Romantic, eye- catching, beautiful, inexpensive, easy-to-make, great as favors and as tokens of love, friendship or appreciation...
I'm so very happy with this creation of mine that was in the previous issue of Somerset Life.
Thank you to all the lovely ladies that sent me sweet notes about them!! And sorry if I couldn't share this tutorial earlier on my blog.
OK, let's start with gathering the supplies needed. Nothing outside the ordinary tools and materials you have at home.For one rose you'll need:
- coffee filters (about 15)
- scissors
- a pencil
- normal sewing thread
- coffee
- a cup
- cinnamon, spices
- tin foil
- oven
- paper adhesive tape
- stripes of cotton
- ribbons, button
- a wooden stick for the stem
- a bbq stick
- tags, clothespins, rubber stamps (all optional)
1. Start tracing the petals on the coffee filters, with a pencil, then cut them out. I used the patterns available on Martha Stewart's website here:http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf3/coffeefilterrose.pdf
2. Start assembling the rose, simply using thread to keep the bottoms of the petals together. Do not cut it from the spool until you're finished. This is my own method, you could also use florist's tape instead of thread.Use the smallest petals first, and then proceed assembling the bigger ones, always turning your 'bud' and making a knot every now and then as you proceed.
3. When you're happy with the size of your rose, cut the thread and secure with three or four knots.
4. To age the rose, soak it in a cold mixture of coffee, cinnamon and other ingredients that stain, you can easily find in your kitchen. Just experiment to find the 'magic recipe' that works for you! It might be necessary to wash a bit of the color off, for a more natural look.
Then put the rose on an oven pan covered in tin foil (to not damage it), and sprinkle with cinnamon.
5. Bake at medium heat for about 15 minutes. Always, always keep an eye on your work when it's in the oven!
6. With adhesive paper tape, attach the rose on a common wooden stick. Twist the tape very firmly.
7. With a stripe of ripped fabric, cover completely the wooden stick, as showed. No glue is necessary.
8. With the help of a skewer stick, turn the edges of the petals downwards, to conphere a natural look to the flower.
9. Finish the rose off with a bow made of ribbons, stripes of cotton, ... and a handsewn button.Add a tag if you want, with a handwritten or stamped sentiment on.
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Have fun! Hope you'll leave a comment :)
Monica x
44 comments:
Oh, nercy! I hope it is as smiple as you make it look! They are gorgeous ... I'm going to T R Y!!! Pray for me ...
TTFN ~
Have a great week ~
Hugs,
Marydon
You make this look easy so I'm going to give it a try and thank you so much for sharing this tutorial with us!
This is just lovely, Monica. Thank you for sharing.
Monica, you even make the tutorial look beautiful!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I can't wait to make these. I think I will make some to use in my Christmas decor, and to use as presents. So lovely!
So very beautiful!
Sandra Evertson
these are beautiful! I've made these as well but I really like your way with the string because I always found that no matter how tight I wrapped that florist's tape, the middle would always come loose. I'm gonna try the string! Thank you!!
Your roses are so so beautiful Monica - great tutorial and awesome photos. Thanks for sharing.
have a wonderful day.
xo Tina
Wowwww this is great !!...love from me...xxx..
They are so pretty.Than you Monica..Perhaps one day I will sit..do one or two and think of you..I love them w/ the tag:) You have such lovely taste...(In everything)..
Thank you..Ciao Bella!
They turned out beautiful. I popped over to pick up that pattern too-it is different than any of the ones I have seen. Beautiful. I like the idea of string too- I used wire before. Thanks for the info..and NICE JOB! xo Diana
These are beautiful..will have to add it to my "things I want to make" list!
Ciao Bella Ragazza!
Oh, these are so pretty Monica. Loved seeing them in Somerset Life too!
Your creativity is endless.
Baci,
Suzanne
I just love the rose and you make it look so easy to make.
I will give it a try, I hope they will turn out as pretty as yours.
Thanks for the tutorial, the pictures are beautiful.
Hugs,
Angela.
This rose is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing the tutorial. Coffee filters, how clever! I love it! Monica I want to say thank you for your kindness! I might found the mat in my Art Shop as well, I'll ask them if they can get it first. Maybe they have it, maybe they can order it. I didn't know that kind of mat. I am very touched by your kindness! Have a great day,
Big Hugs,
Olivia
Wonderful! Thank you very much!
Greetings from Hamburg,
Julia
Thank you so much for sharing! I always make my Mom a rose for her birthday. Her birthday is the last day of summer~ Really lovely!
one of the prettiest paper roses i have seen
blessings
barbara jean
Thank you so much Monica! From the first time I saw these in the magazine I was in love!!! I am definitely going to try to make these!!! You're the best!!!
xo,
Karen
So wonderfully written & photographed, and such a beautiful craft! Thank you so much for sharing, Monica!!!
This is absolutely gorgeous! What a beautiful little flower! I am SO happy that you shared this @ Show & Share! Thank you VERY much!
Thank you for the tutorial, Monica ~ they are gorgeous!!!
Hugs,
Zuzu
oh I can hardly wait to try these, thanks for all you do for us. hugs. have a great weekend.
Dear Monica,
Many thanks for sharing the tutorial of your coffee filter roses, they are so beautiful.
So glad that you were featured in the Sommerset magazine.
Hugs
Carolyn
Gorgeous!
Very helpful tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing. I like detail work so this is right up my alley.
A cinnamon rose... how very lovely! Wish I could grow them in my garden... ;) Truly inspiring and so creative. Thanks for sharing the tricks...
cielo
Thank you so much for the fabulous tutorial. Your rose is stunning. I've pinned this on my very first pinterest board! http://pinterest.com/cmoh/total-rockin-tutorials/
How lovely! I want to come back to this one! :-)
So pretty! Thanks for sharing!
so lovely...thx for sharing...absolutely trying this...hope they turn out as good as yours...new follower...going back to look around...nice to meet you, Mariaelena
Lovely! However, when doing a tutorial using white items, please don't do it over a white background (sheet music)!! It's hard to see some of the details. Also, as a musician, it pains me to see this. ;-)
Only just found your lovely site last night with these roses marked on Pinterest leading me here....so beautiful and calming your website is! Thank You for sharing your tutorial with us.
I had to try them right away and I was impressed with how easy they are to make and how beautiful they look...so I just had to make more to share with others.
I wanted to customise some for a friends upcoming b-day so I tried a variation by adding some red food colouring to the coffee and spices which gave it a really faded look with a soft mottled rose colour washing through the coffee browns...similar to the look of dried red roses.
Once the filters were cooked dry I sanded them lightly with very fine sandpaper which gave them a velvet feel, then I cut out the petals and made the roses.
And then because my friend loves sparkle and glitter I ever so lightly sprinkled the petals with glitter dust using a spray adhesive to get them to stick and they now have a vintage glam look to them which she will love.
Thanks for sharing all the great ideas and beautiful eye candy....so inspiring and enthralling.
Oh, and the sheet music in the background? I loved seeing that with the rose because it got me thinking that sheet music roses would be a great idea for the music lover in your life! And maybe some roses from old books, and wallpaper and old magazines...and..the list is endless.
Joyous Blessings,
Oceanna
Oceanna,
there's no email or link to contact you on your profile, so I'll write my note here. Hope you read it.
Many thanks for taking the time to share your experience here on my blog! I'm glad you had fun and hope your friend will be thrilled (she'll be)!
I also tried the version in 'pink', but used a herb tea to add to the mixture, and the festive one using clear glitter. They are perfect on a Christmas gift!
Music roses would be perfect. I spotted some on Pinterest lately and they were really beautiful...
Cheers,
Monica
I know this is "ancient" but I only just found this via Pinterest. Your tutorial is great and the rose is unbelievably beautiful, thank you!!!
This is beautiful! Love these roses. I found you through Nana
I saw your roses on Pinterest today. I had missed the Somerset Life 2011 issue with your beautiful rose tutorial. Thank you so much for generously sharing your tutorial.
The roses are the prettiest paper flowers that I have ever seen. Love the distressed look. Thank you again.
http://cinnamonpink.typepad.com/
Wow! I never thought about using coffee and cinnamon for the coffee filter roses. Those definitely smell good! I'd love to try them next time :)
I love these! Thank you
Gorgeous and I imagine they smell divine as well.
Ciao, I've found right now your tutorial on Pinterest and i love your rose....it's wonderful!baci Micol
Ciao arrivo dal blog di Micol (post precedente) e le tue rose sono fantastiche... grazie provero'
Baci
patri
Love this!
I ALWAYS WORK OVER A MUSIC BOOK TOO!
I find the dreamy background enhances my creativity.
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