When I first mentioned to her that I would be tackling this project, she thought it would be best to do it at a time in which I was a little more "stable." I was in the process of weaning Peaches McGee and was a wee bit hormonal. She explained to me that she had broken a pair of scissors while making the pom-poms. Probably not the best idea to have scissors in the hands of a hormonal woman, right? Luckily for Peaches, the hubby, and the dog, I heeded her advice and just now did them.
In her book, Martha writes about her paper pom-poms and gives you two separate options - large orbs or napkin rings. I was still a little worried for the safety of my family, so I went with the smaller napkin rings, i.e., more manageable.
They were pretty straight forward and turned out fairly well! My first project where I don't really have any complaints (okay, I always have some), but I fear that this post will be fairly boring.
Oh well.
Read on anyways!
I chose a reddish color tissue paper to go with my linens for Mother's Day brunch.
Martha's directions for the napkin rings call for four 10-by-5 inch pieces of tissue paper, and yes I used a ruler:
Then you are to accordion-fold the paper with 3/8 inch folds (yep, used a ruler again):
Then you slip some floral wire (she calls for cloth-covered floral wire, but good Lord, it makes no difference), over the middle of it and twist it.
Next you trim the ends into a rounded or pointy shape. I didn't take a picture of this step.
Bite me.
Next is the, oh-so-fun part and you separate the layers, pulling them from the center. The directions are less than ideal for this part, but if you know what it's supposed to look like, you can figure it out.
Below is one with pointy ends.
Again, the directions for creating the actual napkin rings were vague at best, but I just used the same floral wire, secured it around a rolled napkin, and then secured it around the center of the "flower."
Et le piece de resistance:
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