Last fall I had the opportunity to take a crepe paper moth orchid class from a master paper flower creator. (Seriously, check out her Instagram!) It was an incredible class and I was very excited to take the pages of notes I took and turn them into my own orchids. Once Christmas projects were done, I finally had time to create them. Then some friends bought their first home and I knew just what to give them! A custom orchid arrangement that won’t die! 🙂 The finished piece was about 27 inches tall.
How I Made the Arrangement
I found a great ceramic vase at a thrift store. It was originally a glossy green and I gave it a modern upgrade with white and 24-carat gold spray paint. I love how it turned out! It was tempting to keep the vase, but it was so perfect for these orchids.
I filled the vase with floral foam and topped it with cardstock so I could glue the white quartz pebbles I found at a local dollar store.
The flowers and buds were made using Lia Griffith doublette in Vanilla/Chiffon. I actually doubled up the doublette (so four layers total) so the flowers would have some thickness. For the pink centers, I used the palest pink in this chalk set and the light purple pen from the Staedtler Triplus Fineliners (love them!!). The stems are doubled or tripled up 18 gauge wire. The leaves are using a very heavy DCWV green crepe I have in my stash that worked out well. I also used Lia Griffith Crepe Paper in Cypress (from this pack) to wrap the stems.
Two of the three rhizomes. 
I used wire to have the looped stem attach to the brace. 
From above 
The back 
The arrangement in it’s new home.
This was such a fun project to put together! I’m loving learning more about crepe paper flowers!
xoxo,
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