Weddingbee Blog

From the moment I laid eyes on tissue paper pomanders, I knew I wanted to make them for our aisle decor. The pomanders reminded me of tissue paper carnations I made as a child. My mom still has a bouquet of tissue paper circles crinkled atop pipe cleaners that I gave her for Mother’s Day well over a decade ago. Last week, I relived my childhood, as my mom and I made hundreds of tissue paper carnations. We then turned the carnations into pomanders.

If you too would like to make tissue paper pomanders, I’ve put together a little tutorial:

Supplies:

• Tissue paper in desired color (8 sheets of paper made approximately 2 pomanders)
• Scissors
• Floral wire (I used 26 gauge)
• Wire cutter
• Styrofoam balls (I used 4 inch balls from the Dollar Tree)
• Ribbon
• Hot glue gun

Steps:

1. Separate tissue paper into groups of 4 sheets, and fold.

2. Using a template that is 3 inches in diameter, trace circles onto folded tissue paper, and cut. Use a paper clip to keep circles together as you cut.

3. Repeat as necessary, cutting 8 sheets of circles per 2 pomanders.

4. Using wire cutter, cut wire into 4 inch pieces. Fold wire in half and twist bottom, leaving a needle-like top.

5. One by one, place 4 circles on wire, crinkling each circle as you go.

6. Cut a long piece of ribbon. Fold a small piece of wire in the center of the ribbon, twisting the ends together.

7. Place the wire end of the ribbon into the Styrofoam ball using a hot glue gun to secure.

8. Tie a bow at the top of the ribbon to create a handle.

9. Place wired carnations into Styrofoam ball, hot gluing to secure. Each pomander requires approximately 30 carnations.

This isn’t wedding related, but if you all could, please keep my baby Gabby in your thoughts. Yesterday, she couldn’t open her right eye, so I rushed her to the emergency vet. The vet performed a florescent scan of her eye and found a corneal laceration. She is now on an ophthalmic antibiotic and pain medication. She seems to be doing well, but has an irritated, half-shut eye. She sees her regular vet later this week to ensure that the laceration is healing properly.