From:  All You Magazine

Here’s what you’ll need to make the Easter flower arrangement

• Two similarly shaped vases, one 3″ narrower than the other
• Peeps
• Jelly beans
• Flowers

Here are the easy steps to pulling it together:

1. Insert the smaller vase inside the large.
2. Layer jelly beans in the space between the two.
3. Arrange Peeps on top of the jelly beans.
4. Arrange your flowers.

Source: http://www.weddingchicks.com/2011/09/22/wedding-bouquet-recipes-peonies-and-billy-balls/

Coffee Filter roses 1 copyright www.auntpeaches

It’s Tuesday Tutorial time again! This one is so classy – the roses look real. But unlike real roses, they are open and yet won’t die soon after. The colors in this tutorial are so pretty together too. The different shades of pink and red are what really make it.

Here’s what you need:

*Coffee Filters
*Acrylic or Latex craft paint
*Plastic fork
*Drinking Straws
*Masking tape (mine is green, but any color will do fine)

To do this tutorial go to Aunt Peaches blog. You could pick up a vase at a thrift store and spray paint it whatever color you like.

You could pull the black to use in the decorations and even the bridesmaid dresses. Or dress them in white too with black accents as to not compete with the actual bride (headbands, sashes or belts, shoes, etc). It could be quite dramatic.

What do you think – do you like anemomes?

Most of her clothes are too revealing and wouldn’t fit my body type but I can dream, right? I wish she made a kids version of how to take clothes that the baby grows out of and refashion them into something else.

Mostly I’m insanely jealous of Laura’s sewing skills. She can do anything! I get very frustrated sewing because it’s tough to see how all the pieces fit together. I spend hours ripping things out and trying to understand the pattern and getting the rides sides together.

But anyway…

Today’s Tuesday tutorial is how to take a t-shirt that is too big and boring into a fashionable shirt. I want to try this one on my baby and my t-shirts to make them more fashionable. It’s a t-shirt makeover. Thankfully Laura recorded a video to help. So I have some hope! You’ll see me at a thrift store soon.

Here you go fellow wannabes, the t-shirt transformation tutorial.

But what I really liked most about this bouquet though is the pearl detail on the ribbon around the stems. It looks like they wrapped used a small pearl necklace.

You don’t need to make it as fancy as this tutorial (unless you want to). Here is the rose cake tutorial from iambaker.com

When I want to celebrate today without the romantic aspect I think of Valentine’s Day as a reminder to take care of your heart. Not as in eating right, but as in looking out for yourself in relationships and otherwise protecting your the deep feelings of your heart. Basically working towards being emotionally healthy. I hope your heart is happy today.

Now of course just because you make this fabulous cake doesn’t mean you can’t skip the real flowers! Flower Delivery is one of our sponsors.

This would be pretty in an antique tin, metal bucket, or a number of casual vases.

Courtesy of Real Simple magazine.

This is perfect for a February wedding because it has a Valentine look.

What really makes it pull together is the wide swath of ribbon around the stems. Beautiful! This would be easy to make any time of year. To add even more drama, you could put in curly willow or wrap a green grass in an arc around the entire bouquet.

All this week we will feature Valentine’s Day themed posts. Don’t forget to order your Valentine’s Day flowers early. It’s the biggest day for flower sales and all florists will be slammed with calls and customers. The longer you plan ahead the better. Trust me, you do not want to wait in lines!

Need some ideas for your sweetheart? Check out the Valentine’s Day Flowers at Flower Delivery: