Ruffled

It’s been nearly 6 months after my wedding and people are still emailing me asking about the tissue paper pomanders I made for my ceremony! More of a bio recap, I’m going to start DIY Tuesdays with how to make these lovely paper pomanders.

What you will need:
-18 gauge wire
-tissue paper
-scissors
- 5″” Styrofoam balls
- Hot glue
-extra sets of helping hands (if available)

Step One
For the ribbon handle, I cut 10″” of wire, folded in half, and then I twisted around the ribbon (see picture below). I suggest using a skewer to poke a hole on the styrofoam ball before placing the wire with hot glue.

1.Cut your paper into 10×5 pieces. (approx. 2 hours with a paper cutter)
2.Cut your wire. I used 4″” pieces. (approx. 3 hours)
3. Fold your paper. Use approx. 3/8″” accordion folds. Wrap a piece of wire around the middle and twist the ends together. (approx. 13 hours)
4.Puff flowers. Gently pull apart the pieces of tissue and make it pretty.

Step three
Continuing from the last image above, I left an extra 1/2″” of wire from the pom poms in order to attach them onto the ball, seen on the picture below. I also used hot glue to keep them in place.

I used different shades of orange paper to give them more depth. I attached the pom poms tightly together, but you can use less flowers if you would like.

You can also make wreaths doing the same process. Styrofoam wreaths can also be found at any craft store.

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