Chocolate Flowers…Yummy!

 

 

Who loves chocolate?  Who loves flowers?  Right!  Every woman loves both!  So, chocolate flowers are perfect in every way!  Combine 2 awesome things and get something even awesomer (yes, I know that is not a word, but it totally should be)!

As I was looking on Pinterest (every hear of it? haha) for a Valentine’s Day gift for my son’s teacher I came across an adorable Hershey Kiss Flower Bouquet from All In One Day’s Time and decided that I had to make it!  

 

If you are a crafter, who loves chocolate, then you probably already have all the supplies you need at home to make this yummy bouquet!

• Scraps of fabric – cut into 4x4 squares
• Floral tape
• Felt for the leaves
• Wooden skewers
• Hershey kisses
• Mason jar (not pictured)
• Sticky stuff (not pictured)
• Rice (not pictured)
• Jute (not pictured)
• Toilet paper roll – the inside part (not pictured)
• And of course scissors and a ruler

             

After you cut your fabric into 4x4 squares, place 2 kisses bottom to bottom, then hold your fabric over to create the flower bud.  Then stick your skewer in the fabric near the bottom kiss, and start to wrap your floral tape where the kiss starts to taper.  Wrap your floral tape all the way to the bottom of the skewer.  Easy peasy!  Do as many flowers as you like! The more the merrier though!

           

Now it is time to cut your leaves out of your felt.  Please, do NOT look closely at my leaves!!!  For some reason I am a horrible leaf cutter!  Or maybe it is cause I can never cut felt that great?  Anyone else have that problem…or is it just me?  Hmmm???   So after you have your leave cut (hopefully better than mine), take your leaves and attach them to the bud with more of your floral tape. For some flowers I used 1 leaf, but mostly I used 2 leaves to give the bouquet a fuller look. 

Now, you can either stop there and make a handheld bouquet, or you can put them into a vase, or a mason jar as I did! 

If you want to put them into a mason jar, go find yourself the paper middle of a toilet paper roll.  Luckily, I had just changed my roll…TMI?  Anyway, once you have that put some tacky/sticky stuff to the bottom of the roll so that it stays in the middle of your mason jar.  Once it is in your mason jar, fill the outside part with the rest of your Hershey kisses.  I actually used 2 bags for the whole project, and I didn’t even eat any as I made this!  What is wrong with me?  Next pour a little rice into the roll and start arranging your flowers in the middle of the toilet paper roll.  If you need more height like I did, put some crumpled up paper towels on the bottom before you add the rice.  Once you are done, you can tie some fabric, ribbon or jute, like I did, for that finishing touch. 

 

I just loved how these turned out!  My son’s teacher is going to go crazy over them.  She can enjoy the flowers, while eating the chocolate from the mason jars, and won’t even have to ruin the flowers!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

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Planter Box!

Hey all, I am so excited to share with you my project I just completed!  I LOVE how it turned out and I know you will too!  My version of a DIY planter box.

One blog that I check daily without fail is Shanty 2 Chic.  They always amaze me with their simple yet awesome projects that they do!  Their DIY planter box has been all over Pinterest, so of course I had to (yes, HAD too) pin it and give it a try, changing it up a little, to make it my own.

You can find their instructions at Shanty 2 Chic.  Gorgeous isn’t it?  But who would expect any less?

Moving on to my DIY planter box.

After a quick trip to Home Depot to buy wood, 1x6 and 1x4, I rushed home to cut my wood with my awesome saw!  Is it weird that I think a saw is awesome?  Hmmm…well maybe, but if you have a good saw, then you know what I mean!  The great thing about this planter box is that you can make it any length you want.

I only needed a few things to make this project, most of which I had on hand.

• 1x6 cut into two 30” pieces
• 1x4 cut at 30”
• 1x4 cut into two 4.5” for the ends
• Stain
• Spray paint (or not, if you just want the stained look)
• Nails
• Rope

             

Once I had all the wood cut, I proceeded to build my box.  I tried using Wood Glue like many people do, but it did not work for me…probably because I am not impatient to wait for it to dry.  So, instead of using the glue I used nails, which worked great, until I had to nail into some knotty parts of the wood.  Who knew that it is impossible to nail into knotty parts?  Well…you probably did, but I certainly did not!

I thought that I wanted the stained look like the Shanty girls did so I stained the box. But then after thinking about it, realized I wanted in on my dining table, which is wood, so I thought that it would look way better painted. 

           

I pulled out my Heirloom White spray paint and went to town.  Next, I sanded the heck out of it and especially sanded the nail heads that turned white after painting them.  I wanted the metal look to show through. Then I had to stain the sanded edges and the box again for that shabby look.

Since I wanted rope handles on each end, I pulled out my Dremel Trio, which is another tool I think is awesome, and drilled 2 holes for my handle.  I am really liking how the rope looks!

So, there you have it.  Not to difficult, huh?  The hardest part was cleaning off my dining table to make room for my new planter box and making the table presentable for pictures!  I know you use the dining table for a catch all too!!!  Don’t try to deny it.

 

 

 

 

Do you love it as much as I do?  Well, you should! 

By the way, as I am sitting here doing this blog, I have killed a couple of ants on my planter box!  I must have brought them in on my flowers from outside!  At least they had an awesome home…well, until I smashed them.

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