Coffee Filter Rose

For Thanksgiving this year, my son set an empty place in honor of a soldier he lost from his unit and he asked me for a rose to include in the place setting.  There is quite a bit of symbolism to each item at the table and he didn't have all of them this year but he plans to make this a tradition every year.
Not knowing about the tradition beforehand, I did not realize the rose was supposed to be red, so it was white this year. I made it from a large coffee filter and I think it turned out pretty good for a first attempt.  Several people asked me for a tutorial, so here it is.

The coffee filter I used is enormous, but you could use any size filter. Why do I have such enormous filters? A friend of a friend ordered the wrong size and rather than send them back, gave them to me. I've been trying to figure out what to do with them ever since.

Backgrounds made with Liquid Color, photo paper and coffee filters

THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE READ MY DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO.

Grab some coffee filters, liquid color and a stack of photo paper and have some fun!



You can find the colors I used at Spellbinders*.

• Cool Pool Liquid Color *
• Bubble Gum Liquid Color *
• Lavender Fusion Liquid Color *
• Lemon Drop Liquid Color *
• Candy Apple Liquid Color *
• Limeade Splash Liquid Color *
• Shimmer Gold Color Splash *
• Turbo Teal Splash *

* denotes an affiliate link - see my disclosure for details.
---------------------------------------------------