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I Finished my 5 Bridesmaid Bouquets

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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    Yeah, I'm horrible at having pictures, but I hope to add some tonight. Anyway, I've been working on and off for months to make clay flowers for my bouquets. The flowers I used are pink tulips, purple calla lilies, red roses, and yellow buttercups. To them, I added french lavendar. Technically, I do have to wrap the floral taped bottom in ribbon, but that should just take a few minutes. I'm so excited not only because they're done, but because they look amazing.

     
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    jenbrandner    Aug 7, 2010   Wisconsin

    Can't wait to see pics!

     
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    Congrats!

     
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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    Thanks! I wanted to take pictures last night, but we had a wine tasting to figure out what wines we're having at the wedding, so there was no time. And after having several wine tastings is not the time to play with breakable bouquets.

     
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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    I Finished my 5 Bridesmaid Bouquets :  wedding bouqet diy My DIY Bouquet

     

    So here's my bouquets. Yeah, they're being held by beer bottles, but it works, so whatev. What do you think?

     
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    bunnyfoofoo    May 14, 2011   Wilmington, NC

    wow - you made those with clay? It's insane how realistic they look! I'm so impressed!

     
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    sand dollar    September 25, 2010   Lake Jackson

    Love the beer bottles, btw. Nice touch ;) They look fabulous. The colors are fantastic

     
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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    Thanks so much! For the roses, I used Mrs. Poodle's tutorial. The buttercups, I watched the Martha video with the woman from Deco clay. While the tulips and calla lilies, I just figured them out. I was going to make some stargazer lilies (McGroom's favorite), but the wedding is less than 3 weeks away and there's so much to do.

    P.S. The beer bottles, well, with McGroom and I, it makes sense that they're in beer bottles.

     
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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    Um, I'm really proud of these and I just want to see what more people think, so I'm bumping my thread.

     
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    I'm really impressed those are clay, I would never have guessed, they look great and very realistic 

     
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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    Thanks. I never was going for realistic, I just wanted tulips in August without paying crazy amounts of money for them and I did it. Each tulip cost under seventy cents in materials.

     
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    Firefighter_Bride    August 13, 2011   British Columbia

    I think they are stunning! Great job!! :)

     
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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    Thanks! I just want to show them to EVERYONE! I can't wait to walk down the aisle.

     
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    locket    September 25, 2010  

    They look great!! I love how bright and colorful they are!

     
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    musthavedietcoke    April 2011  

    Sometimes in the late afternoon my attention wanders and I don't read through a whole post.......so I scrolled straight down to the pictures.......then glimpsed a comment about them being clay........then went back to the OP to see.....

    I CAN'T BELIEVE THOSE ARE CLAY! Totally thought they were real flowers from the picture. Awesome job! I love how bright the colors are.

     
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    TheFutureMcBride    August 2010   Virginia

    Thank you everyone! I've spent so long on them that I just can't believe they're done and people like them. Everyone has been telling me I'm crazy.

     
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    rlsulli1598@verizon.net       oregon

    @TheFutureMcBride:

    how incredible!!! wow-great job

     

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