Mini Tissue Roses

Materials/Tools Needed:

Mini pots/bottle caps or make your own pots with white fimo/paperclay
Mini dried green leaves or moss
Dried statice or any small scale dried flowers
Pink tissue (use any other desired colour if preferred)
Thread (pink to match the tissue colour)
Clear drying glue
Stainless steel scrubber (used for washing utensils)
White acrylic paint (optional)
Fine point brush

STEP 1: Cut tissue or toilet roll in strips 2cm wide, 14 cm long

STEP 2: Fold the tissue into 2 and keep folding till the end. Draw a petal shape on the folded
paper & cut along the petal shape

STEP 3: Separate tissue into single ply. Take one end of the tissue and first roll tightly to form the inner
petals. Continue to roll the rest of the petals till you get the shape of the rose

STEP 4: Tie the rolled rose tightly with a string. Trim the bottom of the rose carefully - cut away excess
paper & string. Make about 10 roses following the above method.

STEP 5: Arrange the dried green leaves or moss in the mini pot around the edge only & glue it in.
Leave the center of pot empty for the dried violet flowers. Let it dry completely.

    STEP 6: Cut a bunch of the dried statice and glue it in the center of the pot. Trim away any flower
    that sticks oddly out of the circular arrangement. You can add additional  flowers if there are any empty
    spots in the pot. Ensure that the arrangement looks balanced. Look at any flower arrangement pictures
    for further reference.

STEP 7: Arrange the roses individually, ensuring they are sporadically placed & glue it in. Use a
tweezer/needle or any sharp pointed edge to open up the rose petals after completing the arrangement.

STEP 8: Cut small pieces of the stainless steel scrubber slightly tug at it to give that curly look.
Glue these “curlys” in between the arrangement.

STEP 9: If you wish, dip your brush into little white acrylic paint and with gentle strokes brush against
the dried violet flowers to give additional colour details to your arrangement.

   Note : If you do not wish to get into the hassle of making the tissue roses, you can buy readymade ribbon
   roses for this arrangement. If you wish to make a little sturdy roses, use double sided crepe paper and
   make snips in between the petals before rolling. The trick in making this roses is ensuring that each petal
   overlaps nicely like real roses. Once completed pull open the petals, dab with a paintbrush dipped in
   little water to give it a blooming look & let it dry before arranging them. Some pictures of the roses I made
   using the same method with crepe paper is seen below.

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