Buying book paper to make flowers?

Hi everyone,

Has anyone used paper flowers or made their own at all?
Fiancé and I really like the style of the origami flowers made out of books. I know you can buy them but we wanted to try and make some ourselves, the only problem is we don’t like the thought of having to destroy books to do it 😂
Does anyone know if you can buy the sort of paper used in books, like that textured old school book papery feel? If that even makes sense.
We are thinking maybe we can scan in some pages of the books and manga comics we own, then printing them out and using that to make them?
We are book and manga lovers so the thought of even buying second hand copies and destroying them hurts haha.
Thanks