Carnation Tissue Flower with Lovely Bird Topper

I never had enough with tissue flower. It just looked so gorgeous on any table yet so easy to make. I volunteered myself to make flower centerpieces for guest tables for a wedding ceremony, namely my brother-in-law's. There were 21 tables altogether, and so be the bunches of flowers I have to make. I didn't think of any flower except this easy DIY carnation. I made the carnations tissue flowers in four beautiful colors. Tadaaa:

Maroon

Navy blue

Red

Yellow

There were 3 carnations combined using floral tape to make a bunch of flower. I used IKEA Fantastisk tissue (40cm x 40cm). The tissue is so big, I can make 8 carnations from only one tissue. I wonder how many carnations can be created from a packet of the tissue *imagination in progress*. 

Actually, in real ceremony, I inserted a handful of potpouri inside the cone vase, to make it looked full and more bellissimo. It was my bad I didn't take a single picture on the d-day. I left my camera at home.

There were 21 birds for 21 bunches of carnations.

As for the lovely bird on top of the flower, it was solely my idea. I did think of bee and butterfly, but the birds came out instead. I used felt, with polyester stuffing and colorful stitching (I just love experimenting with colors).


Out of those birds, below is my favourite. Unfortunately, it was taken by the wedding guest :-(

On top of that, I did promote my blog along the way:

I got my own label now!

Want to make your own tissue flower? There are a bunch of creative websites out there that include tutorials on making one. I am so kind right now I'm gonna save your time. I'll give you one here. Try it and you won't believe you are that creative too!

Name Badge for Wedding

It was cool to make these name badge and wear them on the d-day. No hassle for guests to find the bride/groom's family here and there, because the badge says it all.


With full of enthusiast, I made them for my brother-in-law's wedding. I free handed drawing the flower pattern on a piece of paper, and surprisingly it turned out beautifully on felt. 

A little close-up on the name badge: 

I regret I didn't snap a pic while wearing my "Sister-In-Law" badge. Owh! :-(


This is me with my almost-8-months-belly, my 2 years old girl and the groom (my brother-in-law):

Kawen! Kawen!

Lovebirds.. Oh it's love!

Surrounded by love..


I made three lovebirds tissue box cover this time, for two lovely customers. It is cute to see two birds kissing each other with lots of love popping in the air.


These covers are made for a box of 120-150 sheets of tissue. 

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