All-nighters, grownup style: Wedding Ceremony Decor
I did something very stupid today.
I stayed up all night long.
My sleep is so precious that I should nevahh compromise it unless forced; however, I do this now and then when I get a bee in my bonnet. It is usually when I have been inspired to finish some project, and
I
just
can’t
stop.
Tonight’s labor of love? The pomadors for my wedding ceremony.
I’ve had this idea for awhile, now. In fact, I made a dry-run with real carnations because I intended to use carnations as my main flower (cheap, hearty, abundant). Then I made a fascinating discovery:
Paper Flowers can look Real
I was skeptical, but I thought, What the Hell? I’m loosing perhaps a buck- fifty on a roll of toilet paper and some napkins, so why not?
I scoured every Michaels in a 20-mile radius eating up the very dregs of after-Christmas sales. I actually had to settle for red Harris Teeter (ahem, grocery store) napkins cause I couldn’t find red tissue paper on sale (and I’m too cheap to pay full price).
I had dinner with friends and didn’t get home till 10:30. Since I didn’t get up till noon, I had had a late start to the day anyway. Then I commenced hours of toilet-paper-flower making.
I looked it up online, and it was super easy. Just time consuming.
And Voila!! As of this morning, I have pomador #1 of 10 (or more . . .)
Can you believe this is toilet paper? I’m so thrilled. This project is totally a Lena-project. Cheap but classy.
Total cost: about $7.50 minus tax since I bought the 8in styrofoam ball and turquoise ribbon with a 20% off coupon and I got the monogram ornaments last year after Christmas.
Tell me what you think!
The finished product will hang on a Shepherd’s Hook something like this:
(taken from www.qualityhillbridalshow.com)
And I’ll wrap some gold curly ting (learned a new word) around the base.

Curly Ting
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