I love tropical flowers and the challenging aspect of making them is giving me a huge adrenaline rush.
Her 21st is about 4 weeks away and with the kids being at home over the holidays I haven't managed to really start this project properly.
In everything I do, I try and 'maori-gyver' any necessary tools or materials. This is not evident in the final masterpiece e.g. if there is a 'certain tool' that's required to shape petals for the flowers, I will try and invent a mock version of that tool to make it work. In thus saving me money and time.
So, these are the first few flowers that I have made and painted...
The final pic is just an example of one of the many 'tools' that I have made to save money. You can buy the proper flower holder pots but this egg carton with flower in the holes works just as well.
Next week the kids return to school YYYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!!! and this will give me more time to get more creative with the harder flowers (Hibiscus and Birds of Paradise)
I will eventually join these flowers with wire and make more of them as a filler for the bouquet.
For now however, I am going to start getting our dinner ready and will post again once there's more progress.
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