話說四月底飛到美國之後應該要立馬開始籌備婚禮，但我感覺就像腦子裡有個找不到盒子的1000片拼圖，然後手上只有5片這樣的概念．．．不過幸好在台灣的時候已經把婚紗跟婚戒搞定，不然應該會恐慌症發作吧。決定要請一個婚顧也對我們幫助很大，如果通通自己來我想恐慌症肯定不止發作一次．．．在第一次開完會之後，感覺比較踏實，有個清單讓我們開始準備，也因為婚顧的建議，有了把自己的創作放在佈置裡的想法。但實際要如何執行還是相當模糊，於是開始在Pinterest上蒐集資料，結果80%的靈感都是從那找來的！超級好用！

我們的婚禮儀式是在一個很美的教堂裡，所以大致上只需要鮮花和一些簡單的佈置就很足夠，主要是宴客的地方比較需要佈置營造氣氛。在Pinterest上看到下面這張大型紙花牆的照片之後馬上決定就這個了！不管怎麼樣我就是要變出一面牆的紙花！因為好美喔～（而且感覺材料很簡單應該不會花太多錢XD）

Although I should be starting the preparation works after I arrived here in late April, I felt like there's a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle in my head with no mapping and only 5 pieces were in my hands... But fortunately I had my dress and ring done in Taiwan, otherwise I would probably be getting a panic attack. Also it was indeed a wise decision to hire a wedding coordinator because we are not "super organized" to be honest... After the first meeting with our coordinator, I was less clueless and had a list to start with. Also she suggested that I should use my art works for the decoration. But the actual implementation was still vague, so I began to collect references on Pinterest, and I got almost all inspirations from there! Super easy to use and highly recommended!

Since our ceremony was held in a beautiful church, my main focus about decoration was the reception room. After seeing this breath-taking photo of paper flower wall on Pinterest, I was sold immediately!

Soon I got started, as a beginner, I looked up Youtube for all kinds of tutorials to learn how to make giant paper flowers! The materials are really simple: paper(did some research for the right weight of paper to use for different sizes), scissors(make sure it's sharp), hot glue gun(low temp is fine), ruler, pencil, any plates or cups available(for drawing circles). While drawing the petal patterns, I remembered the clothes pattern making class I took long long time ago. Thanks to our Airbnb renter during that time for his tolerance towards my work allover the place. He even bought a plastic sheet to cover the table(probably he's afraid that I might damage it, XD).

決定之後就整個完全投入在做紙花這件事裡，因為以前沒做過，所以當然是上網看教學，Youtube上好多影片我就開始一個一個學著做。材料真的超簡單：紙（但厚度的部分有花時間研究了一下）、剪刀（要夠利）、熱熔膠（低溫即可）、尺、鉛筆、家裡有的杯子跟碗盤（畫圓用）。有時候覺得自己好像回到學打版時在畫紙型，每天大概吃完午餐就開始，做到晚餐收工。那時還住在Airbnb，餐廳跟客廳被我弄的跟工廠一樣，幸好房東人很好，不介意我把做好的花攤滿地，後來還默默買了塑膠布鋪在餐桌上（應該是怕我弄壞XD）。

Below are the tutorial links that I found on YouTube! It's so much fun seeing plain papers became beautiful flowers in different shapes and sizes. And actually after learning 3 or 4 different ones, you'll get the idea and will be able to create your own flowers. Also you'll get faster too! I remember it took me 2 hours to make the first one so I was a little worried about unable to make enough flowers for my wedding... But fortunately I speeded up after I came up with some sort of work flow. Also with the help from my sweet friends and together we made 70+ paper flowers in 3 weeks!

第一次做紙花就上手！以下是我在YouTube上找的教學影片，我個人相當享受學習做紙花的這個過程，看到白白的紙變成一朵朵美麗的花覺得好神奇～而且其實做紙花並不難，學會三、四種之後大概就能開始自己做變化。當然速度也會越來越快，記得第一朵紙花我邊看影片邊做花了兩個小時！當下確實很擔心這種速度要做滿一面牆是要做到民國幾年．．．但好家在越做越有心得，還發展出一套製作流程感覺很像工廠XD加上很多朋友一起幫忙，最後也決定不需要覆蓋整面牆，所以後來三週就完成了！大大小小總共做了七十幾朵～做到肩頸僵硬手指紅腫，應該也是個一生一次的經驗了．．．