Okay, my first attempt to make petal holders...FAIL. Ugly. And didn't make sense. They were awful. But! Let's not let that get the best of us, shall we? No, instead, I did what any other girl does when she's all out of ideas! I look to the interwebs and poof! I found what I wanted!
But, before we go there...let's recap. This is what I wanted:
This is what I made...
Definitely not what I wanted. So, I read somewhere that you can make cones out of doilies cut in half. What? I can do a half DIY and still make it my own? Oh, I'm sold.
I bought these babies at Party City. I could wander that store for hours. But, that's another story. A pack of 48 was plenty enough for me. 96 of these guys is more than enough for our guests.
Easy peasy: Take a doily and fold it in half.
And then let all your anger out with a swift chop with the guillotine! Er, I mean, the paper cutter.
Roll the half-doily into a cone shape with the lacy part on top.
Tape it together ( I taped in two spots because I'm just well, an over-killer), and voila! A petal cone!
Tada!! And with petals inside:
Ahhh...I feel so much better about this project now. And it was incredibly easy - like used half of my attention easy. I got to watch District 9 while making these bad boys, and now they're a part of my filling hall closet I call the "wedding closet."
I am now living proof that you don't have to be completely crafty to make nice things! Apparently, you just have to be a good Googler!
Have you ever found better ideas on the internet to fix your own DIY disasters?
