Pretty Pew Pomanders! Say that five times fast!

So my latest project has been these very inexpensive pomanders. It brings me back to the days of my freshman year of college and pomping for hours on end for my sorority's homecoming float.... I will say I'm sooo glad those days are over! After many idea changes, I finally decided on these for the pews in the church we are having our ceremony in. Since I'm pretty sure I will be walking down "The World's Longest Aisle", (Well probably not the world's longest, but it's pretty damn long) I have estimated I will need at least 80 of these to have just one on each pew. So far, we have made about 10. Extremely time consuming and about an hour in every time, I feel like I'm an 80 years old with Arthritis. On the up side they turn out gorgeous, and make a super cheap alternative to flowers. To make about 18, I've in total spent about $15- $20. Which is SERIOUSLY dirt cheap when you think about the impact they will have.

Here are the supplies:
-bendable bailing wire
-tissue paper in the color of your choice
-scissors
-3" or 4" styrofoam balls

My mess of bailing wire I have going on

The tissue paper need to be cut into 5"x 7" squares. You then stack 4 sheets on top of each other and fan fold the stack. After you fan fold, cut a strip of bailing wire about 2" long and wrap it around the fanned paper. I usually twist and wrap the bailing wire at the end so the wire becomes twice as strong. Then, stick in the styrofoam ball. You will need to do this about 20 times for each ball. I know, but didn't I tell you this would be time consuming?

Here is the almost finished product. All I need to do is add a long strand of ribbon for a handle to hang off the pews and they are finished!:)

After getting about 10 deep into this project, I would highly suggest making a limited quantity. You can really put these anywhere. Hang on a door handle, on the ceiling, a couple at the reception bar, so really your possibilities are endless. I'm very excited to see the impact these will make running down the aisle. I plan on donating them to the church after the wedding. You can't honestly believe I would give something away we'll be putting about 100 hours work into? Well my answer is: What in world would I use 80+ pomanders after the wedding for? Exactly what I though.