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::Six Cute Flowery Things To Make

June 10, 2010

Crochet :: The gorgeous flower granny squares that I have been making (and indeed LOTS of other people around the traps have been making) orginated at Rosehip. They are easy to make, once you get the hang of it, and when you DO work it out, you can kind of make them a bit freehand and use the technique to make all sorts of shapes into squares. Mucho recommended.

Papercraft :: Zakka Life has a really easy to follow tutorial for making cute paper flowers. You could use recycled catalogues, as they suggest, or maybe cute vintage wrapping paper or old magazines. They would look really ace made from neutral paper too.

Sew :: Ribbon embroidery sounds totally nannafied, which I like. I have never embroidered with ribbon, but I like the idea that it can fill things in super quickly and has a cool textured effect. You could do this project on dark fabric : perhaps navy : and use red and white and green ribbon for a kind of Norwegian/Swedish Feel. Or go totally netural and Zakka style in white and beige and cream. Or make it colourful and cheery like The Purl Bee did. Really ace tute, I think.

Sew :: Elizabeth Holcombe made the adorable bird corsage above. I love it. It opens up all sorts of cute broochy possibilities. You could customise this to suit you, but I think it is super great just the way it is, don’t you?! What a clever clogs you are, Ms Elizabeth! Bravo!

Straw :: The world famous Cathy of California has the world’s best straw flower how-to. You can buy the flower looms on eBay and check into Cathy’s to learn how to use them. Cathy also links to a cute video of her and Martha Stewart making flowers together. I would like to make a video with Martha Stewart. That would be rad, methinks. Go Cathy!

Paper :: 5 Orange Potatoes shows how to make a portable flower press from cardboard and other everyday things. I really like the way this encourages us to take a bit of time to notice the nice things and smell the roses. A good one to do with the kidlets, I reckon.

If you know any more cute flowery how-tos, you could add them in the comments! (Even if they are your own!)

xx Pip

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