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Want to Learn how to make these Pretties?!?

Ladies, these things are so darn cute, you can use them about any where and they only take a couple minutes LITERALLY.

I put a pink one on on top of my MOH's Birthday gift today and she died when she saw it. She asked me where I got it, and didn't believe me when I said I whipped it up in minutes! I had to give her a crappy demo with the restaurant napkins at Olive Garden. lol

So here it is the step-by-step on how to make these. They are so cute and could be used anywhere in your wedding. They are so pretty and romantic - they look identical to peonies. You could even make mini one's for the top of favor boxes!

Step 1: Find your desired color tissue paper to match your theme. Stack four sheets of tissue on top of each other in 10" x 5" squares.

Step 2: Make 3/8" accordion folds, creasing after each fold. It is easiest to make one fold, flip it over, make the other, and repeat, so you are always folding up away from you and it's easy to see.

Step 3: Take an 18" piece of dental floss and slip over the center of the folded tissue. You can make slits on either side of the fan - be careful not to cut it in half. Tie the the string tightly through the slots . Using sharp scissors, trim the ends of the paper into rounded or pointy shapes. Also trim excess string or floss.

Step 4: Separate the four tissues layers, one at a time until the flower begins to take shape. Depending on what you will use them for, you can keep the bottom flat or you can puff them into a ball for hanging.

There ya go ladies, it's that easy. I hope yours turn out as pretty as mine did! Have fun with this DIY, and if you don't find somewhere to use them for the wedding day, you can always add them to your bridesmaids gifts, any gift in general, at a shower, or rehearsal dinner. The possibilities are endless!

That post should win a prize or something! Thank you so much! I'm so doing this with green and pink. :)

Wow Thanks!! That is awesome :)

mazzy I have a green a pink picture just for you!

Those are so cute, I might have to make one to put on my sister's birthday gift! Thanks for sharing!

Great idea ... I like the purple one on the gift. Thanks for the post ...

These are just awesome!!! Thanks for posting this DIY Amiee! Your so clever!

Here is my challenge for the holidays! :) I am not crafty but here's hoping I surprise myself cuz those are so pretty! Would look great on BM gifts and stuff.

That is great, thank you for taking the time to post detailed instrucitons!

Thank you. These are adorable!!! I love paper flowers.

How cool!!! Thanks!!!!

Those are so cute! I was trying to think of something to attach to my napkin rings and I think this will be prefect!! A+++ post!

Nice little project to do! I know it will be springy! Thanks for sharing....

Tashasita, seriously it is so easy. I did one in minutes and it looked so beautiful. I don't really think anyone could screw it up!

This is such a great post!!!

You haven't seen my DIY projects in the past lol. :) But I thank you for your confidence and will post pics for you when I try it out. :)

That is soo awesome! It makes me want to try some DIY. Great tutorial!

Ty so much for sharing! Fav for sure!!

They look great! Thanks!

Very pretty--Thanks for sharing!

ooh pretty, bouqet potential too! Great alternative to real flowers

illusen ... they definitely could be an alternative to real flowers. Instead of floss you can use florist wire and green florist tape to make stems. They look so close to Peonies, they'd be pretty!

I made one for my mom tonight in a couple minutes while watching my brother play hockey on tv and she was just so amazed lol! She loved it ... ha ha