CJ Made Blogiversary Giveaway!

I have been writing this blog for six years in August and I wanted to celebrate my blogiversary with a giveaway.

You can win the goodies in the photo by following my blog (if you do not already do so) and writing a comment below about what you would like to make with the some of the crafty supplies.

I will announce the winner on the 23rd of August.
Good luck my creative, crafty buddies x

Check out what you could win below.

• 5 rolls of Paper Poetry crepe paper
• 2 rolls of Paper Poetry green paper tape
• 2 packets of Paper Poetry flower stamens

• New Look 6446 jumpsuit pattern
• Butterick B6318 Retro '61 dress pattern
• Butterick B6326 Skirt pattern
• Nicola Finetti V1471 dress pattern

• 6 fat quarters of Alison Glass Chroma cotton in pinks & purples

Paper Flower making with A Petal Unfolds

On Sunday I attended a workshop in Shoreditch ran by the lovely Susan from A Petal Unfolds. I signed up for the peony flower workshop a two and a half hour session to learn how to make a crepe paper flower.

Susan had created a lovely pack of cardboard templates for each part of the flower. We started with centre of the flower using yellow and orange crepe. The stamen are created by snipping fine vertical cuts the length of the paper. You then roll the paper around some floristry wire using glue to secure it.

Petals of various sizes are cut out of a crepe paper colour of your choice. Before glueing into position you gently stretch the crepe paper to create some gentle folds and movement in the petals. The key to creating a natural looking flower, glue the petals clockwise at 2, 5, 7, 11 and so on filling in the gaps as you continue. I used about 36 - 40 petals in the flower you see here and a few leaves. I had sooooo much fun making this flower and I would love to learn more about paper flower crafts.

Enjoy these luscious photos!