First, we purchased a bundle of small shipping boxes for cheap (at most, $1/box). I wrapped/glued a thick brown ribbon around the middle of the box (cheap find from a local flea market).
Then, I bunched a bunch of old recycled papers (i.e. our old junk mail! $0!) into a ball. I used many layers, so that it would fit tightly into the box. To hide the outer layer, I wrapped old white tissue paper (leftover from gifts we received) around the ball and taped the bottom. The ball was then stuffed into the box - with the top sticking out just a tad, in order to create a rounded dome, on top.
Next, I hot glued about 9 flowers in a circle, to the tissue paper - creating the bottom level. About 6-7 flowers were in the next layer up. Then I bunched up a small wad of tissue paper, glued it to the top of the dome, and added 1 flower in the middle (otherwise the top flower would look like it sunk in). I used strips of paper to fill in the gaps between flowers (I glued the 2 ends of the paper to the tissue paper dome - so that they were a U-shape).
Photographed by Quinn Photography
The centerpieces were placed upon a rounded mirror surrounded by tea lights (provided by our venue). Guests were able to take home the centerpieces. We also have a few displayed in our home.
Photographed by Quinn Photography
Photographed by Quinn Photography
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