A Rose in Winter

Today was a perfectly splendid fall day. Cool and clear and windy. Blowing leaves and hay and dirt everywhere. Not a day I wanted to spend out of doors for very long at a time.

There are only 5 more paydays until Christmas. Thanksgiving is only 39 days away. And the40th day is the day after Thanksgiving. The day my Christmas tree goes up! Yayness!

This year, I am going to complete that idea that has been in my head for the last 5 years. I am finally going to make those lovely paper roses I have wanted for my Christmas tree. For the past 5 years, I have planned but time got away from me and no roses were completed. But this year....I am actually doing it.

 I am going to start now, so that they will be ready. 40 days. I only have 40 days. I am hoping that will be enough time to accomplish what I see in my head.

This past Mother's Day, I taught some of my ladies at the nursing home how to craft these beauties and we made the most beautiful Peace roses you have ever seen. Beautiful pinks and vibrant oranges and cheerful yellows. Everyone was just enthralled with them.

Martha Stewart has a lovely pattern for paper roses made from coffee filters. They are a lot more complicated then what we did for Mother's Day but they are extremely pretty also.

Marthat Stewart Video for Coffee Filter roses

I don't want my roses to be so bright that they take away from the rest of my tree and to be honest, I am not sure I actually HAVE room to put them on the tree. My tree is pretty full as it is, but I have been dreaming of doing this for years. No need to put it off any longer, especially since I am not working a gazillion hours any more and actually have time to pursue things that I enjoy doing.

I have all the stuff because I have been collecting for FIVE FREAKIN' YEARS so I don't have to purchase anything to actually make them. Now I just need a kick in the pants to actually do it.

These are more the shade I think I will attempt. Maybe a little more pink. I haven't figured it all out yet, so I will play around until I hit on the correct shade. I will make sure to snap some photos of the construction process to catalog here.

So here is to having Sugar Plums dancing in your head and Happy Christmas Crafting!