Spring decorating started

I have fallen in love with Cherry Blossoms this year. In my efforts to force Spring into happening I decided that I would decorate in Cherry Blossoms. I don't usually decorate in pink, but these were irresistible. They were easy to make and I am enjoying the compliments that I have gotten so far on them. I think they will be out for a while because they add a nice splash of color.

They were very easy to make and I had everything I needed laying around the house so they didn't cost me a dime. LOVE that. I had some branches laying around my craft area that I was saving for just the right project and this happened to be the right one, plus some light and dark pink tissue paper, and of course a crafter's best friend- the hot glue gun. 

They were very easy to make, in fact I had so much fun I made some for my daughter to take home with her while she was in town visiting the next week and then I made more for our kitchen.I have to confess, that this idea was taken from Pintrest, so I can not take all the credit for it.

The directions are easy:

Find some dead branches laying around out in nature. Cut out a template of a flower. (I used a piece of cardboard). The template doesn't have to perfect or professional looking- as you can see with mine. 

I cut out two different sizes for this project. 

Then I applied the template to the tissue paper and cut and cut and cut. This picture shows two different sizes that I put together, I also used the same size for other flowers and sometimes I even used the same color for a single flower for variety. 

Take the flower, fold them in half (again, it doesn't have to be perfect), then I took the center of the flower at the fold and then twist the center. Then glue the flower to the branches. Waalaa...it's that easy!