Flower Petal Stained Glass

This idea is moving straight to the top of my to do list!

What a fun way to end a morning in the garden with your kids.

Artful Parent shows an idea for putting togehter your own window display using fresh flowers and contact paper. Love this!!

Tissue Paper Flowers

 Winter in Michigan can be so bleak. This morning I am in need of a touch of sun! What better than some paper flower tutorials to get our morning started!!

I love this paper flower tutorial from Pink Paper Peppermint! You could use these for all kinds of occasions! They are just beautiful!

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Lauren Meader has a great tutorial on her blog for make these simple and cute tissue paper flowers with a button embellishment!

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Lolly Chops has a couple of fun tutorials for making tissue paper flowers. This one just happens to be my favorite!

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If you have never visited Cathe Holden's blog, Just Something I Made, do it RIGHT NOW! She is massively creative and is generous enough to have many tutorials and freebie printables over there including this tutorial for making this super sweet hydrangea pin.

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Sew Sweet Stitches has another great tutorial for these over sized flowers. She has them displayed over her, in vase, and also as a garland. What a breathe of fresh air!!

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WOW! Now I feel better! Sunny and refreshed.

Happy Crafting!!!

Another New Years Favorites Cleanup - 100 Crocheted Flowers

This is a great site that I stumbled upon that has a round up of over 100 free crochet patterns for crocheted flowers. 

So if you love all of those crocheted headbands and scull caps, I'm sure you will be able to find at least one great flower pattern.

They also have over 300 free crocheted toys and doll patterns like this adorable little bird:

Check out some of the other great free crochet patterns:

 
Check out some of the 150 free crocheted bag and purse patterns:

What I always try to keep in mind is that even though a pattern might look sort of ugly or outdated because of the colors, yarns, etc, it doesn't mean that I cannot make it super cute and modern with a few simple changes - like color selection, handle choices, etc.