It started by making a wet felted vessel for the vase and then finding a source for the non woven paper. We incorporated leaves and flowers made from commercial poly felt and the non woven papers. Both fibres can be easily cut with scissors or using Sizzix dies, can be stitched by hand or machine and heat distressed with our trusty heat guns. The final touch was the hot pink wire spirals.
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| "Bodacious Blooms" Meredith Helgeson and Jan Scruggs |
Needless to say we had lots of fun over the summer with this project and the day before launch day decided against trying to calculate how many hours we had put into it. Feedback on it was great at the exhibition and we even got the green thumbs up from floral arranger guru Arlee Barr (thanks Arlee!)
You made all these blossoms? What a great job! Of course you got a green thumb up. Very clever.
ReplyDeleteElle, yes we made all of them! There were 24 blooms. 5 different flowers and each had a different leaf. There were also the long green leaves and the wire spirals. We even made a couple from burlap that didn't make it into the arrangement, perhaps another time.
DeleteLove the flowers - simply gorgeous. Do you take orders too? WONDERFUL.
ReplyDeleteHi, for a nano second today it crossed my mind that people might be interested in having some blooms, but that nano second passed and I came to my senses :) Thanks for your kind comments.
DeleteHA! :) Loved it :)
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