A 2 month project finally done, 21 roses boxed and mailed for this Valentine. This year, I went all out, and I put my skills to the limit as I did all this under the time limit. The rose was made from 6 layers, 5 square layers was the actual rose and the last layer is the leaf bottom. 18 guage floral wire wrapped with floral tape acted as the stem and leaves were supposed to be added with 22 guage wire, but I ran out of time. The box is 2.5" x 2.5" x 10" cardboard with foamcore lid and made to fit in a PO Box, where most of these were going. However, turns out that with the brown wrapping and the lid, it became too thick and couldn't be removed, so they kept it as a package instead of mail. The inside was lined with tracing paper (I was planning on mulberry paper but time issues stopped me) to decorate and go along with the rose. A personalized card stamped with my Chinese name came included with every box. To hold the lid down, I punched holes in the side and the lid with a small screw driver and ran ribbon through it with glued tips. Overall, a fun project for me and a great surprise gift for those who got it.

Here's a basic overview of what I did.

-Cut 100+ sheets of paper to make 180+ squares
-1-2 hours needed for each rose
-Made the box, lining, lid, and ribbon
-Fitted the box and wrapped it for delivery

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