a cheap equivalent of rose pedals?

Question

Hey there.

I'm going to be sending a gift to my girlfriend in the mail, but first I need about fifty rose pedals (or more) to write individual words on. The key word here is cheap -- so artificial rose pedals would work, or perhaps another flower in purple, blue or yellow?

Would I get these at a crafting shop? Also, if I do go for artificial, what can I do to make them soft to the touch like a rose pedal would be?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Artificial rose petals are available in all the major craft stores in the wedding section. There is nothing you can do to them to soften them up without the chance of messing them up. You want them to have some body so you can write on them. Have you seen the iron on expressions offered at the craft stores? They might be nice to iron on some of the petals. Make sure you see what the petals are made of, and they can take the heat.

Answer 2

At the craft store (or a paper store) look for "vellum" -- it's transluscent paper -- you can cut it into the petal shape you want with scissors. Write on it with a gold or silver metallic pen (which you can also find at the craft store.)

The other thing that might be pretty (and still carry out the rose theme) is handmade paper -- sold either in sheets as stationery or as gift wrap -- that has dried rose petals embedded in it. Again, cut this paper into leaf or petal shapes and write with the metallic pen. The paper looks like this, and you can find it at nice papers stores and card stores (like Papyrus).

http://www.alpaperhouse.com/flowerpetalspaper.htm