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Everything You Need to Make Crepe Paper Flowers

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I’m on a mission to learn how to make crepe paper flowers for my wedding decor. I plan to make the flowers for table decoration, chair posies and to decorate the cake. My dad owns a printing business, so paper has oddly been a big thing in my life. ...
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Books

 
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A beginners book for multiple flower tutorials.
Crepe Paper Flowers | Lia Griffiths Book
 
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Another great book from beginners to advanced.
The New Art of Paper Flowers | Quynh Nguyen’s Book

Materials - Paper

 
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This is where I’ve purchased my 180gsm and 90gsm crepe paper from. They have a HUGE selection of colours. Prices are reasonable and shipping isn’t extortionate
Crepe Paper | FloristryWarehouse
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This is where you can buy doublette crepe paper in the UK. I haven’t bought this yet, I instead bought 90gsm from Floristry Warehouse
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Materials - Decor

 
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This is the gouache I use and love. You can use it to decorate the paper before you form the flowers. For veining, blemishes and shading to make them more realistic.
Himi Gouache | Amazon
 
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I got the 64 set to have a good range of colours. I use these instead of PanPastels (just can’t justify that cost!) and they work well, I have also heard eyeshadows are a good alternative too
Inscribe Soft Pastel Set | Amazon
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I use these to apply the pastel colours to the paper. They’re soft enough that they don’t affect the paper, and apply a good opacity of colour.
Eyeshadow Applicators | Amazon
 
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Large colour range and not extortionately priced. Any alcohol markers will work well to add detail to the petals.
Promarker | Windsor and Newton
 
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Again, great alcohol markers for adding details
Copic Markers | Copic Shop

Materials - Wires

 
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I use the mid green for larger flower stems.
18 Gauge Florist Wire | Amazon
 
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Great for petals, super thin but still paper covered to save the hassle of doing it yourself
White 26 Gauge Floral Wire
 
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Great for smaller flower stems
22G Green Floral Wire | Amazon

Tools

 
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For bending wire
Small Needle Nose Pliers | Amazon
 
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For cutting wire
Mini Wire Cutters | Amazon

Websites

 
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Truly the oracle of all things crepe paper flower crafting.
Lia Griffith | Website
 
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Another great website to check out for tutorials.
Pink and Posy / Quynh Nyugen | Website