Marie Osmond, Get Out Of My Head!

I like to do this with my crepe paper...
it looks dreamy and dessert-like and I am a big fan of all
things dessert-like! And my scale will confirm this{the
big lyin' snitch!}.
Anyway, I do love crepe paper...not as much as cheese cake,
but it's totally right up there! {sorry, it's just the hormones
talking and they keep saying "FEEEEEEEED MEEEEEE!"
WOW! I should be fine by tomorrow though..."she says with
hopeful expectation, while not truly believing the lie even as
she speaks it"... ;}

OK...so, I have all this crepe paper...and I always buy more
every time I go the the 99¢ Store because they have it in
every color of the rainbow and you get 2 rolls for 99¢!!!
{Yes, yes, I know that I can get a better deal from Oriental
Trading Co. or places like that where you get a roll the
length of a nautical mile for $5, but I just don't have a
warehouse to keep it in!{..."she says wistfully, instantly
imagining a warehouse full of crepe paper which then
turns into pizzas...she sniffs at the air like a wolf for
the mere hint of mozzarella."}



So, I have had this idea rattling around in my head for like ever,
{after watching Jami's {of Freckled Laundry fame} ROSETTE TUTORIAL }
but as fate would have it, my Muse is even lazier than me and has
been working on her own book The Lazy Muse's Guide To Ripping Off You Master!
So, since we're not on speaking terms right now, I
decided to take the bull by the horns and go it alone...museless...
and hungry!




Now Jami made it look easy as pie{did someone say "PIE??!!"}
and yet the thought of all the cutting of fabric and threading
of needles...and scissors...ACK! If I am going to work that hard
the end result better smell like a hot apple pie and fries from
McDonalds!





So, I decided to go with crepe paper that is all nicely rolled and
and neatly sized...why can't I just make rosettes from crepe paper?
{even as she punctuated the last sentence her mind was already in
a happy place where everyone wore big red shoes and McNuggets
were never far out of reach....}




I industriously folded, spindled and mutilated...twisted, twisted and did
I mention...twisted...{little FYI here...if you have any hint of carpelly
tunnelness...this IS NOT the project for you...cross my heart...and if I'm
lying may I never have another Famous Star as long as I live...no lie
is worth that risk!




And when I was all done, I had turned varying shades of pink crepe
paper{they look like sherbet ice cream, don't they??!!} and a paper
plate into...
{Noooo...not BBQ'd ribs. Sorry to get you all excited! Uh, ok, maybe
just myself excited...}




A crepe paper rosette wreath.
I love it for its very Mary Engelbreity-ness {and that fact
that these colors are tantalizingly similar to those of
Starburst candies!}

Now, if you will excuse me, there is an chocolate donut calling
my name! {"come here you fat little thing...you know you
want me".... ;}

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PS.
The reference to Marie Osmond in the post title was in no way
intended to imply that Marie, or any other Osmond, endorsed
this post, McDonalds, Carl's Jr. or Starburst candies...or
crepe paper even...it's just that I was singing Paper Roses the
whole time I was making it!

Addendum:
Crepe paper roses are too easy an idea to NEVER have been
made by another before me. Therefore I do NOT wish to
give the impression the I invented them, so please do not
write scathing posts about me in which you inform me
that you have a shank with my name on it waiting for
me behind the In n' Out at high noon tomorrow...ok.
I apologize in advance. Thank you