This is not my typical post, but this was my Saturday project! I do not like starting things that I can't finish. And when I start something like a craft or a project (or a blog post), I usually have a hard time stopping for a break until it's done. And I have a hard time being "done" with something until it's exactly how I wanted or pictured it. So this morning when my mom asked me, "What are we going to do with all of these flowers?" ... I sighed. This wasn't the first (or second) time she had asked. I paused for a minute and debated ignoring her question, not wanting to confront the flowers upon flowers that have been hanging in the laundry room for the last two months (oops). BUT...knowing I wanted to do something special with our wedding flowers, I decided to make a decision today. So I Googled it, of course. I debated a shadow box, but that seemed too obvious, and I wasn't sure how my bouquet would fit in one. Plus, I'm also not sure how I feel about having a dry, now brownish, crunchy looking bouquet hanging in a box on my wall. So then I came across a picture of some random looking flower petals in a glass container of some sort. I tried Googling other similar ideas but with "wedding" in the search, and I couldn't find any other wedding bouquets or flowers in glass containers like I pictured in my mind. Either way, I took the idea and ran with it! I went to Walmart, Target, TJMaxx (twice), The Dollar Tree, and Michael's, comparing glass containers, vases, jars, etc. Somewhere along the way, I thought about incorporating the cork from our champagne bottle/wedding toast as well as my mom's wedding dress lace that was wrapped around my bouquet. I ran home, grabbed the cork, and kept looking for appropriately sized glass containers that would fit the cork. Jack pot! I found a big glass jug with another cork (easily removable) that fit the bill. I purchased it with my Michael's 40% off coupon (duh) for $6.53 - success! Without much of a plan of how to actually do this project (and praying that the flowers, leaves, etc. would actually squeeze through the glass jug opening without completely crumbling) I went to work, and now I'm pretty proud and happy with the outcome! Here's the result:
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