Petal pusher

Last week I came across a tarnished little ice bucket in the back of a cabinet and envisioned it on the bookcase in our entry hall filled with flowers.


It adds sparkle among the books and would otherwise live tarnishing and unseen in our cupboards.

I remembered when I was young being enchanted by charming little arrangements called tussie-mussies that were meant to stay on display after they dried out.


But whithered rosebuds are a tad too Victorian for me, and my flowers' deaths are never that graceful anyway.

While I have been dreaming of  Lilly's faux foliage, and fantasizing about commissioning a bouquet of Eloise's exquisite paper flowers, I did not want to wait.

I was inspired.

So I decided to make my own.

I went to my craft boxes and found the remnants of felt from my banner project that inspired this blog so many moons ago.

I heated up my glue gun and began snipping away- mixing and matching colors while manipulating the felt to make blossoms in varying shapes and sizes, using kabob skewers for the stems.

An overhead shot of the bouquet.

Pierce loved playing with the colorful bits of felt.  This will be a fun project to do together when he is older.  I know he would like seeing his creations on display, he already takes great pride in his artwork:

(A sampling from our gallery)

Further inspiration from other felt florists online::

Coco's remarkable dahlias made me swoon...

How-to here.

 These potted flowers would make a great centerpiece for a luncheon or shower that the guest of honor could keep.

(Though I would add leaves for a touch of green)

I love this threesome:

A single bud would be cute for a little girl's barrette and/or top of a gift in lieu of a bow.

I foresee more felt flowers in my future- a nice reminder of springtime to ward off the winter blues.


And you know this girl likes any excuse to whip out her glue gun.

Xox,

Jenny