Valentine's Day Bouquet

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Valentine's Day Bouquet  Flower Idea: Valentine's Day bouquet

Create a Valentine's Day bouquet from red roses and felt.  You can hang this bouquet to surprise your sweetheart and capture their heart!

Supplies
Tools
  • Scissors
  • Glue gun
  • Pencil
  • Glass vials
Materials
  • Wooden sticks
  • Red felt
  • Madder-red roses
  • Foliage
  • Raffia ribbon
  • Wall hook
  • Scratch paper
  • Copper wire
Directions

Constructing the Frame

  • Create a diamond-shaped frame out of sticks, binding them together with raffia ribbon.
  • Add the hook at the top.

Decoration

  • Cut hearts out of the felt.
  • Glue them to the frame.
  • Draw the letters L.O.V.E. on the scratch paper.
  • Using the above pattern, cut the letters out of the felt.
  • Glue "love" to the frame.

Finishing Touches

  • Attach the glass vials by wrapping the cooper wire around them and using it to link one vial to the next.
  • Finish by adding roses to the vials and some folliage.

Tips
  • Cut the bottom of the roses' stems in a cross so that they can drink more easily and will last longer.
  • Have two people work on constructing the frame.  One person can hold the sticks while the other ties the raffia ribbon.
 
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