Thursday, August 4, 2011

Some Call it Flowers Others Call it a Weapon

I decided instead of having our flower girl throw petals we would have her carry a floral pomander instead.  I thought it would compliment the tutus well and would just be less mess to deal with.  Here were some of the photos I used for inspiration:




I showed these to my sister/mother of our 3 year old flower girl and her first reaction was that Emily would probably end up throwing it at someone, more than likely her baby sister.  Unfortunately I was already set on the idea so I guess we will just have to hope for the best and buy Payton some protective armor.

This week I decided it was time to get cracking on making the ball.  I just bought some ribbon, a foam ball and some fake flowers.  The hardest part was getting the ribbon all the way through the ball but with some force, creativity and a wooden spoon it was finally all the way through.  Then I just hot glued the flowers to the ball.  Here is the ball about half way done:


And here it is completely finished:




The whole project probably took me less than an hour and was very easy.  It turned out to be a little larger than I thought it would be but hopefully it won't be too big next to Emily and hopefully she doesn't decide to use it as a weapon.

3 comments:

  1. This is totally want I want to do for our flower girl too, and I have the same concern! WAY too easy to throw that thing! I mean, it looks like a ball, and what do you do with a ball?! :) It is just adorable though, and I love that you did it in silks - it'll be such a wonderful keepsake (or weapon) for her! (We were planning on doing the same for ours - great minds!) :) Can't wait Mar!

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  2. Hehe...I love the title...hopefully we will get some good pictures of how Em decides to use it...although she'll probably be naked since she refuses to wear her tutu :)

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  3. so cute! can't wait to see all of the effort that you have put into your wedding come together for such a beautiful occasion! SO SOON!

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