Frosted Paper Flowers — August 21, 2020

Frosted Paper Gardenia

Tags Paper Flowers for Beginners, svg paper

Frosted Paper Flowers — August 21, 2020

Frosted Paper Gardenia

Tags Paper Flowers for Beginners, svg paper

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It seems that every time I create a new paper flower template it becomes my new favorite. With this marvelous metallic paper gardenia, it’s happened again. This flower is simply gorgeous and just in time for Mother’s Day! Even if you don’t have time to make a full bouquet, just one on top of a wrapped gift will add that “gift-on-top-of-a-gift” element that I love to do with my own gift wrapping. These gardenias also make for a perfect Mother’s Day corsage to pin onto a top or tie at the wrist. The possibilities are endless!

For this flower I printed a simple line template onto one of my favorite paper types — a metallic, iridescent frosted paper that gives such beautiful dimension when curled and sculpted. I used text weight paper in the colors White Gold and Botanic. You can find these at one of my favorite online shops, Paper Papers. Download and print our PDF or SVG files below and follow our tutorial for how to assemble. Enjoy! ~ Lia

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131 Comments

Mr August 8, 2017 at 4:11am

The Gardenia has been the best for me for many years I am 83 but my mother before me loved the flower. It was also the name of a musical hall stars song ‘Little White Gardenia

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1. Lia August 8, 2017 at 7:42am
  
  @Mr
  
  How sweet!
  
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Patty July 15, 2016 at 9:46pm

Hi Lia,
Your work is so inspiring. I just started making flowers from coffee filters. I need your advice e please. The flowers just do not hold their shape. I tried spray starch and that did not work. When I make an arrangement, I have to reshape the flowers continuously and when I’m finished they still look messy. Do you have any suggestions?
Again, you have a wonderful gift and thank you for all your fabulous ideas.
Best regards, Patty Harris

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1. Lia July 22, 2016 at 10:27am
  
  @Patty
  
  If you’re making flowers out of filters, I would suggest tacking the petals together more by adding dots of glue to hold the shape.
  
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Amanda May 10, 2016 at 6:30am

Hello,

The items on your website are amazing and inspiring me to do more crafting. I am currently stuck on the center of the gardenia (forming a cone that looks half decent), is there a video for this item / do you have any suggestions? Trying to make my mom a shadow box full of flowers for her birthday on Sunday!

Thanks – Amanda!

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1. Lia May 12, 2016 at 5:23pm
  
  @Amanda
  
  I’m so glad to hear you are feeling inspired Amanda!! I don’t have a video for these gardenias unfortunately. The best advice I can give is that, when forming the cone, each petal should be overlapping the petal to its right. This way, you can get a tighter, neater cone. It is so hard to explain it in words! I truly hope that helps! It is very sweet of you to make these as a gift for Mom 🙂
  
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Rachel April 10, 2016 at 9:22pm

These are so beautiful and elegant, and simple to make… I live in Alaska where the planting zone is a solid 2 for one side of my house, and 2.5 for the other side, so planting my own gardenia bush (along with several other flowers and trees) is severely out of question… I’m so thankful for all of your tutorials! I’m looking forward to making a bouquet of the crepe paper version of this for Mother’s Day!

Will you be making paper birds of paradise flowers in the near future?

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1. Lia April 13, 2016 at 7:44am
  
  @Rachel
  
  Please share pictures of your crepe paper bouquet, would love to see. I will have to look into the birds of paradise flower:-)
  
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Pearl April 8, 2016 at 3:46am

This is beautiful and is definitely a must try and have for the holidays. Thanks for sharing.

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1. Lia April 8, 2016 at 9:35am
  
  @Pearl
  
  You’re very welcome! 🙂
  
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Carolyn April 2, 2016 at 10:00am

anxiously awaiting the Svg file for the Gardenias:}

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1. Lia May 5, 2016 at 3:01pm
  
  @Carolyn
  
  Check back soon, we have a post coming up next week with the SVG file!
  
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Hannah May 11, 2015 at 6:17pm

Hello!
Gardenias are my favorite flower and I love your design! I would like to make paper gardenias for a wall decor for my living room and I was wondering if there was anyway to make smaller templates for it so that I can have an assortment of flowers?
Thank you so much!

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1. Lia May 12, 2015 at 8:53am
  
  @Hannah
  
  Yes absolutely. If you are using a cutting machine you can resize the SVG. If you are cutting by hand you can enlarge or shrink the template either when you are printing it or on a copy machine.
  
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  1. kelly January 15, 2016 at 8:30pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Hi, do you have a SVG for the Gardenias? I am making them for my wedding and I do not see it? If not is there any way to put the file you have into the cricut?
    Thanks, Love all your flowers!!
    
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    1. Lia January 19, 2016 at 10:00am
      
      @kelly
      
      Unfortunately I do not have an SVG file for the Gardenia. I will make a note for myself to create on in the near future!
      
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Sarah March 26, 2015 at 3:25pm

Hi!
I’ve been using this tutorial to make flowers for my brother’s wedding and just wanted to share how you helped me make something beautiful so I wrote about it on my blog and linked back to you. Thanks so much for the tablets!
Hope that’s ok!
Sarah
https://sarahhonsberg.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/paper-gardenias/#more-29

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1. Lia March 27, 2015 at 8:46am
  
  @Sarah
  
  How cute! Thanks for sharing with us!!
  
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Ashton December 19, 2014 at 8:28pm

Hello,
I am new to creating paper flowers and was wondering if there is a specific paper you use to create the flowers or if there is a link or website to print out flower cut-outs. If I could get some information, that would be most helpful and I would be most grateful.
Thank You

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1. Lia December 20, 2014 at 7:47am
  
  @Ashton
  
  I use metallic TEXT weight (not card stock) paper from paper-papers.com. All of my flowers here have downloadable templates. 🙂
  
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Nelly October 17, 2014 at 6:10pm

This is suggestion for Ashley Peaches, print the template and scan it or save it as a pdf. and you can import into Silhouette Cameo. Saves cutting by hand if you need to make several. Good luck

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Ashley October 11, 2014 at 5:02pm

Do you have the SVG file for the gardenia? I am using these for my wedding and would love to be able to use my cutter instead of doing these all by hand.

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1. Lia October 13, 2014 at 9:22am
  
  @Ashley
  
  So sorry I don’t have an svg file for the Gardenia. I did the flower long before I had my Cricut. Congrats on your upcoming wedding!
  
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Julie June 1, 2014 at 8:20am

Hi Lia! I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to have found your tutorial and template printable. I’ve been wanting to make paper flowers for my wedding next year, and I hadn’t found just the right one yet…but your gardenias are it!! Thank you for the paper links too. I just placed my order, and will have my flower troops working hard. 🙂 I’ll be sure to link over to your amazing flower posts during my wedding planning blog series too. I’m so freaking stoked for these flowers!!!!!!

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1. Lia June 2, 2014 at 10:53pm
  
  @Julie
  
  That is wonderful! I LOVE the gardenias. Make sure you let me know when you post too. I want to see your progress. If you are making a lot of flowers, I am going to suggest you look at investing in a Cricut Exlore. I will give you the SVG or JPG files for this flower to make it even easier. It would save you a lot of time. 😉
  
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  1. Trinh October 11, 2015 at 6:25pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Hi! Love your site and the flowers. Can you please send me the svg and jpg files?
    
    Thanks
    
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    1. Lia October 12, 2015 at 3:26pm
      
      @Trinh
      
      You can find the files at the bottom of the post under the last image:-)
      
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Nana April 21, 2014 at 7:45pm

Thanks so much for the tut and pattern for the Gardenia. It will be greatly used and loved.
xo Nana April

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1. Nana April 21, 2014 at 7:56pm
  
  @Nana
  
  Forgot to add, what do you think this would look like in pearlised paper?
  
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  1. Lia April 21, 2014 at 9:02pm
    
    @Nana
    
    The flowers in the photos are on a metallic or pearl paper. It is one of my favorite papers for flowers. In my post today (apple blossoms) I even printed onto the pearl paper.
    
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2. Lia April 21, 2014 at 9:00pm
  
  @Nana
  
  Do happy you like it… it is a favorite.
  
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Gerry April 20, 2014 at 7:00am

could not get get steps 11-20 to print out..these flowers are fantastic..Did the rose for church..great.great!!

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1. Lia April 21, 2014 at 8:58pm
  
  @Gerry
  
  The steps are not really set up to be printed. There are ways to move the image or tile so you can print them. I am happy you are enjoying the flowers.
  
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Joyce April 7, 2014 at 8:15am

Thank you for sharing your talent, you are blessed.

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1. Lia April 8, 2014 at 9:40pm
  
  @Joyce
  
  Aww, thank you Joyce.
  
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ar0se4u2 April 6, 2014 at 10:01am

I love the look of this paper. I would of guessed it to be a 32lb paper not an 80. Beautiful ☺

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1. Lia April 6, 2014 at 9:33pm
  
  @ar0se4u2
  
  You must have quite an eye for paper then. 🙂
  
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Sophie December 5, 2013 at 4:10pm

Love how this looks! How did you get the paper cone to stay in place and collect nicely? I couldn’t seem to make them fold out evenly

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1. Lia December 5, 2013 at 6:29pm
  
  @Sophie
  
  This is one of my favorite paper flowers. To cone the center, I overlapped and used my fingers on one hand to spin in the other fingers and keep it tight. It just takes a little practice. The good thing is that flowers are perfectly imperfect.
  
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Renee November 20, 2013 at 9:20pm

This was such a wide selection of flowers. And when I have some time I want to look at your entire website. I will tell others about this site.

Thank you for sharing with us.

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1. Lia November 21, 2013 at 8:48am
  
  @Renee
  
  Thanks Renee!
  
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Cira November 17, 2013 at 5:27pm

Hi Lia,
These gardenias are just beautiful!

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1. Lia November 17, 2013 at 11:57pm
  
  @Cira
  
  Thanks Cira!
  
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crystal November 11, 2013 at 11:30pm

because i forgot to ask on my last comment, what kind of scissors would you recommend for performance and importantly comfort..?

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1. Lia November 12, 2013 at 10:05am
  
  @crystal
  
  I really like the Scotch brand scissors. The best thing to do is try a few on and see how they feel in your hands. Sometimes a smaller pair feels great too and works well to cut paper like this. (I am also loving my Silhouette Cameo). 😉
  
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natalia November 8, 2013 at 3:26am

You are sooo talented!!! I love your page so much!! I’m going to try thebgardenia today, what kind of paper should it be? Kind regards from Spain!!

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1. Lia November 8, 2013 at 1:48pm
  
  @natalia
  
  I used a metallic lighter weight paper. If you can’t find that, just some regular cream paper, but not card stock. It does not look as soft.
  
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Megan September 18, 2013 at 10:42am

Hi Lia,
These gardinas are just beautiful! I am planning my wedding and gardinas are my flower! However, to keep costs down I would love to make my own bouquet, and this looks just amazing! You are so talented, I hope I can get them close to perfect like yours 🙂
I hate to bother you but I cannot see the grey download button that you spoke of. I would love to print the pattern!
Thank you so much!

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1. Megan September 18, 2013 at 10:47am
  
  @Megan
  
  Oh my gosh, I am so blind… I see it now!
  Thank you so much for this pattern!
  
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  1. Lia September 18, 2013 at 5:59pm
    
    @Megan
    
    Oh good!
    
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2. Lia September 18, 2013 at 5:59pm
  
  @Megan
  
  These are a great option for wedding flowers. I think they would look great mixed with real flowers too. If you go to the end of the post under the tutorial there is a wide bar that says “paper gardenia”. That will give you the template download.
  
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Laura August 25, 2013 at 7:20pm

Me encantaron estas flores de papel

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1. Lia August 26, 2013 at 8:25am
  
  @Laura
  
  Thanks Laura!
  
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hayley July 26, 2013 at 1:03pm

hi! you really REALLY helped me out a couple months ago with these designs! I wanted to send you some pictures of how I used the flowers at my event. Can I email you?
-Hayley

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1. Lia July 26, 2013 at 1:19pm
  
  @hayley
  
  That is so great to hear! You can email me at lia@liagriffith.com or post on my facebook page. Looking forward to seeing them.
  
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Sadyra July 25, 2013 at 5:24pm

I loved! 😀

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1. Lia July 26, 2013 at 9:00am
  
  @Sadyra
  
  Oh good!
  
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Edna July 16, 2013 at 10:07pm

Lovely white blossoms, they are so beautiful. I have been wondering which brand of the paper(s) when you make your own flowers. I find that sometime it just does not turn out that way, probably because I am not using the same texture of paper as you do.

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1. Lia July 16, 2013 at 11:44pm
  
  @Edna
  
  My first tip is always to use a letter or text weight paper. I think people may assume they need to use a card stock or heavier paper but it actually does not curl as nicely. Currently I am using two different kinds of paper. The paper in this post is the metallic paper in a text weight. It gives a lovely sheen. There is a link in the post for my online source and they offer many color options. The other paper is a common laser printer paper, also in text weight. I use this when the flower is printed with my watercolor pattern. An example of this is the ranunculus, anemone, poppy and the pink/peach roses.
  
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Margaret July 16, 2013 at 4:09pm

What kind of fabric would you use to make this flower

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1. Lia July 16, 2013 at 11:35pm
  
  @Margaret
  
  Hum. I am not sure without testing it. The fabric will not look like the paper in the end since it does not curl like paper does.
  
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Nadia July 13, 2013 at 12:41am

Bonjour,
Vos réalisations sont raffinées, belles, féminines, félicitations, je garde votre site précieusement
Excellente journée

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1. Lia July 14, 2013 at 10:44pm
  
  @Nadia
  
  Thank you for your sweet comment Nadia. (google translate) Merci pour votre commentaire Nadia doux.
  
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Karn May 21, 2013 at 11:58am

I have been working with silk or fabric flowers for the last ten years. I am considering adding my own flowers to the mix. Paper flowers will be fine. I can tell you know the anatomy of flowers well. It makes your paper flowers a joy to become acquainted with. Thanks.

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1. Lia May 21, 2013 at 3:15pm
  
  @Karn
  
  Thanks for your comment Karn. I think you will enjoy paper flowers as well. 🙂
  
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Patty May 19, 2013 at 7:18pm

Love it! I’m so happy to find your site

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1. Lia May 19, 2013 at 9:11pm
  
  @Patty
  
  Glad you found it too. 🙂
  
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hayley May 18, 2013 at 7:16pm

These are so beautiful! I just made 10 and I need to make 60 more for an event I’m doing. My question is, do you think that these can last until July 20? Do they generally fall flat, and if so, is there anything I can do to preserve them? Some sort of fixative maybe? Hope to hear back and thank you SO much for this tutorial!!!!
-Hayley

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1. Lia May 18, 2013 at 8:02pm
  
  @hayley
  
  Hello Hayley. Believe it or not, I still have paper flowers from two years ago that look perfect. As long as they don’t get wet, they should last you a very long time. Share photos of your event! I would love to see how you use them.
  
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hayley May 18, 2013 at 1:39pm

These are so beautiful! You are talented. Maybe I am not seeing it, but could you post the link to the template you used? I am going to try and make these for a party.
-Hayley

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1. Lia May 18, 2013 at 8:08pm
  
  @hayley
  
  My template that I created for this flower is at the end of the post. You can see a wide grey button that says “download and print”. There you go! 😉
  
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Anna May 9, 2013 at 12:31pm

Moltes gràcies Lia ,per deixar-nos imprimir aquesta flor tan maca, segur que la faré ja vaig fer la orquídia per un regal i va quedar molt bé.
Endavant !!

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1. Lia May 9, 2013 at 1:53pm
  
  @Anna
  
  Yes! It will be beautiful.
  
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jet May 9, 2013 at 4:56am

wooow this is sooo gourgious, awesome done, you’re sooooo talented. Thank you for the tute and the sharing,;-D

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1. Lia May 9, 2013 at 9:35am
  
  @jet
  
  You are so welcome! Too much fun!
  
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Karen May 8, 2013 at 11:51pm

Gardenias have been one of my most favorite flowers for many, many years!!! Quite a long time ago, a subdivision in my city planted gardenia bushes near the front door of every house they built! A cousin of mine eventually bought a house there and it was soooooo wonderful to go visit because you were always greeted with that wonderful aroma of gardenias! Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial and pattern! Can’t wait to try them!

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1. Lia May 9, 2013 at 9:35am
  
  @Karen
  
  I remember when I first met a gardenia. The floral department at my work (Pebble Beach Resorts) put one on my desk. I thought I was in heaven. These don’t smell. . . but they last a lot longer. 😉
  
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  1. Karen May 11, 2013 at 7:47pm
    
    @Lia
    
    I know, sob, sob, and, as far as I know, there has never been a fragrance made that was even near close to the real smell of a gardenia! Some day, maybe!lol
    
    KarenT in TX
    
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Lisa May 8, 2013 at 5:48pm

These are GORGEOUS! I’m wondering if I can make one out of felt so I can use it as a hair clip for my young daughter….

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1. Lia May 9, 2013 at 9:33am
  
  @Lisa
  
  You can try it. The pattern would make a pretty flower no matter what. I would like to do some felt flower tutorials too so stay tuned. 😉
  
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Brenda May 8, 2013 at 7:04am

I LOVE this gardenia Lia. Thanks so much for all the sharing that you do@!

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1. Lia May 8, 2013 at 7:48am
  
  @Brenda
  
  Happy you like it!
  
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Susan May 8, 2013 at 6:15am

I am in love with this flower…..its beautiful, can’t wait to try it today!!! I am a big fan of your amazing flowers…I used your orange colored roses all over my wedding last year in October and everyone was talking about them….
thank you for creating such spectacular items
Susan

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1. Lia May 8, 2013 at 7:48am
  
  @Susan
  
  That’s fantastic! I want to see photos of your wedding roses. 🙂
  
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Mair May 8, 2013 at 2:58am

what fabulous flowers and tutorials,thank you for your generousity in sharing..Mair

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1. Lia May 8, 2013 at 7:49am
  
  @Mair
  
  Thanks and you are so welcome. 😉
  
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Karen May 7, 2013 at 8:27pm

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful flower with us, Lia.

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1. Lia May 8, 2013 at 12:01am
  
  @Karen
  
  You are welcome!
  
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Jennifer May 7, 2013 at 5:59pm

Lia, Thank you, for sharing your talent. I just love your website. All my children are in college or have already graduated. I love the idea of making this flower and placing it on their “I’m Thankful for being your Mom gift”. For Mothers Day. Have a wonderful Mothers Day, and thanks again for sharing your talent.

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1. Lia May 7, 2013 at 6:08pm
  
  @Jennifer
  
  Thanks for the sweet note Jennifer. I love the “I’m Thankful for being your Mom gift”. I think I may be giving that one as well this year. 😉
  
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mary May 7, 2013 at 5:34pm

Hi Lia,

Your site just gets better and better. I am fairly new to seeing your site, but was wondering if you had done a tutorial on paper. Your history with paper, why you choose certain types to use, characteristics that you require for different projects, etc…

Thank you for the referral to the paper source.

Mary

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1. Lia May 7, 2013 at 5:36pm
  
  @mary
  
  Thanks Mary! Funny, I was just choosing photos for my new business cards and was thinking how my photos in this new studio are really kicking it up a notch too. I just love what I do, can you tell? lol.
  
  The paper tutorial. . . what a great idea! I will put that on my list right now. Thanks for the input.
  
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  1. mary May 7, 2013 at 11:59pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Thanks for the reply. I look forward to your new tutorial. Also, do you use a laser printer or an inkjet when you print out the patterns?
    
    Mary
    
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    1. Lia May 8, 2013 at 12:03am
      
      @mary
      
      Right now I am using an inkjet. There is not much ink when printing on this metallic paper. In past posts with the watercolor pattern on the flowers I did use a laser as it holds the ink without soaking into the paper.
      
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