So, there I was thinking up a pretty & easy treat when I thought, this is perfect for my Mammie for Mother's Day! Perhaps you might enjoy making them for you & yours too? These can be made for any occasion - birthdays, baby showers, parties, or just to add a little fanciful flair to any day of the week ;)
These are like, Pansy Petal wrist decor...
Want to see how I made mine?
It all started with 3 coffee filters.
Flatten them out with your hand...
Fold the filters like a fan. One fold towards you, one away, until you reach the end...
Once you have your folds all done, cinch the center with a pipe cleaner.
Then gently, open up each "petal" one by one...
The next step involves paint. Choose any color or colors of acrylic or watercolor paint, that you want the edges to be...
Water the paint down as much as you can, while still retaining the color.
Then slowly drag your brush along the edges, and watch the watery paint bleed onto the filter petals. This is my favorite part...
Next, cut off the ends of your pipe cleaner, so that you can hot glue a ribbon on to the back, to serve as your wrist tie...
This is the final step to making the base corsage. The next part involves any creativity and imagination you want to incorporate into your corsage. Use papers, doilies, ribbons, felt balls, bits of broken jewelry or anything you wish, to embellish your corsage...
I used wrapping paper for leaves and I hot glued doily edges here and there for extra frill. I used hot glue for this entire project. Make sure not to let children use a hot glue gun without adult supervision :)
Hot glue any fun things to the center, and voila, tie it on and twirl!!
Oh and guess what???
I am giving away the Butterfly Wrist Corsage below... (sorry - drawing entry time has ended)
So, if you feel inclined to own this for yourself or someone you know, say hello (or anything you want) in comments, and your name will go into the proverbial hat. I will draw a name in a couple of days.
So there you have it. Hope you like these, they are oodles of fun to make!!
More corsages I made with fun ideas, found here...
In other, my little space in the planet news... There was all sorts of nonsense going on this weekend.
Flowers for Madonna.
A date with Mister Primavera...
He is such a dish... ;) What do you think his story is? I love intrigue...
Even an accidental pie heist I will tell you about next time...
Let's see, I also moved things from here to there, and there to here, in an attempt to do the T word.
Tidy.
I scrub and polish fine and enjoy it. It is the tidying that gets me. I mean, I think shoes, scarves and jewels strewn around are highly decorative... Don't you?
Alas, as for tidying, there was no such luck. I have been tidying tainted for life by my staunch childhood nanny, Olga - and a couple others (okay I admit, they weren't easy to keep around. I would share horror stories, but am afraid you won't like me after I tell them).
But Olga, she was good. She whipped me into shape. She didn't take any bologna from this pipsqueak. When she picked up and cleaned and did her thing, the air felt fresh, like we were in the Alps... I need her back. But I don't think her and the country love shack would mix ;)
Maybe she'll work for art and coffee filter corsages? Olga, where are you???
Although my choice surroundings might freak her out. You see, she thought my smurfs were out to get her, and she wasn't joking. So, you catch my drift. Mister Primavera (above) might not toot her horn, ya know?
Anyhow, that's my chatter for the day... I'd best make sure the beautiful rabbits are not eating all the flowers I planted this weekend...
Oh and - photos from this weekend shared on Twitter can be found in my twitter pics. There are also photos over at flickr...
Let's have a lovely start to a fresh new week!! More tutorials and ideas on their way ;)
♥,V
ps: If you make these & want to share them, I will post your photos ;)
