Mr J is an artisanal coffee roaster, and what could be more fitting for him than a beautiful bouquet of handmade flowers created from something so relevant to his very existence?
It's so easy to make these... you just need lots of time and patience as dying the coffee filters is a bit messy, but the end result is really worth the effort! I won't bore you with the exact details of creation--suffice it to say that you can use your imagination and use whatever colors your heart desires... if you're a tutorial kind of person, Aunt Peaches makes some fantastical creations and has a great step-by-step tutorial. I didn't make my flowers exactly the way she does, but they'll turn out well regardless of your exact method--these are pretty fail-proof.
Cutting and assembly is entirely up to you--I did a spiky, darker filter as the center and layered the 'petal' colors for variation.
I finished the flowers off with a green filter that I cut to resemble 3 leaves, and pushed a floral wire through the filters, wrapping them all up with floral tape at the base.
Using superior kindergarden crafts skills, I twisted the floral wire 'stems' together and inserted them into an empty paper towel roll for stability, then wrapped it up into a 'bouquet' using red floral wrap. When it was wrapped and secured with a bit of red grosgrain ribbon you couldn't even see the paper towel roll lurking beneath the floral wrap, and it turned out to look quite realistic.
Yay for gradeschool crafts!
I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!
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