Yes, ladies and gents, you heard me right: tissue paper flowers.

In all honestly, last week needed a bit of livening up(I’ve been working on my thesis…so yes, arts and crafts are exciting…), and the failed dulce de leche gelatto (blech!) just  wasn’t going to cut it as my “I’ve done something impressive this week so lets share it with the internets” topic.  But my mom was having a Cinco de Mayo party for the married couples group at my church, and, after seeing the plastic banners she had hung around the house, I decided that we could do better.  Period.

My mom mentioned making tissue paper flowers to liven up the banners…and I accepted that challenge and took it to the extreme.  Kindergarteners make them all the time right?  And surely simple tissue paper flowers would be too easy.  I needed more, more, MORE!

  These little flower trees are the result of my need for more (and am I the only one currently thinking about the AT&T commercial with the guy interviewing all the little kids…?).  They look a whole lot better in person, and are super simple to make.  A little time consuming, but they don’t require much brain power and are really difficult to screw up if you want to multitask and watch TV or something. Continue reading →