Paper Botanicals
Handcrafted flowers and arrangements from Italian crepe paper — the heart of Petal & Paper Studio. Each one is one-of-a-kind and built to last forever.
Meet the Maker · Arvada, Colorado
Angie Taylor has a garden she loves too much to cut.
That's where this all started.
The Origin Story
A Gardener Who Couldn't Bear to Cut Her Flowers
She'd spend hours tending her flowers — the peonies, the ranunculus, the things that bloom too briefly — and every summer faced the same small heartbreak: bringing them inside meant cutting them down. So she didn't. Instead, she learned to make them from paper.
What began as a solution to a gardener's dilemma became something she couldn't stop. The crepe paper petals. The wire stems. The way a bloom could unfurl in your hands, petal by petal, and look more alive than you expected paper to look. She made one, then another, then arrangements, then entire worlds in teacups and vintage tins. Her garden stayed intact. Her house filled with flowers that never faded.
"Petal & Paper Studio grew out of a quiet, stubborn love for beautiful things."
The Maker
Paper Flowers Are Just the Beginning
Angie has been making things her entire life. Paper botanicals are what she teaches — but they're one corner of a much bigger creative world she's been building for decades.
Cross-Stitch & Needlework
Angie has filled countless hoops, frames, and pillows with cross-stitch over the years. It's the kind of making that's meditative, portable, and deeply satisfying — and she has a serious collection to show for it.
Handmade Toys & Keepsakes
Some of her favorite projects are the ones made for her granddaughter — soft toys, handstitched keepsakes, and little made-with-love things that can't be found in any store.
The Teacher
Decades in the Classroom Before the Studio
Before paper flowers, Angie spent decades in schools — first as a special education teacher, then as a librarian. She knows how to teach. More importantly, she knows how to teach people who think they can't learn something.
That background lives in every class she leads. She slows down for the parts that feel confusing, celebrates every imperfect petal, and genuinely believes anyone can make something beautiful — because she's watched it happen, over and over, with students of every age and ability.
If you've ever told yourself you're "not crafty," Angie has heard it before. She also knows it's not true.
The Person
Birds, Gardens, Grandchildren, and Glue
When she's not in the studio, Angie is out in the garden, watching for birds, or somewhere in Colorado chasing her granddaughter. She's a mother of three and a grandmother who brings the same warmth to a bachelorette party as she does to a late-night crafting session with a grandchild who wants to make something.
She lives and works in Arvada, CO — and her house is full of things she made herself.
Want to Make Something Together?
Whether you want to learn, host a party, or fill your home with flowers that last forever — Angie would love to meet you.