Category Archives: The Paper Garden

90 Origami Roses

By Lesley | Published: May 26, 2009

Back in March, I received an order for 90 origami roses for a wedding. They didn’t want me to attach them to stems or make leaves, so it was an easier order to fulfill. They wanted 20 cream roses and 70 dark red ones. The idea here was that the client was going to make [...]

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Paper Calla Lillies

By Lesley | Published: May 25, 2009

I received a request for Calla Lillies from Allan Schroeder for his wife. I’ve never made calla lillies from paper before, but I had a diagram and just had to try it. This is how they turned out: If you’re interested in buying paper flowers from me, but don’t see what you’re looking for, shoot [...]

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