Crepe paper roses are the perfect paper flower for any occasion or home decoration. Paper roses are most often used in bridal bouquets and at weddings. Although you can also find paper roses in centerpieces, wreaths and several other home decor items at the home of a paper flower maker or paper flower lover.

In this article we will look a few different floral arrangements you can make with crepe paper flowers. One of the best things about working with crepe paper is the ability to create any color paper flower you would like whether it is a pink rose or a blue rose. Imagine all the possibilities you have to create magnificent arrangements.

If you were to rate the difficulty level of making a paper rose it would fall between the easy and moderate difficulty level. Not to say it is moderately difficult but more so it requires more time and patience to make than say a paper daisy would. As long as you follow the instructions provided for you in a good paper flower making book you will have no trouble at all making a paper rose. Just be prepared to spend a little more time working with it than some of the other flowers you may have made in the past.

What can you do with your completed paper roses? We have a lot of favorite decorating ideas but we will narrow it down to just our favorite for you.

Rose Centerpiece

Our rose layer centerpiece is one of our absolute favorites. Not only is it colorful and beautiful it looks so real the people are afraid to touch it in fear of harming the fresh flowers. It looks so real that your guests will actually admire it from a far!

You will need 24 roses, you can make any color you want even 24 different colors if you would like or you could make 12 of two different colors or shades of a color and you can also make three different colors. That is the nice part about this centerpiece you make whatever colors you want and it will look beautiful regardless.

You will need a medium to large vase. Fill the bottom of the vase with multi-colored gems or you can use the colors you are using for the paper roses. These gems you can pick up at any craft store or dollar store.

Place your roses in the vase. If you used two or more colors alternate them so no two colors are next to one another. You can also make eight roses choice a dominate color – white works well or if your centerpiece is made up of three shades of pink use the darkest color pink in the center, make the stems on these flowers slightly longer so they will stand out in the centerpiece. You can finish it off with a bow, hand tied ribbon or lace. You do not need to add any of the above as the centerpiece is so beautiful by its self the added touch may very well go unnoticed all together.

Once you get the hang of making crepe paper roses you can make the most beautiful home decor items and wedding items easily and quickly and the more you make the more ideas you will come up with!

Making paper flowers for a wedding has many benefits. The flowers will not wilt for starters. You can make any flower in any color and arrange them however you would like.

Paper flowers can be made for the ceremony, reception, the bride and groom and the entire bridal party as well as the parents and grandparents. Tossing rose petals instead of rice is a much environmental friendly way to show your happiness for the bride and groom.

Let us look at a nice bridal bouquet for the bride. It is rather unique but very beautiful.

Beaded Bouquets are a dazzling bridal bouquet and can also be used for the maid of honor and bridesmaids.  When you make your own wedding bouquets using crepe paper, beaded bouquets are not only beautiful but they also add a touch of flair to the bride and female bridal parties entire ensemble. To add beads to the flowers you can simply glue them on using a clear drying glue. If you choose to add beads to the bouquet you can use bead pins or pearl-headed pins. You just stick the pin in the holder wherever you want them. To liven up the pearl pins add a few sprinkles of glitter. This bouquet may not sound very unusual but it is because most brides stick with traditional bouquets that do not have any added sparkle. They focus on the flowers and the colors. This type of bouquet allows the bride to be more creative and match her personal style.

Flowers for the hair are another popular bridal flower. You can choose any flower you would like for your hair and your bridal parties hair. The easiest flowers to make with crepe paper are the following; the lily, peony and the rose. Aside from being easy to make these flowers also attach well to barrettes, hair clips and headbands. The best part of making these flowers yourself is you can make the bottom portion (the part that will attach to the clip, headband or barrette flat and smooth.) You can make them large enough to cover an entire bun style hair-do or small enough to have 12 of them on one headband. You can use bobby pins to help keep the flowers in place.

Flowers for the reception can be as simple as one single flower in a vase or lay one in front of the place setting of each guest. You can also have large arrangements spread out along the table. Whatever you decide on is great. You might consider sprucing up the bouquet with berries. Colorful berries that come in little clusters add a special touch of elegance to any floral arrangement. They come in several colors and sizes. They can be purchased at floral shops, bridal shops and in department stores. These berry clusters usually come with a pin or a wire so you can easily attach then to the flower arrangements.

These same paper flowers centerpieces can also be used during the ceremony and just ask a few people to bring them to the reception and place them on the tables or wherever you would like them. Many brides think they need separate centerpieces for the ceremony and the reception. That’s not true chances are the flowers at the ceremony were not very noticeable with all eyes on the bride and groom.

Be eco friendly by using paper flowers as part of your wedding motif.
 
Eco friendly, because you can use mulberry paper that is made from a bark of a tree that regenerates every 12 months and makes the source renew in turn it does not harm the environment. Other papers that you can use are tissue paper and different kinds of crepe papers. Making paper flowers are environmental friendly, because you can re-use, recycle, and redecorate it.
 
There are lots of benefits in using or making paper flowers for your special day. You can make it ahead of time, because it doesn’t wither and it will still look fresh after a long period of time. You don’t have to worry if the petals of your flowers are open or not. You can give it away to your visitors as a souvenir of your wedding day.  

This environment friendly paper flowers can be done by anyone. There are available articles, books, e-books and even videos on how to make this stunning paper flowers right in your own home and the things you need are not that expensive as well. You can find almost all that you need in making paper flowers inside your house like ruler, stapler, markers, crayons, assorted craft paints and paintbrush, beads, wax, scented oils, wire cutters, pencils, glue & brush for the glue, scissors, and patterns and those that aren’t present in your house is just easy to find.
 
The paper flowers should compliment with everything on your special day, it’s like it has a special role in weddings. You can start even in the invitations you can put flat paper flowers on it.  You can put paper flowers on the front and back of the wedding car, paper flowers scattered on the steps going to the church entrance, wedding bells, paper flowers on the sides of the chairs, paper flowers on the altar, paper flowers on your bouquet, paper flowers on your veil, if you have one, entourage, corsages, flower girls headdress, garlands, wreaths, flower girl baskets, etc.
 
At the reception you can put paper flowers on the toasting glasses, candle bases, decorative candles on the tables, basket of souvenirs, table covers, at the back of the chairs, centerpieces for each table, one large centrepiece for the bride and groom table, on the table which has the wedding cake on top surround it with paper flowers, guestbook, background of the reception, especially where the picture taking will take place and for the final touch of paper flowers put some on the album that will hold all the pictures.