Tissue Paper Flower Craft Fail

For the recent show I held, we had four canopies sheltering us from the blazing heat and we needed a little something to bring life to the inside of the stark whiteness of the overhang. I had seen these incredibly beautiful Tissue Paper Balls and Flowers that I knew would be perfect! So I set to making them, diligently (or so I thought) following the detailed instructions. This....is what I created....

The mother of the baby shower honoree stopped by the day before the shower and said

"Oh! Where is that beautiful butterfly going?"

Gulp.

"Um, that's not a butterfly, I was trying to make a tissue paper ball..."

I tried and I tried to make it come out gorgeous like Imperfectly Beautiful, but mine just would NOT stay poofed up!

Needless to say I was more of the idea generator or "vision caster" if you will, on this project. I enlisted the help of others to make it happen. We were going to hang them individually, but it just wasn't working, so here is our compromise:

Ahhhh, much better. Just the touch needed.