A coffee filter flower wreath

I've been wanting to make coffee filter flowers forever.  The other day when I took this photo I decided to make it happen!

It took me a few days, but I bought some coffee filters and spent a quick few minutes dyeing them in my kitchen sink.  I used these four colors of paint and lots of water on plain, bright white coffee filters.

I did all 200 that were in the package.  I did about 40 at a time, and after each pile, I added more paint to darken the next batch.

I set them outside in piles to dry.  That worked for about 30 minutes, until the wind came up and I had to move them inside!  I ended up having to let them dry overnight, but that was fine because I ran out to time to continue working on them the first day, anyway.

The next time I had a chance to work on the wreath, I began making flowers.  Fist I used a thin quilting tape, but I found it really hard to work with (it's old, so maybe it was brittle...) so I switched to regular masking tape.

This is a good thing to do with an adult beverage; I'm just sayin'. Here: the watermelon margaritas we made from fresh watermelon!

There were no wreath forms to be found locally, so I just grabbed a grapevine wreath I had around the house and covered it with burlap strips.

It took a while but I ended up making 3 different sizes of coffee filter flowers.  I used this online tutorial: Jones Design Company coffee filter flower wreath tutorial.
For the largest flowers, I used three filters, for the medium flowers, two, and for the smallest flowers, just one.

Can you see all three sizes here (above) as I "audition" the flower placement on the wreath?

 Some hot glue and it was hanging on the door within the hour!

 I don't know how the coffee filters will fare outdoors, but I really wanted it to be on the front door.

In all, it took about 40 flowers to make this wreath.

I love it -- it was a very satisfying craft.  I could make those flowers all day -- they were fun and easy!  I might have to try that method with other papers, as well.  I could get addicted.

What have you been working on lately?