11.23.2010

button flowers

I can't believe they turned out! Here are the button flowers I made for my little nephew's "cute as a button" baby shower.




 {inspiration photo}


I would still like to add the leaves to my bouquet as seen in the inspiration photo.  I also plan to stick the stems in floral foam to ensure they stay in place.  Here is a close up view of a stem.



A helpful tutorial can be found on the whimsy love blog.  A few notes: I opted to use 18 gauge wire from the jewelry section at michaels.  The wire was rather pricey {even with a coupon} so I didn't twist all the way down the stem.  Don't limit yourselves to shopping at an overpriced craft store, I scored some green floral wire last night at the dollar tree!



5 comments:

Unknown said...

Those are super cute!

mrs. roundy said...

Thanks Rachel! Maybe you have some cute vintage buttons you could make these with?

Anonymous said...

Cute.

Anonymous said...

these are so sweet! ~Lilah

Anonymous said...

Adorable!!! They turned out so great!

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