Saturday, May 7, 2011

New and Improved


I changed the flowers for my African violets and now they look much better. I colored a coffee filter with a dark purple permanent marker. The thinner paper and the richer color look so much more realistic. The violets in the black and red pots will be showing up soon in my zibbet shop. I changed the flowers on the plants I made for me to keep, too. These are really fun to make!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

They look great :)

Drora's minimundo said...

Much better. They look beautiful.

A. Wright said...

Coffee filters *forehead slap* of course! That's the perfect paper for petals, genius as always De :D

Mary said...

Great job on the African Violets, they are my favorite house plant. Thanks for giving us some hints on making them.

TreeFeathers said...

Beautiful, De! I love African violets, my mom always kept some on the window over the kitchen sink when I was growing up. Yours look just like them! :)

- Grace

De said...

Thank you all very much!

I love African violets, too, but can't seem to keep them alive, lol. This way I can at least enjoy them in mini. :)

April, I can't take credit for the coffee filter idea. My friend, Jayne, of Tallulah-Belle Originals makes absolutely amazing mini plants and she gave me the idea.

Brandy Wilcoxen said...

Wonderfully done!

Dark Squirrel Victoria said...

Your african violets look perfect now De. I just stopped by to wish you a Perfect Mothers Day.

Hugs
Victoria

De said...

Thank you!

And thank you, Victoria for the Mother's Day wishes. I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day, too.

Kim said...

they look so real! I really love them De ♥

De said...

Thank you, Kim!