And it goes on and on and on...

Fresh flowers can get expensive if you buy them every week, but paper flowers are a cheap, long-lasting way to create the same effect in your home. With Valentine's Day fast approaching (11 days, peeps!!) I decided to make some fun paper flowers for the house. I followed Ms. Martha's tutorial, designed to create pom-poms. This project cost me $4, which is less than the price of one bouquet of store-bought flowers and much longer lasting.
To make the flowers, you need:

• Tissue paper
• Floral wire
• Scissors

The first thing I did was cut out 6-to-8 inch squares of tissue paper. I layered between 8 and 10 squares of paper, depending on the fluffiness of the flowers.

I accordian-folded the tissue paper and then twisted my floral wire around the middle of the paper. 

Then I rounded off each end with my scissors. 

Then I pulled out the ends, like a Minnie Mouse bow.

Next, I carefully pulled out each layer, twisting it as I separated it from the stack.

I trimmed the extra floral wire to the length that I wanted and tada- finished dahlia-like flowers!

These flowers are kind of time consuming to make, but look so pretty when finished.

I used my flowers in two different displays in our home. The first was this large vase on our hallway table. I just twisted the extra wire around the faux branches. 

The other arrangement sits on my coffee table in a square white vase.

This is a cheap way for you to add a healthy dose of pink to you home, just in time for Valentine's (which my husband allllways appreciates!)