Review: Martha Stewart Tissue Paper Bouquet Kit

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About a month ago I was scoping out the arts and crafts section at Wal-Mart when I came across this Martha Stewart Tissue Paper Bouquet Kit on sale for $6.87. We were on our way out of town because Mr. K was competing in a duathlon. I wasn't exactly looking forward to spending lots of time by myself waiting for him to cross the finish line, so I thought the kit would be a great diversion!

Keeping warm in the car during the race, working on my flowers!

The finished product!

The kit consists of floral wire, floral tape, tissue paper, and a few flowery embellishments. It makes four varieties of blooms, with a total of 27 flowers in the kit. It took me about a day to make all of the flowers, and my hands were pretty tired when I was finished, but I think they turned out great! I put them on my dining room table and I've been getting lots of complements ever since! I decided against using them for the wedding, just because of the difficulty of transporting them to Grand Cayman, but if I was getting married locally, I would definitely consider using these bright, pretty, eco-friendly flowers for my centerpieces! Another bonus is that guests can easily take them home as favors at the end of the night!

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If you are considering trying out the Tissue Paper Bouquet for yourself, I have two tips for you:

Tip #1: Buy the kit at Wal-Mart. I generally don't love shopping there (I am much more of a Target girl) but they had these kits on sale! I checked online and they are regular price (around $10), but their prices are still cheaper than Michael's (around $20).

Tip #2: This is ideally a "group project." Making the flowers got pretty tedious after a while. When I was considering making the flowers for my wedding, I envisioned a girls' night with wine, a chick flick, and lots and lots of paper flowers! :)

Using tissue paper flowers is a great way to cut costs for your wedding. They are delicate, classy, and easy on your wallet! I just wish they wouldn't get squished in my suitcase on the way to the Caymans! Check Wal-Mart and Michael's if you are interested in trying these out for yourself! Here are some other cute tissue paper flower kits from Martha. I bought the pink Peony kit for my rehearsal bouquet!

Martha Stewart Pink Peony Bouquet (not available online but I found it at Wal-Mart!)
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Cute Favor Boxes from Martha Stewart
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Not Martha, but a delightful DIY carnation kit!
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Are you going to incorporate paper flowers into your wedding?