And Here's Where I Need You...

I decided to make my own bouquet... and not with real flowers either! I wanted a bouquet that would last forever, without wilting while drying, so, real flowers were out. I hate hate HATE silk flowers! They get dusty, they look so fake, feel fake, and just make me cringe when I touch them. So, that brought me to felt flowers; which you saw the tutorial for in the last post.

Now, I've been having some trouble with the bouquet design! I tried making the bouquet, but it was so small, the flowers kept falling out, and it just looked like a bridesmaid bouquet because the largest base I could find was 3 inches. Not going to work. So, I tried a pomander! You know what it is, it's that funky flower ball that hangs from a ribbon, and may or may not look awkward going down the aisle. But, hey! I am awkward! Awkwardly enough my own awkwardness attracted my awkward future husband to me in the first place; so that makes it awkwardly sweet.

This brings us to the purpose of this post. I need you to help me decide what design to use for my pomander. Now, I have 3 designs here. I want you to leave me a comment, and tell me which design you like the best. And I don't care if you dont know me, and are just browsing blogs! Leave a comment. Let me know what you think.

Design #1 This was a design that I found online, It looks sweet up close but From a distance, it all looks like a great big ball of fuzz (and you have my full permission to have From a Distance stuck in your head ALL day)

Here is design #2 I covered the whole styrophone ball in white organza, then attatched the flowers in lines down the sides of the ball to give the appearance of flower vines going from top to bottom... Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking either.

And this design #3 The blue is a little more subdued than what is pictured. The blue is actually the same fabric as the bridesmaids dresses. The green leaves in the center was the bottom of design #2. It's gives kind of a poinsettia vibe, but I really liked the fact that it was a focal point for the pomander because it truly accentuated the embroidery that seems to get a little lost in the flower frenzy.

Okay, so, now you've seen all the designs so far, so find your oppinion, and let me have it! If none of the designs speak to you, or send you to a place of unexplored extasy that only felt flowers can enduce, then don't break it gently. Just break it.