coffee filter love continues...

 

I knew I could count on you to understand my lust for Anthropologie props and my copy of their giant pom pom garland!!! What ever did we do before the internet? I know, we did the same things, we just didn't necessarily have friends that shared our love of what we see as beautiful in our home regularly. Thanks to blogs, we can always have our creative loving friends over. (And better yet, I don't have to put the mess I made from creating away first.)

So, like I said in the post title, I still have a big crush on coffee filters. I made this garland with little pom poms from the scraps left over from making the giant pom pom garland. I am sure it was my attempt to copy this beauty that I recently stumbled across. She said she bought this one at Conran's years ago, but she makes lovely paper garlands herself as well. Another artist makes lovely paper garlands seen Here.

I also made some extras, some pom poms just because.    

    

         

The ones above I thought would also be pretty all along the bottom of the tree. As if the tree itself had a pom pom fringe edging.

I'm trying to move on from coffee filters, really, I am. It's just that I'm itching to go dip some white coffee filters in pink dye...

For more garland joy you can check out this flickr group that someone mentioned to me at Silver Bella.

Comments

[thrifty_misspriss]

This is wonderful! I love the soft muted colors. I went through a tissue paper flower making craze a few months ago......they look similar. Did you follow a pattern? I love the ribbon attached in the garland!

[Katherine McKamey]

It's funny you should mention the pink dye! I was sitting here thinking those pompons would be gorgeous in a delicate shade of pink! Seriously!! Got paper dye will dip! :)
Love your new garland!

[tasha roe]

i cant get enough of these creations!! how did you make the pom-poms? i would love to dye some of them for my tree. just lovely!!

[Sherry B]

These are the prettiest coffee filters, I ever saw!

[LauriesCharmingDesigns]

Oh please...how did you make these little ruffles!!?? How about spritzing them with Glimmer Mist in soft pink shades...Laurie

[Samantha]

Beautiful! I love the color of the brown filters. I'm sitting here thinking about coffee dying and tea dying the white ones. Would all that moisture do them in?

Would you be willing to share how you make the sweet little ruffly pompoms? I'm also dreaming about coffee filter snow flakes among other things...

[diane reeves]

I love the coffee filters! I have been fascinated with newspaper this season.

[Laura Ingalls Gunn]

Yes, please do share the "how to's!"

[Sharon @ norah'S]

I say go for the pink. All beautiful.

[wendy]

I think I love the little pom-poms even more than the big ones from the first post!

[Holly Abston]

Pam, these are so gorgeous! I would love a tutorial...hint hint, or you need to sell kits! And that very soft muted ribbon, is that a pale pink velvet they're hanging on? So pretty. I want to make some! Or, you could just send me yours. That's fine too.

[Kris]

Ohhhh, now that is just the coolest idea! I wonder if you can make them bigger..I've got the idea of bunching some together for my daughter's room and color,hhmmm, I need to do that as her room is a gorgeous shade of lilac.

Love your ideas!
Kris

[Elizabeth]

Those work so well on your cabinet. I agree with everyone else, we need a tutorial. I want to make some of these in a light blue for my tree

[debe]

Continued beauty from the simplest of things. Sigh***

[Kelly Jones]

You are not so crazy! Those are adorable! Will you share how you made them? I'd love to make one for my daughter's room! Thanks for sharing the pics!

-Kelly

[jerusalem]

all your coffee filter creations are AMAZING - thanks for sharing. And yes, if Anthropologie does have a huge warehouse somewhere I would like to raid it with you!

[Mendy]

Please please teach us your pom pom technique!! :)mendy

[Beth Evans-Ramos]

Thanks for sharing your pom poms and garlands ideas. They are gorgeous!

[Nathifa Davis]

Hi there,

Im so happy to see these...I made my wedding bouquet out of coffee filter! It looked so real and amazing that folks thought it was real flowers. I dyed them also. If you want to see a photo let me know! I love your blog by the way...

cheers!
Nathif a

[kari sanford]

OMG....the garland you wrote about...the one from Conran's... the pom poms are actually wood flowers....they were sold as potpourri at Z Galleries last year that used the same wood flowers...they would make a wonderful garland and I bet they have the smell good flowers again this year! Your creation is GORGEOUS!

[Wendy Humphreys]

Love the rustic look on the brown pom poms,
how much fun!
Adore the garland too!

[Carolyn Peeler]

Such awesome projects Pam...and that mirror is to DIE for - LOVE IT :)

miss you, hoping all is well for your family.

I love the flower garlands!! I keep coming back to your site to check it out. Yes, you should do a kit or tutorial. I personally would love more info. Thank you for the inspiration and i will have to try out something with my xtra wrong size filter stash. But where do you buy these cool colored tissue paper?

[Heidi Woodruff]

Lovely! Yes! Go for the pink!!! I'd love to see how that turns out! Could you use icing dye colors? Ah...it'd be an explosion of color if I started this project! HA! Merry Christmas! Hugs, Heidi

[Tina]

Oooh, I like these even more than the big ones! I have to try that.

[cori]

oh, a link to my little heart flags garlands, what an honor! they're now available for sale at my new shop (link at corikindred.com). thank you *so much* for the blog love pam :)

[tasha roe]

just wanted to share this link about more pompon lovin -
http://www.sweetjessie.com/2008/12/cest-le-pompon.html

[jeska]

I love these paper pom poms. Colouring them by dipping them in dye sounds like a fun way to spend an afternoon.

Happy Christmas.

[shona]

I love how you make something utilitarian beautiful. thanks for the inspiration.

[Lenae May]

Wonderful colors! Anthropology ALWAYS has inspirational ideas! I always am amazed by them! My daughter worked there and she said they have a very messy room just for the concocting of this sort of thing!
Too fun!
Lenae

[Nana]

wow, your filter pompoms are very cute! and the garland looks amazing!

[Lisa Kaus]

HI Pam girl- Merry Christmas- Sweet idea- so fun- miss you!
xoxo
Lisa

[Geri]

Love the pom poms and garland ideas.

[britt- sparkledvintagecharm]

oooh!! the pom poms are adorable!! soooo cute!!! Merry Christmas Pam!!! xoxo!!! Britt :-)

[Jennifer Lorton]

What great ideas! They look wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer
http://blog.jenniferlorton.com

[jill]

Absolutely lovely! Did you put together instructions yet for those of us who have pom pom garland envy? *Ü*

[Ashley Jennings]

Love the beauty. Simple, organic, home-made, inexpensive beauty.
A little time and ingenuity goes a loooong way. xoxo.

[LaDawn Goodman]

Please can you tell me how to make them. I think they would be beautiful at a wedding.

[Mary @ verymerryvintagestyle@blogspot.com]

Oh... I think I am beginning a coffee filter crush as well. These are lovely and I can think of so many uses for them. I think I will start with holiday package bows! Popping over from the Blog Guidebook's holiday link page!

[Loni Schultz]

I have seen many people ask for the directions for this project but no response from the creator of them. Please give us the info on how to create these. I would really like to do them as ornaments with my students.