For the love of a flower

Have you noticed how flowers are all the rage now?

Maybe they always have been, and I've just been outa the loop.

But they seem to be everywhere you look.

They are in home decor

and blankets.

They are even on front doors, (wreaths are mine)

They are on bags

and jewelry.

They even appear on swoony craft projects.

I've made many myself.  Including bobby pins (tutorial here) and flowers for wreaths and purses.

It's addicting.  You can use all sorts of media like material scraps, denim, felt, etc.

It's the new fad.  I didn't think at my age I would be back into the "in fads" but I guess this is a little different.

Go ahead, search all over Google, Etsy, Pinterest, and any blogs you may like.  Everyone is all about FLOWERS.

You know you want to be in the "in crowd" again.  Go for it!

Look for a GIVEAWAY in the near future.  It's coming.  I'm working on it now!

So long, fare well...

Saturday I'm off to see one of my best friends.

She moved 3 hours away about 3 or 4 years ago. We don't get to see each other very often, but we've decided to meet 1/2 way between each of us, at a cool antique mall.

I feel as giddy as a school girl. I literally have been thinking about this for weeks.

I miss her so much.

I decided to make her something. Well, something for her and her girls. (Hope she's not reading this before Sat!)

You see, her and her 3 girls are ALWAYS wearing clothes/accessories in the height of fashion.

What I made her is a little vintage looking, and yet, I hope she'll like it. And her girls too.

I started out with some cotton duck, and some flannel/felt material in the girls favorite colors.

I've been seeing these tutorials all over the net about how to make flower pins, hairpins, etc. I decided to follow some of these somewhat, but to put my own spin on them.

I'm also thinking of selling these in my etsy shop when I get my supply up to start one.

I started by just pinching the fabric together and hot gluing it to a circle of flannel (and burning my fingers MANY times during the process.)

When semi-finished, it resembled this.

I added a bobby pin to the back so it can be worn in their hair, or put on a purse, or even in a lapel.

I think the best part of the whole project was the wrapping/final finish.

I just cut some of my scrapbook paper into little tags, added an initial for each one, and some baker's twine to the top.

While I like each one I made for the girls, I like my friend's the best.

I hope she likes it too!


I'm linking up with Judy at DIY by design's linky party (Wed-Fri) and Freckled Laundry . Come check out all the other talented ladies who also linked up!