Coffee Filter Cabbages

by Atta Girl Amy
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I absolutely love shopping at Anthropologie. It's one of my favorite places to go for decorating, DIY and craft inspiration. When I saw the local store's spring window, brimming with handmade vegetables, I knew i had to DIY my own for spring.
I'm just blown away by how realistic these cabbages look; you'd never guess they're made using hand-dyed coffee filters, newspapers, tape, hot glue and paraffin wax.
My crafty friend and I had fun using these in our spring decorating -- and we even made a that walks you step-by-step through the process of making the coffee filter cabbages. You'll find that by clicking on the link to my blog.
We also have full instructions and templates for making the cabbage leaves.
I'm just blown away by how realistic these cabbages look; you'd never guess they're made using hand-dyed coffee filters, newspapers, tape, hot glue and paraffin wax.
My crafty friend and I had fun using these in our spring decorating -- and we even made a that walks you step-by-step through the process of making the coffee filter cabbages. You'll find that by clicking on the link to my blog.
We also have full instructions and templates for making the cabbage leaves.
These realistic-looking cabbages are made from coffee filters!
Dyed coffee filters.
Tracing cabbage leaves onto coffee filters.
Assembling the coffee filter cabbages.
A finished coffee filter cabbage.
Decorating for spring with homemade coffee filter cabbages.
Coffee filter cabbages and other handmade vegetables are used as part of an Anthropologie store display in Greensboro, NC.
Waxed leaves give these coffee filter cabbages a realistic look.
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Published May 11th, 2014 7:50 PM
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Bbetheonly on Dec 06, 2016
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Bre24502000 on Jul 02, 2017
Great work! Though to me they look more like Camelias and similar. With the right colours Magnolias too! Beautiful. Thank You! -
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Hi, where do I find the instructions? These are BEAUTIFUL!!!!