Posts Tagged ‘paper roses’

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose

My shop is filling up nicely with different rose arrangements.  These are really my best product and I want to try and appeal to every budget.  Here are just a few examples from my shop.  I currently carry 10 different colors and I’m working with a new type of paint that will open me up to be able to make ANY color.  Cross your fingers that it works!  More to come on that front soon. :)

3 Rose Bud Bouquet in Wildfire

These 3 rose bouquets come with a small white glass vase.  They are perfect for your kitchen or your bathroom.  They look great on a bookshelf or on your entry table.  A small dose of rose beauty can go a long way and they can fit any budget at only $25!  Great gift for yourself or someone special.

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Dozen Rose Bouquet in Lovely Lavender

Who doesn’t love a dozen roses?  And these won’t wilt!  A dozen roses is a great centerpiece for your coffee table or your dining room table.  They can be great centerpieces when entertaining guests (think about your upcoming Thanksgiving feast).  Great way to brighten your room and they make great gifts too!  Dozen rose bouquets are $95 and come in 10 different colors.  While I have 5 bouquets that I feel are great combination of colors, you can completely customize your bouquet.  Just let me know what you want to include!

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Half Dozen Rose Bouquet in Tiffany

A half dozen roses are perfect if you’re on a budget but still want to enjoy the beauty of these magnificent paper roses.  The roses are large enough that 6 fills a vase quite nicely!  At only $50 these bouquets beat buying real roses for your loved ones that will only last a week.  Same as the dozen, if you’d like to mix and match your colors – no problem, just let me know!  Half dozen bouquets are only $50!

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The Process – Step 3:Painting

Step 3 in the rose making process is hand painting each rose with watercolors.  Depending on the rose, some are painted twice, one with a base coat and then again with a different color for the edges.

Once they are painted, they need to dry.  I’ve poked lots of holes in my wall between my kitchen and living room to give me a place to hang them upside down which is ideal so the petals don’t dry flattened.  This batch was a bit too much so I had to make due with flat drying some of them.

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Once they’ve had ample time to dry (which is enhance here because my air conditioner vent blows directly on them (and yes, it is still hot enough in southern California to have the air on) then they are ready to be curled.  That’s another step for another day.  For now, here are some pictures of the huge bunch I painted this weekend.  Check back for more pictures once the curling is done.  I’ll keep you posted once I have new products up on etsy. :)

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The Process – Step 2:Assembling

(Yeah you read that right, I skipped over step 1 and got right into the interesting part! :) )

I thought I’d post some pictures of the process of making my paper roses. I’ve been working non-stop for about 2 weeks to make a half dozen of each color rose that I make, which equates to about 5 dozen roses. Doesn’t sound like a whole lot, but start to finish it takes about 30 minutes to make one rose. So you can see why it has taken me so long. I didn’t take pictures of all the cut paper petals as I thought of this after I started making them. But here is the next step. I try to do a production line type set up and get all of one step done before moving on to the next.  Here is what they look like once they are cut and assembled into a rose before they are hand painted.

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All the roses stacked together to make a nice pretty mountain of paper goodness.

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A little closer detail on the shape of each petal.  After they are painted they are curled on the edges and you won’t see this defined shape as much.

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I spent 4 hours last night and 9 hours today painting all of these roses.  Check back tomorrow for Step 3: “We’re Painting the Roses Red!”

Let’s add more to the list, yes

Still crankin’ away at making flowers. Of course I have added something new to the mix. While searching online to try and find new types of flowers to make out of tissue paper, I’ve found these beautiful paper roses. There are many different variations that people have done, some out of crepe paper, some out of newspaper. The ones I found interesting were made out of coffee filters. The material is very porous and shapes well. Then painting them gives them a more natural look and the filters suck up the paint nicely. These are a little complicated and very time consuming. I think after lots of practice it’ll get easier but for now it takes a long time to make one. And of course with my current etsy mentality I feel like I need to have a dozen different colors, so add that to my list of more products to finish before I launch my etsy store. Ahhh – I’m moving backwards!!!