DIY ~ Tissue Pomanders

marina posted her instructions on another thread but i am too lazy to look for it... ;-)

I found these instructions online:

What you will need:
-18 gauge wire
-tissue paper
-scissors
- 5″ Styrofoam balls
- Hot glue
-extra sets of helping hands (if available)

Step One
For the ribbon handle, I cut 10″ of wire, folded in half, and then I twisted around the ribbon (see picture below). I suggest using a skewer to poke a hole on the styrofoam ball before placing the wire with hot glue.

Step Two
How to make the little pom poms:
I followed instructions from the Martha Stewart website, which can be viewed by clicking here. I used the same measurements as for the napkin rings, 10 inches by 5 inches wide with four sheets stacked.

Step three
Continuing from the last image above, I left an extra 1/2″ of wire from the pom poms in order to attach them onto the ball, seen on the picture below. I also used hot glue to keep them in place.

I used different shades of orange paper to give them more depth. I attached the pom poms tightly together, but you can use less flowers if you would like.

And the final result:

fomr another DIY bride...

This craft was very, very time intensive. It took hours and hours and a seriously fantastic and committed Mom and FH!

I decided to make these when our florist quoted me about $50 bucks a ball. And that was with the cheap favourite, the carnation. I used tissue because I just don't like silk (no offense!) and even though I was taking a risk in case of rain, I went with it anyway.

The final tally, for everything, everything completely assembled was $162.00.






The idea and pom-pom instructions a la Martha Stewart; click here:
Martha Stewart Pom-Poms and Luminaries How To



But I made the little ones, the 'napkin ring' size:


I bought all of the tissue paper at Michaels. It is metallic on one side and dull on the other. I'm sorry I can't tell you the brand but you'll find it in the gift wrapping section. It is more expensive than the regular tissue paper. At first I didn't like the dull side but it added a nice dimension to the 'flowers'. I wish I could tell you how many packages I bought, maybe 30 or 40? I never knew how many we'd need so I just kept buying a few more.

Here you can see the tissue laid out in the background, waiting to be cut into pieces. We cut it as close to the Martha sizes as the paper would allow without wasting any and saving time. This is my sis "fluffing" a flower:


Here you can see my Mom folding:




A bunch of the flowers:


As for the making of the balls. One at a time I would make a hole in the (5") syrofoam ball (I bought the green instead of white because I didn't mind if a little colour showed through, but it didn't) with a screwdriver, then I'd put hot glue in the hole (don't use the super high heat glue because it'll melt the styrofoam) and jam the flower in with a screwdriver, letting the glue take hold and also pushing it into the styrofoam a little bit.

I'm sure there are a million ways to do this but this worked for us. Although, I burned myself quite badly twice. And, nobody else would glue after they attempted it a couple times. You have to be a seriously deranged bride with a vision to get this done.

Oh, it just occured to me that there were about 35 flowers per ball. And, I think we got 8(??) flowers from one pack of tissue. Hmmm... maybe. Can't remember exactly. It was never quite exact because I just filled up the ball. I think the flower bases were about 1-1/2 inches apart.








Close up of ball:


Four done:


These are the bamboo poles I bought from a flower store. About $2.00 each. If I'm not mistaken you can find these at Michaels too.




This was our test set up in the backyard.





Here's the finished product again

Thanks Dirty!  You are awesome!

These are beautifu!  Thanks for sharing this great idea!

SO VERY PRETTY! :]

How many did you end up making?

These are AMAZING! The tissue paper you used really makes them look real!!

Do you think you could use christmas ornament hangers? I was at hobby lobby and they have the package of like 500 wire ornament hangers for $1 so i didn't knwo if they would work or not!?

I could not decided between silk hydrangeas or tissue, but after looking at your post, I have to attempt the tissue option.  I am also getting married in November (11/22), so weather is a concern.  D1rty, how will you secure the the bamboo posts in case you move your event indoors due to "ulan"? TIA

walang ulan sa san siego! hahaha

those look nice, but man, I have zero desire to make any!!