Hi Everyone! I hope you had a great weekend!

Today, I am proud to introduce a new series called “Road Test!” Periodically, I’ll discuss certain projects (big and small) that I take on to let you know how it goes  and rate it on difficulty and “worth-it-ness.” I hope this will not only be fun but really helpful! I mean, why get into something that doesn’t turn out to be just what you wanted? Right! Therefore, here is my first “road test”… just for you.

Friday, I received my paper flower wreath kit from Paper Source. Did I ever let you in on this cutie?

Yes, of course, it’s going on Little Miss’ door!

Well, it came in a neat little package in three parts: the wreath ring and ribbon, the paper flowers, and the brads and flower “circles.” The instructions were decently easy to decipher. Although, I have some tips for you that aren’t explained on the package instructions.

This shows several ways to “stack” the different size flower parts on top of one another in order to create the gorgeous paper blooms.

Before going that far and creating the blooms straight out of the gates, however, I decided to take an inventory of the petals and figure out how many blooms I needed to make to fit around this wreath ring (about 16-18). By the way, they give you too many…I guess it’s in case you mess up…(I was totally offended. Like I would mess up. Ha!)

So, in super Type-A fashion, I laid out all the paper pieces in categories by size:

Then, I stacked all the petals (about three per flower) in the order I wanted to create my blooms:

After I felt organized (and this really did make me feel organized!), I creased the flowers as instructed and fastened them with the given colorful brad. Voila!

A note on creasing and flower depth: The directions tell you to either crease the petals in the middle for depth or roll them with a pencil. I recommend creasing them…the pencil started to wear my patience thin! I do agree with their idea of cutting the larger blooms down the side to create even more depth, however. Here I am creasing the flower petals:

The rest was super easy. I simply placed the blooms I made around the wreath in the order I wanted them and fastened them to the wreath. One thing about the ribbon they don’t suggest: place the ribbon around the wreath before fixing the blooms to the ring. It will prevent awkward, near bloom damage that would inevitably occur if you placed the ribbon post-bloom fixing. Make sense?

Overall, this project was super fun and very rewarding. Take a look at my finished product:

Here are the “Project Stats”:

Time Out of My Day: A little over an hour.

Difficulty: Moderate

Finger/Hand Cramps or Injuries? None

Worth-It-Ness: 100%

Would I Make This Again?: Absolutely!

Let me know if you have made this and have any additional comments!

Later, Gators,

Adrianne