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Flowers! :flowers:

 

I'm planning a small abundant cottage garden in front of Tudor Cottage.

 

These 1:24 scale lilies are from a kit Brae gave me for my b-day last year and are from The Miniature Garden https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheMiniatureGarden

 

You assemble these plants petal by petal. The two flowers on the right I dry brushed with some chalk pastel to get the soft pink.

 

Georgie at The Miniature Garden recommends sacrificing an old tooth brush to make the stamens. I tried this with one I have that has very fine soft bristles, but I could hardly see them or handle them. My regular toothbrush bristles looked too large for the scale to me, so I used thread that I colored with a Sharpie and then cut tiny lengths. I dipped the end in glue and positioned it in the center of the flower. Then once dry I teased the strands apart. I think it works for the stamens. :D

 

So, six lilies down, a gazillion flowers and veggies to go, LOL! I've placed an order for more kits so it's time to practice making flowers. I'm happy with this first try.

 

Oh, those are my beading tweezers. They are used for knotting, but worked like a champ for handling the tiny parts.

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I'd be blind by now. They look great. Buying ready made flowers is so expensive but you can see why with all the work involved.

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