I'm so excited about this post because I love DIY's and I love flowers. Me and my friends went flower picking and I saw some of the most amazing flowers ever. I didn't know what to do with them afterwards so I got creative. I made one of my friends a bouquet of tiny flowers tied with ribbon which was totally adorable. But I remembered when I got this little bible from my grandmother and one of the pages was held with a flower. It was old and still had its color. I didn't want my flowers to go to waste so I decided to preserve them the exact same way my grandmother preserved hers. Here is a quick and easy DIY for flower bookmarks.
- Flowers
- Scissors
- Plain white paper-I used a page from my sketchbook
- A book you're not afraid to get messy
- Tape
- A pen or pencil
- Your favorite quote(s)
1. Flatten your flowers in a book. This may take a good 30 minutes unless you can find something very heavy to put on top. In the meantime, start picking out the quote or phrase that you want on your bookmark.
2. Once the flowers are flattened, find the placement of your flower and then create lines as to where you want to cut your bookmark. Make sure to leave space for your quote.
3. Once you cut out your flower, tape it down. You could also glue it down but that is very time consuming because you would need it to dry. The tape also gives a playful look instead of a serious look in my own opinion.
4. Write your quote next to the flower. I also chose a messy, all caps font because I think it ties the whole nature look together.
Now you have your own Flower Bookmark. I put plastic on a couple of mine so nobody could mess it up and taped the plastic down in the back. You can do whatever you want to you bookmark. Like put a ribbon through the top or use it as a wall decoration instead of a bookmark. Whatever floats your boat.
Enjoy! xx
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