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Simple Mother's Day Paper Flower Corsage or Present Topper

We, here in the Chicagoland area, are finally feeling sweet touches of spring. Beautiful flowers are blooming and warm sunshine is filling the sky! So we know Mother's Day is right around the corner! What mom doesn't appreciate flowers!?! As you know, there is something about paper flowers that we just love...maybe its that they last forever! Why not make mom a beautiful paper flower corsage that she can wear proudly or use it to top her gift! These simple DIY flowers are sure to bring a smile to any mom's face!

Materials

Card stock of your choice

Scissors
Hot glue
Safety pin
Circle punch {Optional}

Take a piece of white paper and draw the shape of the petal you desire, it should be not bigger than 1 ½”. Be sure to have a rectangle shape at the bottom, this is important for creating the flower shape. Cut it out and use this as your pattern

Take your pattern and lay it on top of 2-3 squares of your cut out card stock and cut out. {you can create

2-3 petals at a time depending on the thickness of your card stock}

You will need 11 petals for each flower {you can make the inner ones smaller if you desire}

Where you have your rectangle at the bottom cut a slit a few centimeters up

Cross one side of the slit paper over the other and hot glue it to hold it in place, this will give the petal shape and dimension

Cut a small 1” circle out of your card stock, or you can use a paper punch

Start to glue the bottoms of the flowers around the circumference of the circle. You will need about 4 petals. You can add another layer of 4 and the inner layer will have 3 petals.

Punch two more circles out. Glue them on top of one another {glue in the middle} and cut slits in them.

Glue the middle of the flower in and pull the slits inward to make it look more realistic. You can add leaves if you desire {just glue them to the top of the base or the bottom of the flower. Add a safety pin if you are making a corsage, otherwise you can simply glue in onto of your package!

Mother's Day Sweets and Treats

First off we wanted to announce the winner of the awesome Gnome's Whimsy giveaway! We choose a number at random and it was comment 5, Bellenza Bistro..."Love the tassel garland"! Yay, you are going to LOVE your new items! Please email us at icingdesigns@hotmail.com with your shipping information by Friday, May 3!

With that said, Mother's Day is fast approaching! We are always inspired by lovely watercolor and pastel hues. So we rounded up some of our favorite "sweets and treats" in those colors, sure to warm your mom's beautiful heart!

French macarons are always sure to bring a smile to mom's face

Giving them to her on this gorgeous pink cake stand, well even better

We love this dainty cake dishtowel, it just makes drying dishes easier

For mom's who love to bake, this enchanting Miette cookbook is a must

These cocktail glasses are so pretty, we bet mom might even put her ice cream in them

Pretty up mom's kitchen with these adorable floral canisters

Pastel paper straws make any drink taste better

Oh Hello Spring!

After an incredibly long winter, that seems to be lingering, we were so excited to see a glimpse of spring today as the daffodils were beginning to break through the ground in the garden. Beautiful blooms are always one of our favorite signs of spring...now all we need is the sunshine and a warm spring breeze. As we wait patiently for the 'real' flowers were are always inspired by paper ones. Although they don't smell as lovely as 'real' ones, using a pretty spring color palette you can make paper ones that will hold your attention until the real ones bloom. If you follow us regularly, you know that paper flowers are a favorite DIY of ours. We wanted to create something reminiscent of spring. We simply used a Styrofoam wreath and wrapped it with a pretty green satin ribbon and formed a cluster of colorful paper flowers on the side. This wreath would make a beautiful hostess gift for Easter. Thank you for letting us share with you and we are really looking forward to next week when we start blogging full time again!

You can find our DIY to creating these lovely flowers here....

Making Mother's Day Sweet {and the winner of our macaron print giveaway}

First off the luck winner of that gorgeous macaron print is Chantal Noelle {I would hang it right next to my bed. I adore macaroons!} Congratulations, you are one lucky girl!! Just email us at icingdesigns@hotmail.com with your address and it will be sent to you. Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments!

Mother's Day is this coming Sunday! Of course, with baking in mind, we found some lovely gifts to help make your Mother's Day a little bit sweeter!