{Paper Flower Bouquets} Wedding Inspiration

I’m feeling the love for beautiful crafty things tonight, so I’m going to talk about paper bouquets!

I personally had a real flower bouquet for my wedding, made by one of my very talented best friends ‘ Flowers by Gemma’, and I adored it, but I was so sad when it started to wilt.  I should have looked into getting it preserved in some way really, but as with most things after a wedding, I never got round to it, plus I’m not too keen on the whole dried flower thing, so my photos are preservation enough!!

BUT listen up ladies, there is a fantastic, quirky and stylishly individual way to present your wedding flowers in a way that will last for years!! (providing you look after them!!) they will not fade, wilt or sadly go brown in the corner of your lounge, paper flowers are the way forward!!

My first sight of these pretty little things was at my best friends wedding, where her brother had expertly crafted her bridal bouquet and the button holes, from one of her favourite books ‘Alice in Wonderland’ which was perfectly themed to her wedding and her personal love of books!  What a fab idea, and she still has it perfectly on show at home a year after the beautiful event! And she has a fantastic, original, creative heirloom!!

The possibilities are endless, once you’ve got the hang of making the flowers, you can make bunches, topiary trees (below) button holes, table centres, table decorations, confetti.. you name it!!

There is a great tutorial on Plumtree Paper goods , if you feel like having a go at making them, I’ve heard they aren’t that hard once you get used to it, I really should have a go!

Image from ‘surprisediy.com‘

If you are in love with the idea of paper flower bouquets but aren’t quite crafty enough, you could try one of the UK designers of Paper Wedding Flowers – Paper me Happy , their products are amazing and so intricate!! In their words ” Beauty does grow on trees!”  Klaire creates, bespoke , creative and original flower products such as bouquets, corsages, buttonholes, even hair accessories and table plans! (see below)

Image from ‘Paper me Happy‘

I love this combination of colour and text from books! – Image from etsy.com – Made by Wild Paper Flowers

 Image by Kim Le Photography 

Image from etsy

These little flowers are so cute and would make great table decorations! Even for after the wedding…birthdays… etc!!

I have started a lovely Paper Bouquets Pinterest board with more fabulous images to inspire you!

I’d love to know what you think about these… Would you have real flowers or bespoke quirky paper flowers if you were getting married?!! Comments welcome below!

Helen

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