how my garden is growing

my flowers started with five 4 inch circles from a vintage chemistry book.  i cut out 30 flowers.

i rubbed each circle on an ink pad. i used a bunch of different colors...pink, purple, blue, green....

once the circles were inked, i picked out a vintage button for the center and punched holes in the paper to attach.

i used a small, 32 gauge wire to attach my button centers twisting the wire together in the back to make sure the button was secure.

this is my pile of flower in waiting....

once the button was attached, i scrunched the paper into a little bundle around the button, and then, peeled back the paper to leave some wrinkles in the paper to make the pedals. i attached a larger, stronger wire for the stem using a 18 gauge. these flowers will be part of my centerpieces for the graduation party.

grad party favors

i and a troop of friends have been saving toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls for me so i could make my son's graduations party favors. on friday, we did a little "sweat shop" and started the project. we measured the rolls out to about 2 inches and cut.

after cutting, the short rolls came for glue and paper. i used a vintage chemistry book paper- it worked great. just the right weight paper.

it was easier to put the roll on your fingers and use your other hand to smear the glue all the way around the tube.

once glued, the book pages were the exact width we wanted so we just ripped out of the book and rolled the now glued rolls onto the book paper.

we left enough overlap of book paper to easily glue the flap.

held for just a moment.....

and poof.....pile of paper rolls!! my plan is to stuff them with M&Ms and tie each end with the curling ribbon. i will show later when we are closer to the party. i didn't want to fill with chocolate too soon.