Handmade Flowers

A girl needs to fill her time in somehow whilst sitting in a hotel room on an evening, I've never been one for venturing out on my own so I thought I would bring something to occupy my time.

A watercolour pad and paints, a paint brush, scissors and glue.

My friend Lizzy told me about a new tool on the market and I had to get it .

The Marion Smith Bloom Impression Tool, a simple little thing really.

I cut out the petals by hand and dampened the paper before adding a watercolour wash to them.

I thought it was very nice of the hotel to leave me a laminated sheet on the dresser, perfect to wipe clean when I was finished.

While the petals were still damp I began using the press.

Placing the petal on the hollow side.

Then pushing the two together, giving it a little twist.

Then hey presto a petal is formed.

I started over with another batch in yellow and then set them out in a neat row all ready to be stuck together and shaped into a beautiful rose.

You can see from the photo below I stated with 3 for the center then 4 then 5 and the last layer of 6.

I think you can see that the end result is something quite beautiful.

And from the side.

And one in pink.

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