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- To make your anemone bouquet,

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I've selected a range of tissue papers.

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Most of the flowers that I make

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are created in tissue paper, I find

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that is best emulates the thinness

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of a real petal from a real flower,

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with its fineness, its pliability,

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and the fact that it's semi-opaque

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just like a real petal from a bloom.

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And this is kind of a selection that I've picked.

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These are big chunks of tissue paper.

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I kind of buy the tissue paper in bulk,

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but there's many outlets where

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you can get smaller quantities.

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All craft stores and art supply stores sell mixed packages

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of tissue paper that are great to start out with.

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To make one of these anemone, you only need

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one sheet of tissue paper, and I think you could probably

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get three or four flowers from one sheet of tissue paper.

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I recommend starting out like that.

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We're working in a range of colors to create this project.

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This is a peach tissue paper, this is a soft or medium pink,

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this is a salmon tissue paper, this is a cerise,

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this is a red, this is a plum, and this is a purple.

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For this project, we use a fine crepe paper for the centers.

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Crepe paper is wonderful, because it has a grain to it

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that when you pull, actually kind of becomes fluffier,

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and it has a real fine texture.

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So I like to use it in a lot of the centers of my blooms,

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because it gives a variation from the tissue paper

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in the sense that it has this texture to it.

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And you want to make sure that you're

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always using it with a proper grain.

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We also use a one and a half by one and a half inch

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squares of tissue paper, also in black.

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And we create all of our centers, for the most part,

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on an 18 gauge straight 18 inch length floral wire.

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I really recommend using straight floral wire,

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because when you're creating stems it's nice

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to be able to create your flower and then bend

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your stem into the shape that you

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want it to be after you're finished with it.

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If you start with a wire that comes on a spool or

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is in a circular package, you'll really get kind of a lumpy,

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not a very attractive looking stem.

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For the center, I also use these safety qtips,

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and after much experimentation with qtips,

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I found these are wonderful.

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They have a hollow tube, and they're just perfect

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for sticking your wire into the center.

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For each qtip, you can make two flowers

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using one head for each center.

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For all cutting of the paper, I use a quilting mat,

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the larger the better.

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You want it to at least be 20 inches in width,

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which is the width of your tissue paper.

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And I use a quilting ruler, so you can kind of

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use that easily along with a rotary cutter.

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All these things were created for quilting,

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but they also work wonderfully with paper.

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You will also need a great pair of sharp scissors.

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You don't want to buy really expensive fabric scissors,

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but you want to buy a good quality of scissors.

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I find these work really well and they

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stay sharp for a really long time.

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A pair of wire cutters, these can be of any quality.

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They could be hardware, these happen

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to be floral wire cutters, but any will work.

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And then I use these a lot, they are not required,

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but they make life a lot easier,

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and they make all your fringing more unified.

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And they're basically fringing shears.

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About, it looks like, 10 scissors all put together.

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Great, great tool.

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Everything comes together with green floral tape.

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Certain projects we use a different color,

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but for the most part everything is made

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with this traditional green floral tape.

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You'll need one roll to create your anemone bouquet.

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The variations of colors are created using bleach in water,

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and I recommend using a non-corrosive,

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either metal bowl or a glass bowl to use

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as your dipping bowl, and it should be

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at least four inches wide and five or six inches deep

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so that you can dip your rolls of paper

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in without crinkling up the paper.

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We don't give an exact recipe for the bleach,

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just because it's gonna vary with each tissue paper

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that you work with, and different brands react differently.

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We'll talk about different bleaching effects

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that you can achieve later on in the process.

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If you do plan on making this arrangement

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into a bridal bouquet, you'll need some

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ribbon to complete the bouquet with.

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I recommend kind of a very thin, pliable,

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this is a vintage silk ribbon.

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You don't need this much, you'll probably

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at the most need three yards.

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I use canson paper for creating all the leaves.

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It's a great paper, it's like a high quality

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construction paper, it's available at all art supply stores.

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And it has a texture, so make sure to have that facing up

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when you create your leaves, the back is smoother.

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It comes in many other assorted greens that you can use.

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I also recommend having a drying rack.

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I like this one because it's plastic and metal,

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and I don't recommend a wood rack because

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that absorbs the bleach and can damage things later on.