]
Pointed Flower Tutorial
Pointed Flower Tutorial Here is what you will need: Scraps of Fabric Scissors Needle and thread Hot glue and glue gun scraps of felt Fabric covered button supplies (or you could place a regular button or other item in the center.) First you will trace [...]
