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Paper Flower Centerpiece

March 2, 2015

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My sweet little granddaughter just had her first birthday and we celebrated this past weekend at a party in her honor. My daughter asked me to help out by making some decorations for her “cute as a button” birthday party. Did you see the invitations that I made? Since buttons were the theme of this party I made a paper flower centerpiece with button centers for the buffet table.
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I made it by first cutting out a lot (and I do mean a lot!) of flower and button shapes using my Silhouette Cameo.
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Once all of the flowers were cut and assembled, I hot-glued them onto jumbo-sized bamboo skewers.

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Then I took a leftover piece of a 1″ x 3″ board and marked 2″ increments with a dot of a marker.

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Next, I drilled holes at each mark using a drill bit close in size to the skewers.

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Once I had all of the holes drilled, I cut down 1/3 of the skewers by about 3 inches, and another 1/3 of the skewers by about 4 inches.

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I cut them to different heights so that all of the flowers could be seen. Shortest in the front row and tallest in the back row.

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After I was happy with the placement of the flowers, I took them out so that I could paint the 1 x 3 board. I used leftover lime green paint. Now how many people can say they have leftover lime green paint??? Acrylic craft paint would work well also ; )

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And here’s the birthday princess sitting in front of her colorful paper flower centerpiece. I also made her dress and fabric flower headband.

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But I can’t take credit for the cake. Isn’t it sweet!

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I had to include one more photo of the princess in her birthday dress. It’s McCalls pattern – M7037 if anyone is interested. Warning: it’s fully lined and has a zipper. But if I can make it, you can too!

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Comments

  1. Laura / Pet Scribbles says

    March 4, 2015 at 11:52 am

    This centerpiece is so very pretty Jeanie! (And your granddaughter is adorable!)

    Reply
  2. Candace says

    March 8, 2015 at 9:02 pm

    Your granddaughter is absolutely precious! And that dress is definitely princess worthy :). Love the flower centerpiece! The skewers were a great idea to “plant” them.

    Reply
    • Jeanie says

      March 10, 2015 at 8:38 am

      Aww, thank you Candace! We simply adore her ; )

      Reply
  3. Bridget/The Recipe Wench says

    March 9, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    These are adorable. What fun! And your grand daughter is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this activity with us at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up!

    Reply
  4. Raquel says

    March 11, 2015 at 1:41 pm

    Oh your grand-daughter is precious! I love your flower centerpieces with the buttons. That cake is to die for too! Found you on Wonderful Wednesday.Good job on the dress too! 🙂

    Reply
    • Jeanie says

      March 12, 2015 at 2:09 pm

      Thank you Raquel!

      Reply
  5. Kathleen says

    March 18, 2015 at 7:36 am

    This is so sweet! I love the colors.

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  6. Lee says

    April 8, 2015 at 3:29 pm

    The whole theme of the party is just perfect. Thanks so much for getting back so fast w/ help on the dress.

    This is a new pattern so there is little advice out there. I think u will get a lot of ??? On it. I made the bodice w/ flower cotton print, lots of pink w/ tiny green leaves. I used green cotton for the waist band and pink tulle for the ruffles.
    Being lined made it easier, no hemming, no facings. The ruffle seems to be the problem. U said u used less ruffle, about how much less, if u don’t mind telling? The other dress same pattern done in red, she too used less ruffle. I used the full amount, it comes out to 17 feet of tulle for each ruffle, yes u read that right 17 feet. It fits very easy but it is full.

    This is what I hoped I could post w/o being out of line on your blog

    The 72in tulle does exist I only found rougher kind. So here’s my 2 cents. Get the reg. 60in get 2 yds exact, open it up and refold the opposite of the salvage and viola u have 72in. Place pattern on fold and cut u have very little waist. BUT!!! U will need to buy 4 yards total cut in 2 yard increments. If u get 2 1/2 yds refold it the half of yard extra is waisted. Tulle is cheap get the 4 yd
    Your little princess in her petty pink party dress is so lovely that it inspired me to get sewing.

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    • Jeanie says

      April 12, 2015 at 1:38 pm

      Thanks for the tip Lee! And you’re not out of line at all ; ) I’m happy that I’ve inspired you to get sewing!

      Reply

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