Alrighty, it’s Springggg time!! AKA time to get hustlin on all things floral. Even if it did snow last night, I’m about to pastel, pizazz, and flower up like these past three months never existed.
On that thought, a midwestern man explained the real meaning of St. Patrick’s Day to me the other day: It’s a time when everyone knows sunshine is around the corner, and you’ve just struggled through this terrible Winter, so everyone comes out and just drinks to forget and celebrate, and really, for no reason at all!
Well, law school got in the way of any rapturous bliss I may have planned Monday, but it can’t stop my overall heraldry, which brings me to my latest project.
The Flower Crown.
Flower crown? you may well ask, I haven’t made one of those since I was four! Well, the time has come to reinvigorate this childhood whimsy, but with a bigger, bolder jump into adulthood.
Last year, Lana Del Ray sported the flower crown on the cover of her single Video Games:
When I saw it, at first I thought it was another over-the-top affectation from this hipster princess (along with those slightly-terrifying Streisand-esk nails). But it seems this time Lana has secured the “hip” in “hipster.” Flower crowns are still going strong, if not gaining in popularity. If I wasn’t sure, three of my favorite bloggers sported them in the veritable span of a month.
Desiree of Pull Your Socks Up
Lipstick Legend in Red
Imogen of tia-cherie
Sweet and Svelte in Pink
With these ladies as inspiration, one might argue that I had no choice in this endeavor. In looking to acquire a crown, a quick google search showed their current going rates: somewhere between 7 and 102 dollars (the more expensive ones of course being made out of real flowers, aka perishable, aka a terrible investment in the first place). Additionally, the cheaper ones have itty bitty teensy flowers more appropriate for fairies and big toes then our resplendent visages.
What I’m trying to say is maybe we need something different? Where could I find colors that I wanted? Did someone say JoAnnes? Michaels? Hobby Lobby? We chose Hobby Lobby.
Inventory:
Rebecca: Leigha:
Bouquet of Base Peach Flowers: $6 5 red rose stalks: $10
Blue Flower Back up: $3 Dogwood Back up: $3
Pink Flowers: $3 Little Blue Flowers: $3
Hemp Woven Headband: $2 Hemp Woven Headband: $2
We got lucky at Hobby Lobby, fake flowers were on sale half price!! Without the glue gun, my supplies were about $15 and Leigha’s were around $20 (for those lazy with addition). Looking back, I would definitely recommend comparing the size of my primary flower to my head before buying.
Supplies. Complete with peanuts, cranberry juice, and a copy of Frozen.
Now I should have probably looked up how to make these before deciding to teach myself. However, Leigha and I used the thread and glue method. In other words, we tore the tops of the flowers away from their wiring and just put the bottom through our woven headband and hot glued the flower to the hemp on the top and on the bottom.
Even though this kind of makes thing stick into your head, I can’t really feel it, so I’m very happy (#noregrets).
However, for a more conventional and tidy tutorial, I would recommend the advice of Hairdresser on Fire, who begins with wire, a wire cutter, and perhaps a better understanding of the outlook. Alternatively, I have mastered the “tropical island on your head” look.
But really, I couldn’t be happier.
Separated at Birth?!?
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I’m sharing this to NotDeadYetStyle‘s Visible Monday because it takes some guts to wear my oversized gem, but as over-the-top and colorful as it is, it couldn’t be more me.
The Clothesline 