Crafts: Peach Petal Flower Topiary Balls

One thing I hate about plants and flowers is that it withers in days. To think that they are rather expensive and have a really short life-span, it just doesn’t make sense to the practical me.

Gold dust topiary

Well I guess a paper made topiary balls would solve all the problems! At least it will never wither and die, neither attracts little creatures. With Christmas around the corner, I think making a Christmas-ty filled flower topiary balls as personalised gift will be a perfect idea!

[Update] So we did make Christmas topiary ball as a personalised gift!

Crafts: Origami Kusudama Paper Flower Bouquet

Over the weekend, I was motivated (finally!) to craft the origami kusudama flower bouquet that I always wanted to craft for my lovely bridesmaid. I’m still in my trial and error process so bear with me if it doesn’t look that perfect yet.

Agnes Maurice Kusudama Origami Paper Flower Bouquet

A little history about Kusudama, kusudama translated means “medicine ball” and were traditionally used as incense and poutpurri, from real flowers or herbs. But now decorative kusudama are made by using folded paper origami units glued together and we see them more for decoration or as a gift. The japanese kusudama can be made into a paper ball by gluing multiple identical kusudama flower together. It will make an excellent wedding favor!

Kusudama Flower Ball, credits to origamigeek.

Coming weekend, we shall share a tutorial post how to make a simple kusudama flower in the next DIY tutorial blogpost!

Inspired by this Origami Kusudama Flower Bouquet found online

It all started when I chanced upon this while surfing online. I was inspired by this bouquet found in Pinterest and it ignited my curiosity and passion to craft one myself! But making this requires using a styrofoam ball. I am definitely not adventurous enough to try it out yet. Not mentioning the cost of a styrofoam ball in Singapore! A typical 4 inches styrofoam ball cost $9 dollars and more at ArtFriend. But a bouquet as such takes a 6 inches styrofoam ball! So, until I’m more confident, I guess I will just keep it to wire mesh (A pack costs only $3 at ArtFriend!) to form a decent bouquet!

Over the weekend we also tried making spiral paper flower as inspired by a white dainty spiral bouquet we chanced upon online too.

Spiral Paper Flower Bouquet

Making spiral flower bouquet is 10 times easier than making a kusudama flower as all it requires are some basic circular cutting and rolling it up with a paper quilling tool. We will follow up soon with a tutorial post and also, DIY Printable for you to try at home! Did I mention before that doing paper craft is therapeutic? Should give it a try if you have some spare time! (:

Alternatively, you can also engage me for crafting lesson at my place. I’m sure it would be fun and I promise I won’t bite!

We made 12 loose paper flowers in two shades of blue. Each flower is about 1-2 inch in diameter and the paper used for these flowers is a royal blue and light pale blue. These flowers look beautiful as table decorations, as the finishing touch to gift wrap, or in a jar. They are beautiful at weddings and baby showers, sure to make a great impression as decorations for any occasion.

They are up on sale at our Etsy store. If your wedding is around the corner and you need a larger quantity but not the same designs? Or a bigger size and a different color? No worries, just drop us a convo and we will be glad to help you!

Before we end off, we hope you will have a great week ahead! It’s Monday and we know the blues.

Till then!