Tissue Paper poms

If you are thinking about making these, be prepared for all the work. They take a long time to make, buuuut they look so good when they are finished.


I started off with all my supplies: 5' balls, tissue paper, wire, ribbon, glue gun and glue, and scissors.
Start by aligning all the sheets of paper so they are all even. Then cut the pieces into 5inch x 10inch pieces.



Then fold 4 sheets like you would for a fan, and fasten with a wire twisted around the middle. I found that if you cut the edges so they are round, the flowers look much better than when you leave the edges squared.



Slowly, start pulling up each layer, fluffing up the flower shape. When all are up try to tighten the pieces together. The more you put on a ball, the better they look.


Andy became an expert on this part, and has been helping me make the rest. Time goes by much faster when two people are working on them.
Add some ribbon in your desired length and ta-da! You're done.


Here are two of the finished ones. We still have about 4 to make.

Bridal Shower

So my bridal shower was this past saturday, and it was awesome! My MOH Amanda and my mom took off with what I have always pictured and did an awesome job. Thankfully the rain held off mostly until the end, but it was pretty cold all day.

The party was pink and girly with a bit of a cowboy theme thrown in. They added some ribbon for a veil on this hat.






These hats were lined up on our deck, and my bms kept joking around during the meal that strippers were coming and these were for them. They said my mom was freaking out cause Andy and his dad were around. They had driven us up from NY and stayed to help cook food before heading to a bar. My bms had me going a teensy bit.

We played a few games. Of course there was the wedding dress made of toilet paper, and then I was asked a few questions about Andy while opening presents. If I got one wrong I had to chew gum. Andy answered a few wrong purposely so I would have to chew. It wasn't very nice.


This is the key to having a good time with the games at showers.

The some of my step-dads family:


Some of Andys family:


My dads side:


My mom, myself, Tracey and Donna:


My awesome bms: We are going to have such an awesome time at the bach. party!


My MOHBFFFF Amanda. The best moh ill ever have. She came up a day early to help my mom shop, and put everything together.