Hey everyone! Remember those fake flowers I brought for a floral wreath? Well, my wreath went horribly wrong. I only had those three large flowers, lots of little buds, and wires . . . so naturally, the whole thing looked a little lopsided. As I was wrapping up to trash the whole thing, I noticed I had pulled the tops of the flowers off of their large stems and could possibly use them for something.
Caution: This is a long post 🙂
DIY Jewelry Hanger:
{fake flowers from Michael’s, sharp scissors, hot glue/gun, decorative tape, a cork board with a wooden frame, acrylic paint, and if you want, lace and ribbons to decorate with}
It seems like a lot of materials, but you could easily work with what you already have and just get the big stuff. Bulletin boards are for sale at Goodwill all the time. In fact, I think years back when I bought this board, it was at Goodwill.
You can simply tear the tops off the flowers here, and use one of the large stems. Measure some stems to make sure they’ll fit with your board. Use your hot glue gun to attach a flower at each end. I liked adding the purple rose for an asymmetrical design.
I glued the ends of each of these little lavender flowers onto the larger stem. You can pop off the very end to make sure it fits right.
I used my little deco masking tape to ensure the stability of the flower. Besides, it looks cute! I got this kind off Etsy a couple years ago.
Here, I decorated by tying vintage lace + a mint green ribbon around each end. Use whatever you have on hand!
Paint the edge of your board any color you please – I don’t have photos of this part because it was simply a happy accident that I had already painted a board of mine when I discovered that my purple flowers were the exact same shade! It’s pretty self-explanatory, though.
Ps. . . below is the crown I made from the leftover flowers. . . too bad it doesn’t fit right! 🙁
And by the way, it looks good as just bulletin or inspiration board!
Let me know if you’re inspired and come up with any project of your own or try mine!
Great that you could salvage your oops project! I messed up a vase a few weeks ago, but I saved it with some chalkboard spray paint. Whew!
so cute! I want to make one!
This is very cute! It would look cute in my daughter’s room. She’s 6 months old but eventually she could use it! lol
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Awesome way to recycle the other materials! It looks so cute, very shabby chic inspired! You could add a little real lavender. It’d look and smell great!