The Flower Parlor // Disney Princess Flowers

Hello everyone!
Picture yourself, if you can, standing before a row of nine Princesses. They each have just arrived from their castles, each by their own mode of transportation – a magic pumpkin, flying carpet, a dashing steed, or even ones own two feet. They are here to sing to you their own life stories by just a few poetic lines. They are here to waft your imagination to their own far away lands of fairy dust and magic. They are here to bring you joy, and not just any simple joy, but the all encompassing joy of the reminder that you are a Princess too. You are a Princess, if you have been bought with a price by the King of kings, and LORD of lords, namely, Jesus Christ.


The Princesses standing before you are escorted into a hall filled with royal courtiers, and many admiring eyes. You wait breathless as they ascend to a platform to be seated at a banquet table filled with many wonderful dainties. At each of the nine places, there is laid a delicate flower,  and each one  grown with the magical power of fairies to transform a simple bloom into a magical ornament mirroring its mistresses own beautiful tale of love and sacrifice.

Now, you all know that I do not possess any kind of magical power, but I must say that I sure felt like some etherial little creature who dabbled in fairy dust! It took a great deal of creativity to create the stunning masterpieces for each of the nine young ladies who graced the performance stage with their amazing talent! I could have used some fairy dust too, if only just a little. 🙂

I wanted to simplify the riddle of what each flower was to look like by racking my brain, and the computer’s, to recall a flower from each of the Disney Princess movies. I knew right off that Mulan’s was to be a delicate, simple, and very oriental looking cherry blossom, just like the one her father gave her in the family garden. What do you think?

I USED:
22 gage brown floral wire // Stem
White single ply crepe paper and fuchsia marker // Petals
Black pips // Stamins
Cotton ball and brown crepe paper // Center

Ah, the magical rose of time was Belle’s beautiful flower. I wanted to give this one the slow aging look that we see in the movie; the frail outer petals taking on the appearance of death and decay, while the inner petals still hold the fresh glow of time yet to be spent.

I USED:
22 gage wire and green floral tape // Stem
Rose and red crepe paper with diluted white acrylic paint // Petals
Vintage yellow pips, and yellow crepe // Center


“A dream is a wish your heart makes…” Cinderella to me was one of the most practical princess stories. The girl works hard all her life, finds help through her ever watchful Fairy Godmother, and is at last whisked away to a ball to find Prince Charming. Of course there is a little more drama to the story than that! I desired to reflect the simple elegance of Cinderella in this flower by using the “less is more” rule. The simple forms of the petals and well as the blues and whites give her bloom a clean, bright look, which is something that this young princess adores – squeaky cleanness!

I USED:
22 gage wire and brown floral tape // Stem
Blue craft paper, white and blue crepe paper // petals
Vintage pips // Stamens
Cotton ball and white crepe paper // Center

Jasmine’s was one of the last ones I made, and my goodness! I think my brain was about fried of ideas because it took a while to conjure up this simple bloom! I already had two other white flowers, but I wanted this to be different. I needed the petals to have a particular Middle East look, and there had to be something on it that shouted out precious gems and gold coins. I looked up pictures of Jasmine flowers, and there it was! I had found my inspiration. Five white pointed petals encrusted with turquoise glitter and some sort of wild gold accent.

I USED:
22 gage green floral wire and metallic gold floral tape // Stem
White crepe and turquoise glitter // Petals
Aqua and blue ombre crepe // Center petals
Gold tinsel // Stamens

Oh Aurora! How I loved you in my childhood years! How I filled my little lungs to belt out those operatic high notes with you when you sang gracefully through the forest! You were my favorite!
We watched Sleeping Beauty endlessly, so I could remember with out much difficulty the dark, rich colors and medieval patterns and shapes that danced across the TV screen when the movie played. I also had to include that hilarious episode of the three good fairies fighting over what color Aurora would wear to greet the Prince and royal parents upon her 18th birthday. And what Briar Rose is a rose without, well… a rose?

I USED:
22 gage wire and gold metallic floral tape // Stem
Gold embossed craft paper // Leaves
Pink, green and blue craft paper, silver and turquoise glitter // Petals
Gold ribbon and gold embossed craft paper // Middle petals
Rose pink crepe paper and turquoise glitter // Stamens

Rapunzel is one of the more “wild and free” Princesses, so I went with pink floppy petals. The whole arrangement needed to be young and playful, it needed to be a little on the girly side as well, only because that is how I see Rapunzel in my head. So I went with what I could remember.

I USED:
22 gage wire and gold metallic floral tape // Stem
Rose pink crepe, pink stripped craft paper, and gold tinsel // Petals
Vintage yellow pips // Stamens
Cotton ball and rose pink crepe // Center

“Unda Da Sea, unda da sea…” The Little Mermaid was my second favorite of all the Disney Princesses. I dreamed of fins and strong tail to help me glide through the water of our community pool when I was very small. I always wanted Ariel’s voice too. It rings so clear and sweet in my memories now. There was no trouble coming up with her special flower. I could remember quite clearly the aquatic bloom that graced her beautiful red head, so I knew that that was the one I was to make. It had to look like the slightest of currents could sway its radiant petals. It needed to look as if it came from the  grottos of the sea!

I USED:
22 gage wire and gold metallic floral tape // Stem
Double sided craft paper, diluted yellow and aqua acrylic paint // Petals
Apricot crepe, yellow acrylic paint, and fuchsia marker // Center

After consulting Charlotte on the choice of flower she wanted, we both happily settled for an heirloom looking red and white Tulip bloom. Since Snow White is remembered well for her death from the deceptively delicious red apple, I had to make Charlottes flower appear to be as enticing, and yet have the aura of poison about it. I know, a little intense for such a sweet flower!

I USED:
22 gage wire and gold metallic floral tape // Stem
White crepe, diluted red and yellow acrylic paint, and red glitter // Petals
Black pips // Stamens

Last but not least, and perhaps the most difficult of all, I created a “Native American” beauty for our Native American Princess, Pocahontas. I racked my brain trying to think of some flower other than a Sunflower (which would have done well enough, I admit) that would do this earthy Princess justice. Oh you have no idea how hard and long I thought over this one! I would flip through my “Paper to Petal” flower book to gather inspiration. I would browse the internet for bright floral thoughts. But nothing I could think of would work. Then, one evening, right before bed, I found it! It was sitting right in the middle pages of my flower book, looking me hard in the face. The sunshine was there; the   simple, Native American color pallet; the independent, untamable glow of Pocahontas’s beauty… it was all there!

I USED:
22 gage wire and brown floral tape // Stem
Apricot crepe, yellow and red acrylic paint // Petals