Coffee Filter Roses That Will Blow Your Mind!

   There are just some things as a crafter that my mind is literally blown when I create. One of them is roses out of coffee filters. Y'all just can't imagine how real they look, even in person, and I'm floored by their stunning beauty, even when compared to real roses. They are lovely y'all. 

   To make the, Start with some coffee filters you can buy a package from the Dollar Tree for $1 y'all. The ones pictured here have been soaked in a watered-down red paint solution for about 10 mins, then taken out, rung out, and dried in the oven on 300 degrees for 20 mins. You'll need three of them, and then you'll go through a pretty simple folding and cutting process. 

• First, fold them in half.
• Next half them again
• Then fold them in half once more until you have what looks like an ice cream cone.​

   Once you have it folded in the shape of the ice cream cone, take your scissors and round the top so you end up with what appears to be a teardrop. 

Now unfold it and you will have three coffee filters with what appear to be flower petals. You'll need to arrange them so that the petals are staggered. See the picture below: 

Once you have the sheets staggard, refold them. 

• First in half
• Then in half again
• Now, taking a pair of tweezers, grab the inside two pieces closest to the middle on the side closest to you. Make sure the fold is on your left. 
• Begin to turn the tweezer counter-clockwise while you twist the filters with your other hands from the bottom, clockwise.
• You will see your rose begin to come together. When you have it tightly spun, take a couple of dabs of hot glue and glue the loose end to the rose. 
• Now begin to move and "fluff" your petals to reflect what a real rose looks like. Remember no two roses are the same.

   As you can see from the above examples, none are perfect, but they are perfectly beautiful. I was so super impressed with how these turned out. The tan-colored rose above was dyed with instant coffee, and they're a lovely compliment to Farmhouse Decor. I took an old vine cross I had and covered it in the roses. It turned out beautiful and I'm just so thrilled with how it looks. Y'all can see the cross I covered with them, and a close up of the roses below. 

   If you look closely you will see I stuck a few of the roses in that had been dyed with coffee, and then the edges painted with diluted pink paint. I thought it gave the piece a little more character. 
   I hope you loved this cross and the roses as much as I do. It's simply stunning and it looks great on my living room wall. Let me know if y'all try to do the roses, or if you make across from them. I know you'll be able to figure them out very easily. I caught on quick and didn't mess very many up. That's a real plus! These coffee filter roses will literally blow your mind. They're beautiful. 


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XOXO
Jen