Book Folded Birdcage

I've just discovered the new to me craft of book folding, it's great fun and adds another dimension to my crafting.

After folding the book (there are lots of tutorials online to get you started) I sprayed the whole book with Glorious Gold from Oak House studio.

Using the Fiskars AdvantEdge ironworks cartridge I cut the bottom border out using gold card.

For my focal point I cut a bird using the Fiskars Fuse bird die with a letterpress plate from self adhesive cork.

Then I added leaf vine ribbon

To decorate I used white flowers from Samaflora.  I chose white as I wanted to have a play spraying and painting them myself.  The small flowers were on wires, which meant I could slide them into a fold and glue them in place.

I have always loved blue poppies (a happy memory from my childhood).

For the hanging loop I used a large bead and a bead cap on wire

The finished decoration

There are a few butterflies in places as I felt the need to add butterflies (one of my favourite embellishments.

Thanks for dropping by Lynne x

Table centres

I've had an exciting few weeks as my friend Helen announced 10 weeks ago she was getting married in 10 weeks!
The invitations were designed and made in the first two weeks.

Then it was on to the table decorations.  The flowers were ordered from Samaflora, and made to match the wedding colours.

We started with this

and then

followed by, a touch more glue

time for a tea break, with yummy shortbread from Helen's Mum

which blue do we like best?

ribbon or twine ? (It looked better with twine)

Sparkles were added to the hearts on the pots and we had the table centres ready.

on the table at the wedding

Helen's bouquet

I chose this photo as it shows how beautifully the bouquet matched the dress. The blue matched the chief bridesmaids.  Each orchid had a crystal centre. The bouquet was made by Samaflora too.

It was a wonderful wedding and so much fun to be part of it all the way. If you're looking for something different for your wedding and flowers that you can keep, then do pop over and visit Samaflora for bespoke wedding flowers.

Thanks for dropping by Lynne x