Humble supplies can take on an elegant air: Monogrammed stickers and crepe paper decorate clear plastic tubes filled with champagne-bubble candies. They're then piled into a glass compote around a smaller compote of crepe-paper flowers.
Tools and Materials
You will need candies; acrylic tubes, 3 3/4 by 2 inches in diameter, with lids; regular and double-sided tape; scissors; crepe paper cut into 6 1/2-by-3 3/4-inch pieces (two per tube); 3/8-inch-wide double-faced satin ribbon in 6 5/8-inch lengths (four per tube); sticker paper; and a craft punch.
Fancy Candy How-To
1. Fill tubes; tape lids closed. Wrap crepe paper around ends, lining up seams; secure with double-sided tape and fringe ends with scissors.
2. Tape a ribbon around each end where tube meets paper, lining up seams. Gather paper and tie.
3. Photocopy a monogram on sticker paper; punch out, and affix to tubes on side without seams.
Making Paper Flowers
You will need crepe paper, 18-gauge cloth-wrapped floral wire, floral tape, and our petal template. Trace template, and cut out petals (12 to 15 per flower), making sure grain of paper is vertical. For stamens, cut wire to 6 inches. Then cut a 3-inch square of paper, and fold it into a triangle. Bring tips in together; twist. Secure tips to end of wire with floral tape. Cup each petal by holding at center and tugging gently outward; curl top edge outward; and pleat base. Tape petals to stamens, wrapping inner petals low and raising subsequent rows slightly, overlapping them. Fluff out petals.
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What size cylinder do you order from papermart.com?
and Lace bridal shower, anyone know where to find nice crepe paper?
Making these for a Champagne
The tubes are in the last place you would think on papermart.com. Finally found them...
http://www.papermart.com/Product Pages/Product.aspx?GroupID=16326
The tubes are in the last place you would think on papermart.com. Finally found them...
http://www.papermart.com/Product Pages/Product.aspx?GroupID=16326
Does anyone know where to buy a suitable compote to make this centerpiece?
Does anyone know where I can find the champagne bubble candies like these?
you can find the tubes @ www.papermart.com!!!
I bet you can find them at The Container Store, they look like something they would have.
Does anybody know where to find the acrylic tubes?
I am planning to use toilet paper rolls (cardboard cylinder) for the acrylic tubes, my girlfirend created these as favors for Halloween and they came out great!
did we ever figure out where to purchase the acrylic tubes pictured here? Thanks! Tried all day to search, but nothing.
Does anyone know where the acrylic tubes can be purchased?
SofiaBelle, The template your looking for is under favor centerpieces:mini bouquets the mini bouquets are the ones I'm doing and I've been going crazy because there is this petal template on the same page but no directions to use it in this project I just kept looking till I found a project that says you need to trace the petal template but I don't see the template on the project but it's the same shape I'm sure I'm correct. Happy Crafting!
Does anyone know where I can find the template for the paper flower petals?