Sunday, February 27, 2011

Miss Havisham's Paper Flowers


A current crafting obsession: handmade coffee and/or tea stained paper flowers. I cannot stop making these paper craft blooms - dyed, collated, trimmed, displayed. So many uses and ideas...

Grouped in a large arrangement as the focal point of a coffee table (shown here with dried thistles)...

Tucked into a bookcase to add texture, dimension and color (that is a brown bear skull, a x-mas gift!)...   

As a single bloom in a unique bud vase, in this example a ceramic faux stone...

Strung together as a bunting for a celebration or just for fun (bunting = FUN!!!)...

 A bouquet in the entryway - shown here with dried cock's comb (don't say cock), pheasant feathers and twigs...

 As an accent on a headband - this is a great conversation starter (or ender)...

As a decorative brooch or corsage!

Don't you feel these flowers could have been picked straight out of Miss Havisham's garden? They are even highly flammable!

5 comments:

Jennifer Black Reinhardt said...

Don't just "like", more like "LoveLOVELOVE"! With the thistles???? Crazy love!!!!!!!

Heather said...

Well, you may have a bloom for encouraging my continued obsession with making them! :) Thank you!

Kitiya Palaskas said...

So awesome! They would look amazing in different colours too!

Jill said...

Love! I just bought some mini muffin papers to craft with. Now I want coffee filters!

Heather said...

Kit - Thank you! I need to try some with tissue paper or maybe using food coloring dye!

Jill - mini cupcake liners! Squee! What will you make? You will post photos, of course?! Mini flowers would be darlsberg!