dollar store DIY#5: Flower corsage...my FAVORITE one yet!

Not going to lie about this one...

I was a little worried about it not turning out good...

but I was pleasantly SURPRISED!

yep!

I had to give myself a pat on the back for this one

:-D

I made a dollar store {dollar tree to be more exact} flower corsage.

I decided to make a corsage because lets face it-

HELLO! Its corsage season!

Prom, weddings, mother's day, Easter.... so on...

you name it!

And I really LOVE how it turned out.

It is very simple and classy.

Not a loud crazy one that makes you look like you are growing mold out of your chest...

You know what I mean....

ha! ok on that note

Let's get started!

Here are your supplies that you will need:

-dollar store flowers {dollar tree}

{I used 3 flowers from the bouquet}

-scissors

-felt {dollar tree}

-hot glue gun {yuck! look at my glue gun! ewwwww}

-glue stick

-needle and thread

-button or embellishment {I used 3 taupe fabric covered buttons. Turned out great!}

-pin

pick out the flowers that you want and pull the flower part off of the bouquet

{I did not use the pink after all. It was a little too loud for me}

-Flip it over and pull off the plastic thingy {for lack of a better word :)} that holds it together

{You can set them aside and attach them back on there but I did not use them}

hand stitch you flower together

{I rearranged the petals a little bit to make the flower look better and I stitched some of them together as well to make them lie flatter}

After they are stitched, arrange the flowers how you want them to look in the finished product.

{Can you say WOH!? something was up with my camera or lighting or something... weird..}

Attach your buttons or embellishments and hot glue your flowers down the way that you want them.

{One way that helped me was to figure out which side I wanted to wear it on me. I wanted it on the right so I arranged it to frame my neckline. Does that make sense?}

Trim the felt around the flowers and hot glue the pin to the back.

{I did the pin toward the top so it will not flip over on you. Thats annoying when that happens.}

And this is what it came out like

Totally LOVE it!

And if you ask me...

I don't think it looks cheap AT ALL!

whoop whoop!

Like my husband's mad photography skills???

;)

Shyeah.... I feel weird....

I need to have a model on staff.....

ha!

Oh by the way...

You know how when you are a mom

-you are covered in food/drool/boogers

-you have not showered

-no make-up {Or 1 day old make-up in my case...don't judge me}

-you have 3 day old dirty hair???

My quick fix:

-pull your hair back in a pony tail

-apply LOTS of bronzer and LOTS of lip gloss

-put on a cute top {not pants though in my case... bahaha!}

-throw on a HUGE pair of shades to mask your raccoon eyes and dark circles

and BAM!

easy fix

....well for me anyway!

Hope you enjoyed!

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