No, we are not unpacked yet (I wish!).  We still have mountains of moving boxes.  I’d show you a picture, but I don’t want any evidence of our current mess.

I made these flowers to adorn a table of food at an open house we hosted before leaving DC, but I think that they would also be nice on top of a gift in place of a bow.

First, I created a pattern for the magnolia base and petals using my Silhouette Cameo and cut out the base and petals.  (If you don’t have a Silhouette you could print a copy of the patten and cut these by hand).  I still haven’t figured out how to upload studio files so I have provided my pattern in a pdf (below).

Next I curled four petals using the handle of a paint brush and glued the petals on to the base.

For each layer — four petals — I glued the petals slightly closer to the base and curled the petals a bit more using the handle of a paint brush (for the outer petals) and an embossing tool (for the inner petals).

For the final layers I bent the tabs at the base of the petals to give the flowers more volume.

I added more layers.

To make the paper magnolias, I used the following:

• Paper Magnolias Template
• Silhouette machine (scissors would also work)
• White card stock
• Glue stick
• Paint brush and embossing tool (to curl the petals)

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