May Flowers!

I have always wanted to make tissue paper puff ball flowers and at the beginning of this month I helped out with a "Breakfast at Tiffanys" themed Bridal Shower and I definitely got my wish.... we made about 30 flowers to hang around the room and spruce up the tables!  We used 8 sheets of tissue paper (alternating colors for the mixed flowers) and accordion folded them about an inch and a half thick and tied a piece of wire around the middle section to hold them together.  Next we cut the two ends in either spikes or rounded edges and pulled each layer one at a time out and towards the center.  After a little fluffing to make them look even all the way around we hung them with fishing line to the rafters on the ceiling.  What a (relatively) cheap and fun way to incorporate lots of color and easy decor!  I bet these are going to show up at many future events now that we got in all our practice!  Better instructions can be found here.