Stop and smell the ....buttons?
Okay, so one (of many) of the surprise gifties I've been working on FINALLY will make an appearance on the blog.
These were to be some Mother's Day presents — my mum and I both loved ours even though they weren't surprises. Well, hers sort of was a surprise. We had a great time at Oliver's school making them with the kids. A HUGELY FUN day! I want to go back to pre-school. Can't think of anything more fun. And, although Oliver wanted nothing more to do with flowers at this point, my mum and I made a pot for each mother who had a little baby stuck in her unit (NICU) at the hospital for mother's day. I heard they were a huge hit!
The flowers Oliver was REALLY interested in making were for Kal. And she posted a great picture (far better than any of mine!) and I think some people are looking for directions, so, this blog is brought to you by Oliver.
[Please excuse the pictures — Oliver was a new kind of crazy while making his tutorial. It's difficult to take pictures while your five year old is bum-rushing the camera. Or waving his flower about WILDLY. Or trying to dump all the buttons off the paper he just spent 20 minutes making a button frame for?!?! If I spent 20 minutes when I was his age I would havemade asked nicely for my mum to GLUE them down.]
The wire was 24 Guage green stuff that I found in the flower department of our local craft store.
The foam, and crazy looking nest stuff was also there. I'm not sure what it's called.
The little plastic petals we used were American Crafts. Some petals/leaves were pre-punched, some were not.
Happy Spring!
EDITED! OH I FORGOT! If any of you happen to be in Milford, NH tomorrow, stop by the high school between 7:30am-1pm and visit my friend Wendy and I. I just have boring scrapbooking stuff and some books that I made to sell, but Wendy's got Tastefully Simple stuff and I bet she's gonna have samples (at least until she leaves me alone with them for five minutes while she either a) goes out to get the rest of her stuff or b) has to go to the bathroom. Mental note to work on my best "I don't know what happened to all your samples?" face tonight.)
These were to be some Mother's Day presents — my mum and I both loved ours even though they weren't surprises. Well, hers sort of was a surprise. We had a great time at Oliver's school making them with the kids. A HUGELY FUN day! I want to go back to pre-school. Can't think of anything more fun. And, although Oliver wanted nothing more to do with flowers at this point, my mum and I made a pot for each mother who had a little baby stuck in her unit (NICU) at the hospital for mother's day. I heard they were a huge hit!
The flowers Oliver was REALLY interested in making were for Kal. And she posted a great picture (far better than any of mine!) and I think some people are looking for directions, so, this blog is brought to you by Oliver.
[Please excuse the pictures — Oliver was a new kind of crazy while making his tutorial. It's difficult to take pictures while your five year old is bum-rushing the camera. Or waving his flower about WILDLY. Or trying to dump all the buttons off the paper he just spent 20 minutes making a button frame for?!?! If I spent 20 minutes when I was his age I would have
The wire was 24 Guage green stuff that I found in the flower department of our local craft store.
The foam, and crazy looking nest stuff was also there. I'm not sure what it's called.
The little plastic petals we used were American Crafts. Some petals/leaves were pre-punched, some were not.
Happy Spring!
EDITED! OH I FORGOT! If any of you happen to be in Milford, NH tomorrow, stop by the high school between 7:30am-1pm and visit my friend Wendy and I. I just have boring scrapbooking stuff and some books that I made to sell, but Wendy's got Tastefully Simple stuff and I bet she's gonna have samples (at least until she leaves me alone with them for five minutes while she either a) goes out to get the rest of her stuff or b) has to go to the bathroom. Mental note to work on my best "I don't know what happened to all your samples?" face tonight.)
WOOOT! Oliver - those are terrific flowers and this is the best lesson I have ever seen on the internet. VERY cool. Thanks for posting this. I will link to it tomorrow morning and hopefully you will teach lots and lots of people to make flowers. You rock!
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Katie, i forgot to tell you how Fun these looked on kal's blog...I am such a button w&o%e... (no children reading your blog is there?)I made one of those Ali trees & didn't have to buy a thing!!! Thanks for sharing !!!!
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I saw these on Kal's blog first off thanks for posting the tutorial they are awesome and I'm looking forward to making some soon... I'm happy to have found a good purpose for some BIG buttons that I have! Thanks Oliver and Katie!
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Oliver, that is such a great project!! I looks so pretty! I thought it was made by an adult, you are one talented dude!! Thanks for sharing your instructions with us!
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Oliver, you are so talented! You have a fun mom! Thanks for sharing!
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Oliver - you rock! Love the flowers.
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These button flowers you made are so pretty~ and they will STAY pretty without water or care! Thank you for showing us how to do it. Great job!
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Love your tutorial, but I bet no one will have as much fun making them as I did-- because I got to do it with you! love, Mimi
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Thanks for the tutie Oliver!
These are crazy cute and I know several moms and grannies who'd love them. (Found you from Kal's blog btw!)
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Thank you for the lesson, Oliver! Saw these on Kal's site and HAD TO MAKE THEM FOR MY GUESTS over the holiday weekend. I love these!! Made myself a bunch for my table, too...I GRIN just looking at them. Thanks for sharing!
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Hey! You are inspiring all kinds of us.
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