Thursday, 3 May 2012

flower cards for the fayre

What do you do with a lot of carefully hand made flower brooches that  did not sell at the popular school  summer fayre craft stall?




Turn them into gorgeous cards!






















Although the stall itself was a huge success these little flower pins proved to be unsaleable last year. Not wanting the hard work of many busy mums to go to waste, we are using them in a different way this year and turning them into cards.  



Such a fantastic way to give a greeting and a special little gift to a friend at the same time.  They have turned out so well  that I  really want to buy all of them all!  


The flower brooch pattern can be found here, although as with all things handmade we adapted ours slightly. If you feel inspired to use up all your fabric scraps and make a pretty accessory which would easily brighten up a coat or a bag  they were fairly simple to make.




Using these  fantastic   rainbow coloured  envelopes, which were kindly donated but can be bought here,  and  good quality card our little craft group set to work to turn the brooches into pretty greeting cards.




Just right for a special friend.

Which one is your favourite?

13 comments:

  1. Love these! How strange, I'm making some flowers atm. My favourite is the dark blue of the bottom three. Suzy x

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  3. You are very clever. I love the first card. The flower is very pretty! xx

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  4. those are really pretty, I hope they sell well!

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  5. Waste not want not. I'm sure they'll sell this year now they've been made in to cards, they're so pretty. The gingham one is my favourite, I do love gingham.

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  6. They're so pretty! Can't balieve they didn't sell. I'm a lover of gingham so it has to be the last one as my favourite.

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  7. Hello dear Grace, Thank you for visiting me and for your lovely comment! I do hope the weather improves there soon! The flower brooches are so pretty! What a wonderful idea to turn them into cards. The blue and white gingham with the pink button is my favorite. Have a lovely day! xo~Paula

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  8. Not sure which one is my favourite but I think they're all really pretty. I'm sure that they will sell well as cards. Hope that the weather improves for the next sale! Jx

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  9. I like the top one and the gingham one, but they are all pretty and what a great idea xxx

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  10. I love them all! Are you going to make more? Thanks for following my blog, I'm so envious you have your own Maisy! x

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  11. The bottom one, I love gingham. But all of them are lovely. Hope they sell! Lots of love xxx

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  12. Loving ALL the flower cards - so pretty and cheery!!!
    Carly
    x

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