Make your Own Luxury Centerpiece

MATERIALS:

For Top: 

Coffee Filters: 

Here I used White and Unbleached. You can also dye white coffee filters any color you want (instructions below)

Pins: 

Corsage/ Floral Pins or Sewing Pins-Preferably without a colored head, but you can hide them easily if that is what you have laying around.  Pick pins at least 1 inch in length.

Base:
"6" Inch Foam Ball

For Base: 

Vase: With opening wide enough that ball will easily rest in it.

Lace: A Lace Doily or Fabric

Glue Gun or Mod-Podge


Optional: 

Flowers, Paper Flowers, Ribbon Flowers - As you can see below, I have placed a coral colored rose onto the foam ball. Leave a few holes empty as you work to make room for them. Pin them in as you would pin the coffee filter flower on.

Flameless Candle-  Put in the bottom of the vase to light up your centerpiece

or

Paint- Swirl Paint Inside Vase to fully coat before applying lace appliqué



Make it into a Hanging Ball:
Make into hanging ball by stapling ribbon/rope to the ball before you begin placing the coffee filters on. Keep the strings out and hang at the end.




Step One: Place Foam Ball into the Vase. Using a Pencil mark the ball where it meets the vase. This will guide you as to where you should stop attaching the paper.

Step Two: Take your Coffee Filters and individually press into the center of the filter and squeeze the sides together to make a flower. Then squeeze the base shown in the picture below. 

 Step Three: Attach the flower by putting a pin into the center of the flower and pushing it into the Styrofoam ball. Start at the top of the ball and work your way down to the sides. If you are using two colors make sure you alternate them. Tip: keep the flowers close together.

Step Four:  Continue placing flowers around the sides all the way down the sides until you reach the line you made for the part of the ball which will sit in the base. The last flowers should rest just a few centimeters above the line. Tip: If you are making a hanging ball continue to add flowers until the entire ball is covered.

Step Five: Place the ball in the vase and fluff and/or crush flowers until you create a symmetrical ball. And there you have the top to your ball! 

Click below to find out how to attach lace to the face. Keep Scrolling to See How to Dye Coffee Filters. 

Additional Tips: 

Stretch the lace so it lays smooth

You can use a  hot glue gun or mode podge to affix lace

(If your vase has a fluted neck make sure you glue down lace along ridge. It may be slightly wrinkled because of the odd shape, but you can use an extra wide ribbon, twine or other material to cover as I used above.)

How to Cover Vase in Lace

How to Dye Coffee Filters 

Materials: Food Coloring, Coffee Filters, Drying Rack, Water

Step One: Fill up a bowl with two cups of water and add food coloring. Tip: Color will dry lighter than you expect. 

Step Two: Take a stack of filters and fold in half once and then again. 

Step Three: Dip the stack into the food coloring. You can put just the edges in or you can dunk the whole group. The color will be stronger if you submerge the stack. 

Step 4:  Squeeze excess dye out of filters (Trust me do not skip that step) and then peel apart the filters and place on a  cooling rack. Using a cooling rack helps to circulate air around the filter helping them to dry faster.  

Step 5: Wait for them to dry and add to your project!

How-To-Make Paper Pom Poms

How-to-Make a Paper Pom-Pom! 

Here you can find the complete guide to making beautiful Paper Pom-Poms in two different styles. Making your own Pom-Pom costs only a $1.00 each, are super easy, super beautiful and look fabulous when finished. 

About Me: I am a videographer based out of Pittsburgh, PA. I am currently engaged and planning my own rustic wedding, so as I move through my different diy decorations, I thought I would give the you the basics so you can make your own too. 

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How to make Paper Origami Flowers (Kusudama) for your wedding!

Here is how to make beautiful Kusudama Paper Flowers for your wedding! 

Tutorial: Easiest Paper Flowers Ever!

Easy DIY: How to Make Beautiful Paper Flowers

Making paper flowers can be an inexpensive way to decorate your wedding or reception venue, while still impressing guests with beautiful whimsical art.

Step 1: Take a piece of paper and fold it in half. You can use up to three folded pieces at a time. 

Tip: Any paper will work, however, very thin paper (tissue) can rip accidentally or not be as durable and a very thick card stock may not be as pliable. Here, as you can see, I chose paper from a book. 

Step Two: Cut out Hearts and Lots of them. The trick is to cut out various sizes of hearts starting from a half-inch across to three inches wide. I cut out six pages of hearts total. 

Step 3: For easy management of your hearts layout according to size. 

Step 4: On the opposite site of the fold. Roll each heart backwards over a thin, long, round object.

Tip:  Here I am using a piece of Balsa wood, but you can use the end of a paint brush, a spoon, or anything else you can find that is slender and curved. 

Here's what your hearts should look like. 

Step 5: Take one half of the smallest heart and fold just past the center of the heart. Do not flatten.

Step 6: Fold the other side to overlap the fold you just made. This will be the center and base of your flower. Use glue to affix. I prefer a glue gun, but white glue will work as well (just hold it until it dries). 

Step 7: Using one heart at a time, working from smaller to bigger begin gluing the hearts around the base. 

Tip: As you work remember that it should not be completely symmetrical. Play with the petals a bit. 

One Heart

It looks more realistic to start with a few layers of small petals.  Also, remember you can trim the petals as you go if they seem too large. 

A finished flower! I used all of the hearts cut out from six sheets.

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