Everlasting Crepe Paper Florals & Palms | Garden Roses, Cosmos | Harley Rose, Sandra Gaestel | The Crafter's Box

Crepe Paper Flowers: Palms Workshop

Name: Crepe Paper Flowers: Palms Workshop
SKU: WKSP202206D
Price: 75.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$75

Using crepe paper, floral wire and acrylic paints, learn to make realistic paper palms. Artist Sandra Gaestel shares her skills, techniques, and knowledge behind this medium to build beautiful everlasting paper palms. In this workshop tutorial, we’ll create a wide range of sizes so that an installation of palms comes to life. Use these new leaves for wall art, within an arrangement for the table, as a backdrop to a beautiful bouquet for a friend, or as part of an intricate table runner for a special dinner.

This workshop includes:

Tools and materials to create several paper roses and cosmos
A detailed digital workshop led by Sandra Gaestel

Our crepe paper flowers kit includes:

Italian Crepe paper, 180gm, Cream
Acrylic multi surface satin paint:
- 2 oz, Camel
- 2 oz, Vintage White
- 2 oz, Crushed Coral
Ten kraft paper wrapped 18-gauge floral wires, 18″ each
Four hot glue sticks, 4″ diameter
2x Floral Tape 0.5in x 30ft (White)
2″ paint brush
Scissors

You’ll also need (we’re offering this bundle as an add-on):

Spring loaded scissors
A glue gun
Wire cutters

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Difficulty:: Beginner
Make Time:: A couple of hours
Kit Type:: Workshop

Crepe Paper Flowers Tool Bundle | Sandra Gaestel | The Crafter's Box

Crepe Paper Flower Tools

Our Crepe Paper Flowers Tool Bundle includes the preferred spring action scissors, wire cutter and glue gun of our floral artists. This bundle is recommended as an add-on to our Crepe Paper Floral & Palm Workshops.

This kit includes:

Spring action scissors
Wire cutter 4.5"
Mini hot glue gun

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Crepe Paper Flowers | Sandra Gaestel | The Crafter's Box

La Pivoine Ceramic Vase

Showcase your crepe paper flowers (or a real floral bouquet) in this 8" minimalist vase, handmade at Convivial in Kansas City, Missouri. This is an add-on for the Crepe Paper Flowers: Peony & Anemone Workshop and creates a graceful display for your crepe paper creations. La Pivoine (the peony) floral vase is crafted from sand stoneware and finished in an ivory glaze that allows the sand stone to peek through on the rim.

This elegant stoneware vase—and every other item from Convivial—is hand-crafted through a seven-day process that includes clay mixing, casting, carving, cleaning, glazing, and kiln firing. Started in 2014 by Founder & Lead Designer, Chentell Shannon, “Convivial began as a one woman show, wheel-throwing out of a home garage.”

Vase dimensions: 4"w, 8.25"h, 3.75" rim

Purchasing this add-on listing by itself will not allow access to Sandra’s Crepe Paper Flowers: Peony & Anemone Workshop Video or include all the materials in the workshop.

Learn more about the details of this project on Sandra Gaestel’s Featured Maker Page.

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SANDRA GAESTEL

EVERLASTING PAPER PALMS + ROSE & COSMO FLORALS

Welcome to our workshop exploring the delicate art of hand crafted crepe paper florals. We are so excited to bring more crepe paper florals to our community, we couldn't decide which to launch first! As a special treat, we've decided to bundle two workshops lead by artist Sandra Gaestel.

Sandra shares her specialized technique and unique knowledge behind this medium to build detailed floral arrangements — in this bundled kit we’re combining everlasting paper palms + delicate garden roses and cosmos. Sandra has curated a toolkit of the materials she uses in her own studio to bring life to her craft. A favorite secret: how carefully applied natural powdered spices can bring dimension and realism to each bloom. Another secret? Sandra shares how she combines crepe paper floral designs with actual dried stems to create everlasting bouquets that are too life-like to tell the difference in person!

A highlight of the process we’ll explore together: every leaf and flower begins with high quality Italian crepe paper. The paper will typically go through a process of being painted or naturally dyed to bring dimension and life to each petal or botanical element. Each piece is hand cut, shaped and molded. Once all these stages are complete, assembly can finally begin and flowers begin to take on a layered, complete look of their own. Once you have the techniques down, you'll be able to continue to experiment with cutting petals and leaves out in larger sizes and new shapes for even more making.

Share with us! We can’t wait to see all of the floral arrangements you create using Sandra's techniques. We hope you enjoy this workshop, we’d love to see how you are inspired to create. Be sure to share with us by tagging @thecraftersbox, our featured artist @harleyrosefloral and use #thecraftersbox so all can see your work. Happy making with this special workshop.

More About Our Artist: Sandra Gaestel

Sandra is self taught with years of studying to perfect her craft and challenging herself to create blooms that mimic live flowers. Combining both crepe paper floral and dried greens, Sandra creates bouquets, arrangements, and back drops that make you do a double take and question…are those real?

She started out by creating custom coffee filter flower designs as a favor for a friend’s wedding and it was love at first cut. Having never heard of crepe paper flowers before, it was something that immediately sparked her interest and curiosity. Fast forward to five years later, Sandra now runs her own crepe and dried floral shop — Harley Rose.

Growing up, Sandra was constantly immersed in nature and would help her mother with all sorts of art projects which are reflected in all of her work today. Being taught to appreciate and respect nature exactly how she is without disruption or destruction, translates into Sandra's crepe paper flowers and floral designs. Nothing is forced or over worked but is left to move beautifully on its own, as if it were still in nature.

We're so excited to have you join us, Sandra.