Eye-Catching Christmas Centerpieces

Entertain in style this season with a festive centerpiece for your holiday table. We all love decor we can keep from year to year, especially flowers that look like the real thing. Unfortunately, artificial flowers just seem outdated to me and don't hold their charm forever, but paper flowers will. 


Putting together a beautiful holiday centerpiece doesn't have to be difficult or break the bank. These are made up of a few elements from my paper flowers and ornaments collections. 

Plus as an added bonus, since paper flowers last longer than fresh flowers, you can use the display throughout the season. Then once the holidays are over, just simply remove the holiday elements from the arrangements and now you'll have a centerpiece suitable year round. So now, you can create an alternative to the classic bouquet and brighten up your home throughout the year.

Thanks for looking,

Fedeliza

Throwback Thursday?

I know most of you are probably getting ready for Thanksgiving next week, but for me my brain is already set on Christmas (yeah I'm one of those people, lol). 

So, that being said and it being "Throwback Thursday" and all, I wanted to share with you my Christmas tree from last year.

It features some of my handmade ornaments and front and center is one of my Large White Winter Paper Magnolia. These can be used in your tree or as part of a holiday center piece.

If you're looking to spruce up your tree this year and give it a new look or just add something a little extra special-- why not consider some of my custom handmade paper and glass ornaments to adorn your tree. I can coordinate colors and themes to just about any style, so just contact me and we can work it out !

Happy Day All!
Fedeliza

Mother's Day "LIKE and SHARE" Giveaway!

I am currently running my latest giveaway to help promote my Facebook page Azilorchids. Please visit my page and follow the instructions in my current promotional post, for your chance to win a beautifully handcrafted rose bouquet.

Follow all rules in the post and you will receive one entry into the drawing to win a dozen roses (vase not included). Winner will be randomly drawn at 9:00pm Sunday, May 5th!

So share, share, share away! Good luck and thank you for the support!

Cleaning out my image files...

I was just going through some of the images of my past works and came across a lot that I never got around to posting. Life can just be so hectic sometimes and I don't always get a chance to post a picture of every project or order that I complete. Sometimes I don't even remember to take a picture before I deliver them to my customer...sigh...

However, going forward I am going to try to change that and post as much as I can and as often as I can. Whether it be current projects or orders I'm working on or just inspirations that have given me that light bulb moment. So, for now here are a few images of past works that somehow just never made it onto my blog.

These are the first letters I made for my customer Melissa, for her first daughter Lily. She liked them so much, she ordered another set for her newest bundle of joy Hadley, shown in my previous post.

Another past order shown below was for my customer Amber. She just finished remodeling her master bedroom and doing a hand-stenciled affect on her walls. The word "Wildflower", has a lot of meaning for her and so she wanted it be reflected on her wall to match the new painted motif.

 

And finally, one of my favorites. This order came by way of my customer Susie, who ordered the letters for the name of her first grandson Marcus. His parents went with a nautical theme for his nursery and so grandma really wanted to contribute and give it a special touch.

 

 

I don't get many orders for male/boy themed projects, because I have a largely female customer base, but I really enjoyed creating something new and thinking outside the box for this one. No girly flourishes or ribbons and certainly no paper flowers. I was in for a treat. Knowing me, you know I had to go all out and find just the right papers and creating all the right embellishments to match the theme of his nursery just right. From the tiny sailboat and rope bound anchor, down to even the rope motif on the "M" to match the large sail in the corner of the room.

 

 

 

I really loved working on all of these orders, they let my creativity just flow and no one letter is like another. So, creating a new order to fit my clients' needs and watching their faces light up as they see the finished product is one of the best feelings ever. I know that they truly appreciate the work that goes into creating each and every piece, with all their intricate details.

 

So, stay tuned and keep those orders coming!

Jungle Jill Nursery Letters

It's been a while since my last post, but it certainly wasn't due to me not wanting to. I just took a much needed break, but now I'm back with a renewed love for my craft. I received an order last week from a previous customer whom I also created another set of nursery letters name for her 1st daughter Lily. This time, she has again been blessed with another daughter who, she named HADLEY. I loved the name and when she sent me a sample of her nursery theme I loved it instantly. This is the Jungle Jill Nursery theme by Carters.

I knew this was going to be a challenge, because I really wanted to try and match the style, theme and colors of the Jungle Jill theme. So first I started with finding just the right papers to use for the base of the letters. Four craft stores and hundreds of papers to look through, I finally found just the right ones to get me starter. LOL, do you know how hard it is to find Brown Giraffe paper?

So, then it was onto the letters and getting them prepped and sealed for the final application.



Once everything was prepped and ready, it was on to finalizing the final plans to complete the look. It took much longer than I thought to get everything sized properly and getting everything placed just where I wanted them on each letter, right down to every single ribbon and the tiniest of details. And without further delay, here's the finished order.



As always, it turned out better than I expected and she absolutely LOVED the final product. Hope to receive a picture of it in their new nursery in the near future. So stay tuned!

Handcrafted Holiday Floral Arrangement

This beautiful table top display is perfect for a small centerpiece, side table, desk, shelf or mantle for the home or office to brighten up your holiday decor.

Now is the time to get first pick on Holiday decor! Prices vary per custom order and design.

I will continue listing new designs over the next couple of weeks. So keep checking back!

Please email me with any questions or requests. I love doing customs!

Golden Cherry Blossoms...

My best friend asked me to create a new center piece for her to go with her new dining room table.

I went with a golden pearlescent paper to create the blossoms and to coordinate with the golden undertones in her table and the paiting she has in the dining room. I love cherry blossoms and wish they were in bloom all year long. So, paper blossoms are definitely one way around that...

Nautical Re-do...

So I finally finished the redo of my last order from a client. Initially, I had started out making this order to suit my clients request for wall letters of her grandson's name to match his nursery shown below.

I was given only the direction that she wanted a nautical theme, but I guess my first attemp didn't quite hit the mark, so I offered to rework the piece. She wanted to have more navy blues and reds on the letters and she wanted it to have more of the classic nautical look.

Using Stapin Up! designer papers in the "Nautical Expedition" theme, I gave the piece a more nostalgic look, staying true to what she wanted for her grandson's nursery.

I struggled with this latest piece, but I think it came out nicely when it was all said and done. It's interesting how just a bit of reworking and details can change the look of an order.

All you need is PINK?

What girly girl doesn't love PINK? A new customer wanted a special Mother's Day gift for her mom. She gave me just one request " I want to get the word PINK in the 8 inch size letters. If possible, I’d like to get the hottest and brightest pink you have for them."

I was a little reluctant on this one, as it required me to paint the base letters HOT PINK instead of the more neutral white. So off to the craft store I went. I found the most brilliant "Hot Pink" spray paint by Krylon and started on my mission.

She picked it up today and seeing it for the first time she exclaimed "Those are sooo cute!!! Thanks so much!!!"...

Another satisfied customer, I just love making clients happy. In my opinion the world could use a little more PINK!

Green with Envy...

A new customer requested her sisters' name "KAREN" in greens and blacks. She describe that she didn't want anything too girly and wanted it to be more current. I think this hit on all points, what do you think?

I added just a touch of paper flowers and used metallic embossed designer papers to finish off the look.

What's in a Name?...

Been so busy lately with Mother's Day, Birthdays and baby shower planning... I haven't had a chance to post some of the newest orders I compleated this month. Here are just a few.

My latest customer wanted a nautical theme of her 1st grandson's name Marcus for his nursery that is also decorated in the same theme. This was my first time creating something, compleated masculine. Not using any flowers, was kind of a new experience for me.

I think these turned out great for my first attempt, but I am going to be reworking some of the letters to include more reds and navy blues. I'll post new pics when it's compleated.

Thinking of Spring...

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this color combination! It definitely makes me think of Spring and warm weather. I wanted to try out a new style of rose for this order.

So instead of doing all English style roses, I opted on adding the dog roses too. I felt they would add lots of dimension and texture in addition to the English roses.

There are also dogwood blossoms, peonies and ranunculus in various shades to compete the arrangement.

I ultimately am happy I decided to take this order even though I had a tight schedule as I'm quite happy with the way it turned out.

Paper Mache Wall Letters

These handmade decorative letters can be a great addition to anyone's home. Put it on a book shelf, hang it on a wall, or put it on the mantel. This would make a wonderful gift for any occasion, mother’s day, birthdays or even a house warming gift—the possibilities are endless.

I’ve combined my paper flowers, scrapbooking and decoupage techniques to make custom works of art.

You can purchase individual letters or combine letters to spell out a name, welcome, eat, family, home, live, love, laugh, dream, believe or anything you would like. All uppercase letters are available A-Z. Prices varies, please email if you have any questions.

I submitted this oversized "B" for a Birthday Display Contest at my work. Sadly I did not win, but I did take home second place.

Bridal bouquet for keeps...

I've been busy creating a bunch of new pieces to build up inventory. I've finished another paper to canvas piece and an additional arrangement today. One of them is this simple yet stunning bridal bouquet for my friend Whisper, who's putting together her sisters wedding this weekend. This bouquet includes anemones, roses and peonies. Who wouldn't want flowers that don't wilt or die?