flowers – Dabbled https://dabbled.org Experiments in Art, Craft, and Food - an archive Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:09:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 145231836 Spring Paper Daffodils from Bitter Betty https://dabbled.org/spring-paper-daffodils-from-bitter-betty/ https://dabbled.org/spring-paper-daffodils-from-bitter-betty/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:09:01 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4584 It’s spring.. well, it may be still winter/february technically, but i’m sitting in my front yard in a sundress with a glass of wine typing this, so in my book, that’s spring. So i ran across this lovely tutorial on how to make paper versions of pretty spring flowers at Bitter Betty, and thought ‘how cool!’ … so here it is, my pretties….

Go find out how to make them over at Bitter Betty..… [ KEEP READING ]

]]> It’s spring.. well, it may be still winter/february technically, but i’m sitting in my front yard in a sundress with a glass of wine typing this, so in my book, that’s spring. So i ran across this lovely tutorial on how to make paper versions of pretty spring flowers at Bitter Betty, and thought ‘how cool!’ … so here it is, my pretties….

Go find out how to make them over at Bitter Betty..

{this post magically disappeared, so I’m reposting it – sorry for the duplication!}

]]> https://dabbled.org/spring-paper-daffodils-from-bitter-betty/feed/ 2 4584 Make Roses… for everything! https://dabbled.org/make-roses-for-everything/ https://dabbled.org/make-roses-for-everything/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:29:28 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=3482 Flowers are a great decoration for crafts and food alike!  And roses particularly have romantic connotations, or are just plain lovely.

(Well, except the Bacon Roses, those are just plain weird.)

I’ve been seeing them everywhere lately, so here are a few ways to make them:

Some fun Rose Making Links:

<<Here’s a rose “chip” made from Beets!  Such a clever idea for a ‘savory’ rose!  See the how-to at Eye Candy.… [ KEEP READING ]

]]> Flowers are a great decoration for crafts and food alike!  And roses particularly have romantic connotations, or are just plain lovely.

(Well, except the Bacon Roses, those are just plain weird.)

I’ve been seeing them everywhere lately, so here are a few ways to make them:

Some fun Rose Making Links:

<<Here’s a rose “chip” made from Beets!  Such a clever idea for a ‘savory’ rose!  See the how-to at Eye Candy. Also some done with purple potatoes (see pic above)

>>
Little Birdie Secrets has a tutorial on making really pretty paper roses, that looks very neat!  Love the end product…>>

starting with the smaller of your teardrops, wrap each petal around your flower base and continue until you are satisfied with the size

<<Another one from Eye Candy – Make these cute radish roses.. dyed pink using beets!

For your sweet tooth, Grieg shows us how to make Tootsie Roll roses, here at Dabbled.>>

More paper rose ideas:

Crepe Paper Roses
Origami Roses
What cool ideas could you see doing with these!?
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