Over on Instagram, I've been sharing some accounts and creators who brighten up my feed with their creativity and just generally make the world a little better with their contributions. I'll doing a little cross-posting here, so you folks don't miss out. Check them out, give βem a follow, patronize their endeavors if itβs an option!
Today: Little Paper Flowers by Erica Worrall
Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittlePaperFlowersEW
Instagram: @_littlepaperflowers_
In addition to having just a totally boss first name, Erica Worrall is a skilled artisan who transforms rolls of textured crepe paper into immortal, unwiltable flowers πΈ
A scroll through her Instagram feed shows a wide variety of life-like blossoms and bouquets that will last long, long after the one-day-event theyβre celebrating has passed. I love the idea of someone showing their grandchild the actual bouquet they held at their wedding, and itβs just as vibrant and beautiful in that moment as it was on the day they said βI doβ. Birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, just-because-I-was-thinking-of-you days, what a lovely, thoughtful, timeless gift to share with someone.
Iβve got a confession, though.
As much as I appreciate the skill that goes into Worrallβs realistic flowers, itβs the more cartoonish, fantastical, sculptural ones I really love.
Recognizable plant forms that are clearly constructed out of man-made materials with textures and colors that donβt exist in nature is just candy to my eyes and brain.
Give me the familiar, but make it strange! Recreate the natural with unnatural materials! Mmm, yes. Give me that good stuff.
The next time you find yourself in need of flowers for an event, hop on over to Little Paper Flowers and see if you canβt find yourself something nice, something thatβll last long past just that one special day πΈ

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