DIY Floral Arrangement

Scripture to Live By:

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.  Hebrews 13:4

Floral Arrangement Post:

I made this floral arrangement to go on my granddaughter's wedding cake.   I wanted this arrangement to be a low arrangement to fit between dividers on the cake.  

I bought a variety artificial flowers and beaded picks, as seen below.

To start the arrangement I took 5 roses and clip the stems down to approximately 3 inches and put one in the center and the other 4 around the arrangement in different directions. (North, south, east and west.) I left the leaves on them for filler to cover the floral base.

Next I took 7 lilac branches and made the stem approximately 2 inches long.

I place one of them between each of the 4 roses and the other three I placed around the center rose.

Next I added the beaded picks in between the three lilac branches surrounding the middle rose. 

Then I added the tulle beaded picks wherever I felt they were needed.

If you have Babies Breath you can use it to fill in any spots that are lacking.

Well the arrangement is ready to go on their wedding cake.  I am so excited to be able to make my granddaughters wedding cake for her.  My next post will be of the wedding and the cake.  

Hope you can learn from this tutorial how to make a low floral arrangement using artificial flowers.  

Blessings, 

Parties I Link Up To: 

 Monday:

Skip to my Lou ,  Craft O Maniac,  Keeping it Simple,  Creating Really Awesome Free Things,  Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms  Between Naps on the Porch,  The Girl Creative,  Mad in Crafts, I'm An Organizing Junkie,  Sew Can Do, I Should Be Mopping the Floor,  Making the World Cuter, The Gunny Sack, Mrs. Happy Homemaker, Uncommon Designs, DIY Home Sweet Home, The Modest Mom

Tuesday: 

  Coastal Charm,  A Bowl Full of Lemons ,  Tip Junkie ,  Sugar Bee Crafts ,  Not Just a Housewife ,Today's Creative Blog ,  Balancing Beauty and Bedlam ,  5 Minutes for Mom ,  Funky Polkadot Giraffe ,    Hope Studios ,   Time Warp Wife , Chef in Training Home Stories A to Z, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia,  Vintage Wanna Bee, The Blackberry Vine, Carolyn's Homework, The Kurtz Corner,  Growing Home,  Cornerstone Confessions, Mercy Ink, Ginger Jamboree,A Diamond in the Stuff, Reasons to Skip the Housework,A Stroll Thru Life

Wednesday:

 Raising Homemakers , Crystal & Co. ,  We AreThat Family , Women Living Well, The Trendy Treehouse ,  Handy Man, Crafty Woman Someday Crafts ,   This Chick Cooks ,  Seven Thirty Three,  Sugar & Dots A Creative Princess , Creations by Kara, Gingersnap Crafts ,   Uncommonly Yours, My Girlish Whims, DIY Crafty Projects, Southern Lovely, Adorned from Above Fabric Bows and More, Twin Dragonfly Designs, The Thrifty Home, Semi Homemade Mom

Thursday:

 Shabby Creek Cottage,  Delightful Order  House of Hepworths,   The Frugal Girls ,  Miz Helen's Country Cottage ,  The Thirty Sixth Avenue,  Thrifty 101, Diary of a Stay at Home Mom, Beyond the Picket Fence, A Glimpse Inside, Mandatory Mooch, Think Tank, The Real Thing with the Coake Family,Life we Live 4,Somewhat Simple

Friday:

The Shabby Nest ,  Fingerprints on the Fridge ,  Chic on a Shoestring, Life as Mom ,  Miss Mustard Seed ,  Tidy Mom ,  Whipperberry,  French Country Cottage  30 Handmade Days ,  Finding Fabulous ,   Naptime Crafters Tatertots and Jello,My Romantic Home , While He was Napping , Comfy in the Kitchen,  Bacon Time with the Hungry, Hungry Hippo,  The Country Cook,  Six Sister's Stuff, Kitchen Fun With My Three Sons, Ann Kroeker Writer,, Simply Sweet Home, Craft Junkie Too, Simply Designing, Happy Hour Projects, A Little Knick Knack, Young and Crafty, Five Days Five Ways, At Home With Bobi

 Saturday:

Funky Junk Interiors,  Young and Crafty ,  Be Different, Act Normal ,  A Vision to Remember, Sweet as Sugar Cookies, Positively Splendid, It's Overflowing, The Artsy Girl Connection, Craft Envy, Too Much Time On My Hands, Something Swanky Sassy Little Lady,

Or So She Says, Tutus and Tea Parties, Your Home Based Mom

Sunday:

  Under the Table and Dreaming ,  DIY Showoff ,  Nifty Thrifty Things,  Homemaker on a Dime ,  Sumo's Sweet Stuff

DIY Slate Marriage Plaque

Scripture to Live By:
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:17

Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.  Proverbs 5:18

Craft Post:  Our granddaughter got married this past weekend and I made her a plaque with her name and wedding date on it.

I love to make plaques using the slate a friend gave me from his slate roof that he had replaced. Slate can be expensive if you have to buy it.   There is so much you can do on slate.  

Two holes were drilled in the top of the slate so the plaque could be hung.  In order for the plaque to hang properly measuring and marking where you want the holes is important.

I washed the slate with water and a brush.

Next we spray painted it black.

Then I got out my supplies out to  paint their name on it and their wedding date.

I stenciled thier name on a sheet of paper and then I printed off their wedding date from my computer in the font I wanted to use, then I transferred them both to the slate using some white  transfer paper.  

Next I used a white paint pen to go over the date, and painted their name on using a brush.

Next, I traced the strawberries and leaves on the slate.

I painted them berries and leaves,

and then measured the leather shoe lace to the size I need

I tied knots in each end to secure the leather shoe lace in place to hold the picture.  

Then I sprayed two coats of Plaid clear acrylic sealer, matte finish, on it.  

I hope they like it. So, if you may be looking for an idea for a wedding gift 

why not consider making a name plaque.  

God is so good to give us the gift of marriage.  I have been married to my sweetheart for 49 years and my love for him grows every day.  I am so thankful for this man God gave to me.  I am so happy for my granddaughter as she enters in to this most sacred union.

Blessings,

Parties I Link Up To: 

 Monday:

Skip to my Lou ,  Craft O Maniac,  Keeping it Simple,  Creating Really Awesome Free Things,  Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms  Between Naps on the Porch,  The Girl Creative,  Mad in Crafts, I'm An Organizing Junkie,  Sew Can Do, I Should Be Mopping the Floor,  Making the World Cuter, The Gunny Sack, Mrs. Happy Homemaker, Uncommon Designs, DIY Home Sweet Home, The Modest Mom

Tuesday: 

  Coastal Charm,  A Bowl Full of Lemons ,  Tip Junkie ,  Sugar Bee Crafts ,  Not Just a Housewife ,Today's Creative Blog ,  Balancing Beauty and Bedlam ,  5 Minutes for Mom ,  Funky Polkadot Giraffe ,    Hope Studios ,   Time Warp Wife , Chef in Training Home Stories A to Z, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia,  Vintage Wanna Bee, The Blackberry Vine, Carolyn's Homework, The Kurtz Corner,  Growing Home,  Cornerstone Confessions, Mercy Ink, Ginger Jamboree,A Diamond in the Stuff, Reasons to Skip the Housework,A Stroll Thru Life

Wednesday:

 Raising Homemakers , Crystal & Co. ,  We AreThat Family , Women Living Well, The Trendy Treehouse ,  Handy Man, Crafty Woman Someday Crafts ,   This Chick Cooks ,  Seven Thirty Three,  Sugar & Dots A Creative Princess , Creations by Kara, Gingersnap Crafts ,   Uncommonly Yours, My Girlish Whims, DIY Crafty Projects, Southern Lovely, Adorned from Above Fabric Bows and More, Twin Dragonfly Designs, The Thrifty Home, Semi Homemade Mom

Thursday:

 Shabby Creek Cottage,  Delightful Order  House of Hepworths,   The Frugal Girls ,  Miz Helen's Country Cottage ,  The Thirty Sixth Avenue,  Thrifty 101, Diary of a Stay at Home Mom, Beyond the Picket Fence, A Glimpse Inside, Mandatory Mooch, Think Tank, The Real Thing with the Coake Family,Life we Live 4,Somewhat Simple

Friday:

The Shabby Nest ,  Fingerprints on the Fridge ,  Chic on a Shoestring, Life as Mom ,  Miss Mustard Seed ,  Tidy Mom ,  Whipperberry,  French Country Cottage  30 Handmade Days ,  Finding Fabulous ,   Naptime Crafters Tatertots and Jello,My Romantic Home , While He was Napping , Comfy in the Kitchen,  Bacon Time with the Hungry, Hungry Hippo,  The Country Cook,  Six Sister's Stuff, Kitchen Fun With My Three Sons, Ann Kroeker Writer,, Simply Sweet Home, Craft Junkie Too, Simply Designing, Happy Hour Projects, A Little Knick Knack, Young and Crafty, Five Days Five Ways, At Home With Bobi

 Saturday:

Funky Junk Interiors,  Young and Crafty ,  Be Different, Act Normal ,  A Vision to Remember, Sweet as Sugar Cookies, Positively Splendid, It's Overflowing, The Artsy Girl Connection, Craft Envy, Too Much Time On My Hands, Something Swanky Sassy Little Lady,

Or So She Says, Tutus and Tea Parties, Your Home Based Mom

Sunday:

  Under the Table and Dreaming ,  DIY Showoff ,  Nifty Thrifty Things,  Homemaker on a Dime ,  Sumo's Sweet Stuff