Today I wanted to share this cute little wallflower display with you guys! Last weekend, I was talking with my friend Aileen about adding 3D items to gallery walls. I think this adds the perfect dose of "3D" to this little wall in my bedroom. Just enough texture and shape to break it up a little bit.
This was super easy and fun to put together, and even better yet, preserves two different memories - all rolled into one cute little wall display. The mini cardboard boxes I got on Valentine's Day from Joe (they were full of Theo's caramels at the time - does that guy know the way to my heart or what?). The scabiosa pods were in my bouquet from Sarah's wedding last summer. Sarah actually wrote a whole post about scabiosa pods awhile back. They sure are fun little flowers!
Here's the basic directions if you'd like to make your own. Staple two mini boxes together, I offset mine by about an inch. Pick out some acrylic paint colors that look awesome together and paint the inside of the boxes. After the paint is dry, add your scabiosa pods to the inside. Trim the stems down so they fit snugly inside. Secure in place with a dab of glue. For the one sticking out of the top, I just punched a hole in the top of the box with my crop-a-dile and slid the flower into place. If you don't have scabiosa pods on hand, you could also use billy balls. I've even seen tutorials around for making faux billy-balls.
What about you guys, have you saved any memories from the trash in fun ways recently? I'm all good for a good up-cycle every now and then!
