I have been meaning to update the design of my eco daisies for a while now. While I love the idea of using old plastic bags to make flowers, and I love the flowers themselves, the stems I had designed were terribly fiddly to attach and made making them rather a chore. So this week I spent some time experimenting with new stems using green florists wire stubs. These stems are attached at the same time as I stitch the centre of the daisy - so much easier than trying to attach them afterwards, the only thing I have to worry about is not poking my eye out with that great long piece of wire waving around...
The florists wire stems make for lovely tall graceful daisies with the added bonus that if the stem is too long for you, you can simply trim it to the desired length. These new tall eco daisies will be appearing my shops soon.
In the meantime I have a few of the old style (still lovely) daisies left and I am reducing them to half price in my Etsy shop and in my Folksy shop too. So now is the time to bag a bargain - ideal to brighten up any corner, but especially good for kitchens.
Wow they look beautiful! Never would have thought they were from carrier bags at all :)
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A beautiful way to re-purpose something that can be thought of as a wasteful nuisance, into something to brighten the world instead. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThey're lovely - who'd have thought there were so many colours of plastic bags, especially as you say they're not all suitable.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful way to recycle your bags - lovely photos, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I am getting more bags to choose from as they are generally getting thinner...
ReplyDeleteYour daisys are fantastic what a great way to use all those un wanted carrier bags
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