Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

DIY Wedding: Mason Jars & Flowers

April showers bring May flowers... in Mason jars I hope!  Here's a collection of gorgeous yet simple flower arrangements in Mason jars-- perfect for your wedding or even a sweet Mother's Day gift.  I think Mason jar flower arrangements would look lovely paired with a burlap theme!
Dahlias and Roses via Country Living
Pink Peonies via Erin McLean Events / source
Hydrangeas via Fifty Flowers
Snapdragons via Lisa Light Ltd
Tulips via Country Living

Have a great day!!!  xo, Ashley  P.S. Check out my rad giveaway!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Felt Rose Tutorial

I promised to post a tutorial showing you how I make my felt roses.  I know there are a lot of tutorials for making felt flowers out there-- but I wanted to make my mine because it's so easy!  No downloadable templates, no tracing on felt... 

You will need:
1 sheet of felt for your flower
1 sheet of felt (or scraps) for your leaves
Hot glue gun
Scissors

First, take your felt and fold it in half (hamburger style).  Fold it in half again.  Cut down the folds so you have 4 long strips and then make 3 cuts, yielding 3 sets of squares and a skinny rectangle.  
 From your squares, cut 9 circles.
Cut around the edges of 8 of your circles to make a scalloped edge.  Trim the edge of the 9th circle to make it a bit smaller-- this will be the base of your flower.  Grab your skinny rectangle too.
 Fold your scalloped circles in half, and then half once more.  Snip a tiny bit off of the tips.
 Using hot glue, glue 4 folded, scalloped circles to the base of your flower.
Glue 2 more folded, scalloped circles to your flower-- opposite of each other along the seams of the base petals.
Take your rectangle and snip off one top corner.  Fold down the other top corner 
  Roll it up-- rolling the folded side first and the cut corner will be on the outside.
 Glue the base of the roll up to the center of the flower.
 Glue the last 2 petals down in the space remaining.
If you feel your flower needs a little perking up in places, you can use tiny scraps of your felt to add some extra oomph!
Hope you enjoy making your felt roses!  Click here for more felt flower tutorials.  

Monday, December 19, 2011

Felt Flowers

Merry Christmas!!!  

I made some lovely felt flowers and wanted to share some links with you.  Felt flowers are so easy to make and look great as on headbands, pins, barrettes... anything really!  If you have some felt laying around-- you could make a fantastic last minute gift topper!  

I tried to follow this flower pin tutorial but I couldn't get the right shape for the stencil!  The next two flowers below are from my own pattern, which I will post a tutorial for next week.  
For this flower, I cut out several petals and sewed the ends together.  I gathered them tightly and stitched a pearl in the middle.  The great thing about sewing your flowers together rather than using hot glue is that you can push the petals around a bit and have more control over your final shape.
These roses are so simple to make!  Follow this rose tutorial to make yourself a rose or two!
Wishing everyone a happy holiday!  

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Holiday Wreath

I have seen so many beautiful holiday wreaths floating around online.  All the inspiration was making me (and Mister G) pretty excited to make one!! 

I gave my wreath a lot of thought before getting started.  I wanted my wreath to be festive-- but also not too classic Christmas.  I was envisioning something "ocean-y" since it's our first Christmas living in a warm climate.  I also came up with the genius idea to incorporate Marquette colors into the wreath to get John excited about it!  (Pretty easy because Marquette baby blue is very ocean-y and also gold is very Christmas-y!)

I picked up a lot of holiday jazz at Micael's--by the way, now is a great time to get a deal on wreath fixins!  I chose golds, silvers, blues, and greens.  When I came home Mister G was nipping at the bag and trying to play with the picks.  

Remember when I made the homemade holiday ornanments?  While I was spray-painting my baby pine cones for the ornaments, I also painted a few big shells gold.    
The big shells needed special help to stay on the wreath.  I cut a piece of yarn and hot glued it to the back of the shell.  One big glob in the center and a line to each side to help the shells lay flat.
After the glue dried, I arranged the shells and tied the yarn tightly around the wreath.  Then I added the rest of my items.  It gets pretty windy at times here-- so I used a dab of hot glue on the bottoms of each pick before I stuck them into the wreath.

I love the sea urchin looking flowers next to the poinsettia!  If you take a close look you will see some baby pine cones too.  
I don't have a wreath hanger yet, so until I pick one up the wreath will be hanging under our house numbers.  See her to the left?
Have you made a wreath this year?  Plans to make one?  Share your pictures on Mister G's Facebook page or Twitter @MisterGandMe .  

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Ombre Wedding Floral Designs - SO pretty!

SO, I'm loving this Ombre trend it's everywhere! Here are some lovely ombre floral trends for your eye candy today ;)
Source: thebridesguide

Source: craftzine

Source: thebridesguide 
Source: DesignSponge

Source: christie-photography via CalligraphybyJennifer

Enjoy!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Real New York Wedding Inspiration | NY Spring Wedding at the Metropolitan Building | Blue Floral Inspiration

Loving this amazingly chic New York spring wedding at the Metropolitan Building. I think I'm falling in love with blue again! The robins bird blue flowers mixed with deep richer blue flowers look so fresh and spring like with the contrast white and pink. What do you guys think? What colors have you chosen so far? I know purple is huge right now as well as the classic creams and whites. But how about a pop of color?












Details:
Photography by: Weddings By Two
Wedding Flower design by Emily Thompson

xo

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

NY Wedding Floral Inspiration | Colors of Orange & Eggplant

How beautiful is this floral wedding inspiration by Designs by Ahn for Regan and Landon's Wedding. The couple chose colors of oranges and a hint of deep eggplant, how elegant and lovely! I just love her wedding bouquet against her pretty ivory wedding dress!







xo

 
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