Money Bouquet

Bouquet of roses made from real paper money !

A cousin of mine was diagnosed with brain cancer,

so monetary donations were accepted to help her family out.

 Remembering the money bouquet I made for her own

 daughter's bridal shower a few years ago,

an Aunt asked I make one for this particular cousin.

I wrapped a mason jar with a scrap of purple 

shimmery fabric from my years old stash.

A rubber band was used to hold the fabric in place

around the neck of the jar.

I then tied yellow grosgrain ribbon around it.

Not only did this dress up the vase, it hid the rubber band.

The tag was made with inks and stamps from Stampin' Up!

Yellow tissue paper was used as filler between the roses.

Roses made from dollar bills tutorial HERE.

I'm entering my rose bouquet made from real money

in the following challenges. Take a moment to look at

all of the fabulous design team projects and entries!

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

pdelinkyparty.blogspt.com - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking ! 

 *  EDITED TO ADD BASIC STEP BY STEP PHOTOS  *

Easiest way to make the stems:

pull apart a cheap set of flowers.

You'll need crisp bills, floral wire and floral tape.

Wrapped wire isn't necessary, it's just what 

I hand on hand and used for this bouquet.

Choose a container and insert foam

in the base to hold the flowers, filler items.

I hot glued mine in place.

Making the petals.

Four or five petals per rose plus a center piece.

Stack the petals, alternating placement

and wrapping with wire between each addition.

Use a sharp tool to poke a hole in the plastic calyx

if there isn't enough room to run the wires between

the stem and the hole in the base of the calyx.

Wrap the ends of the wire onto the stem with

the floral tape.

I chose to use tissue paper as filler

on this particular bouquet.

I used old picks from my stash.