Blooming Branches

A friend and I (Thanks Ashley!!) were asked to create centerpieces for our LDS Stake Women's Conference. We were not told what we needed to make, only that it needed to be Springy! Here's what we came up with:

My house has been full of blooms for the last couple of weeks as we worked on making all 24 of them!

Here's what you need if you want to make your own.

• small branches


• tissue paper


• scissors


• hot glue gun & glue


• vase

We started with Dollartree vases and put 1 piece of tissue paper in vase.

Then we filled the vase with branches. Since these were going on large tables we used large/taller branches.

Then onto the blossoms.

You need a square of tissue paper (anywhere between 3-5 inches square):

fold it in half:

then fold one corner over 1/3 of the way:



the fold the other corner to the opposite corner:



fold that in 1/2



now cut a rounded piece off the top (the deeper the cut the deeper the petal):



here's what it looks like:



now fold it up from the center



and twist the bottom and you have your blossom!

put a small amount of hot glue on the end and CAREFULLY put it on the branch. I think I lost most of the feeling in my fingertips after doing these!

And the final product: