Finally, pictures of the 6 flower baskets that I made for a recent wedding. The baskets really exceeded my expectations. Though they were a lot of work, I absolutely adore how well they have come out!

The pink that I finally worked with, was darker than my trial version. And the contrast with the white, I thought, worked out very well. I used pink polka dot ribbon for threading through the sides. And for the big bow, I used 2-inch pink satin ribbons along with gold 1-inch ribbons.

All the baskets lined up was absolutely eye-catching! In the back ground is the bouquet for the bride, made in a riot of colours - pink, red, cream and gold interspersed with green leaves. The bouquet was made by my very creative sister-in-law - the next picture gives a closer view of the bouquet.

Finally, a single basket. I just couldn't stop clicking pictures of the baskets and the bouquet and now, apparently, I can't stop posting all the pics!! 😂

With the wedding season upon us, my very creative sister-in-law was asked to make some flower baskets and a bridal bouquet for an upcoming wedding. She handled the bouquet while I worked on the flower basket. The newspaper one was the first trial. But once I finished it, I came to know that the flower girls were gonna be really small kids and the basket would be too big for them. So I tried another basket, this time using the wedding colours of pink, cream and white.

Here's a closer view of the second basket. It was pretty rudimentary, since it was, after all, a trial. My main worry was the proportion of the basket to the handle and how well the colour theme worked out. Satin pink ribbons, grosgrain pink polka dot ribbons and gold ribbons ensured that the basket turned out very well. So now, all that is left is making 6 flower baskets for 6 little girls.

Finally, a close-up of the bigger basket. The gaps in the basket would be where we would thread the ribbon. The challenge for the flower basket was that there was no form or shape that I could use to help make the basket. So for making the wide end of the basket, I had only pictures to go by. Thankfully at the end, I got the hang of it. It is not really symmetrical, I know, but at least I know how to do it and hopefully with my experience, I will end up making symmetrical flower baskets 😃

A cute little flower basket, complete with a handle too, to carry Easter eggs! This flower basket is made from 2 squares of paper. One forms the basket and the second one is cut into quarters and each of them for each of the 4 centre petals.

The basket can be made with or without the handle. If the handle is included, it needs to be inserted into the centre petal. It might have to be glued down if the handle isn't only for show :)

For more colourful baskets, sturdy wrapper paper should help. If using solid colours, it looks much better if the 4 petals are in a different colour from the rest of the basket.

Model Details:

Model: Flower Basket 

Difficulty Level: Simple

Paper Ratio: Square

Paper Size: 4 inch squares

Tutorial: Youtube