SPIRIT BLOOMS

SCHOOL SPIRIT IS ALWAYS FASHIONABLE.  WHY NOT ADD A NANNY BLOOM TO YOUR SPIRIT WEAR, FOR THE FINISHING TOUCH.  THESE 2 BLOOMS WERE MADE WITH A SPECIAL COLLEGE GIRL IN MIND.  THESE WILL BE CLIPS WHICH CAN BE WORN IN HAIR OR CLIPPED ON
                                                       YOUR CLOTHS FOR A PIN. 

PINS/HAIR CLIPS

A FRIEND ASKED IF I COULD TURN A PIN INTO A BARRETTE.  WELL, MY GIRLS ARE GROWN SO I NEEDED ASSISTANCE FIGURING IT OUT, BUT WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS GREAT.  A PIN/BARRETTE.  THE BARRETTE SLIDES INTO A SLEEVE OF FELT OR CAN BE REMOVED.  THE DAUGHTER LOVED HER BARRETTE AND CHECKED OUT THE STAY IN POWER WITH CARTWHEELS.  SUCCESS!!!!!  IF YOU NEED A BARRETTE FOR A SPECIAL LITTLE OR BIG GIRL I CAN DO EITTHER A PIN/ BARRETTE OR JUST A BARRETTE.  THERE SEEM TO BE A BUNCH OF WAYS TO USE THESE LITTLE BLOOMS;)  I HAVE NOT DONE A HEAD BAND YET BUT DEFINITELY COULD EASILY MAKE A HEAD BAND SLEEVE, OR IF IT WAS A CLOTH BAND A PIN WOULD WORK FINE.  I CAN'T WAIT WHAT OTHER IDEAS YOU GUYS GIVE ME FOR THESE BLOOMS. 

Nanny Blooms are fun

I have had so much fun making the Nanny Blooms over the last few weeks for friends, and friends of friends, and little girls, for corsages and hair barrettes.  The best part is seeing the smile when I give them their bloom.  I am realizing as I make these that playing in my buttons and working with the felt brings back wonderful memories of playing in my Mema's button box and in her jewelery box as some of my embellishments are old clip on earrings with back removed. 

Valentines was great, I got to make my niece and my sister a surprise Nanny Bloom. They got them yesterday. Great little surprise for them. One of the ladies I work with sent a bloom to her mom and she remembered having felt flowers made by her mom as a child, so not only did she get a treat for valentines, but a warm fuzzy memory of her mom. A few girls got a bloom from mom for the occasion, and a few for themselves. It was fun and I already have great ideas for next year.

Red, white and blue flowers are the requests right now, so this weekend I will be posting pictures on the product page.  I have made a few in all 3 sizes.  One of the girls interested in one, plans to embellish her ball cap with it.  Another great way to enjoy your Nanny Bloom.



My daughter is a fan of the Irish since she is a red head and we have a tinge of Irish in our heritage.  She has talked me into making some four leaf clover pins.  Those will be fun to add to my product page as well.

Check the product page or check on Nanny Blooms on FB for updates on new flowers, you may find one you just can't live without. 

Corsages, hairclips, school colors, custom pins-------

Nanny Blooms is already blooming.  I am still head spinning happy about a new project.  Right out of the box I heard  the girls at work saying "oh my daughter would love to wear that in her hair".  I had thought of pinning the pins on stretchy headbands, but I had not thought about clips, until I saw the clip and pin on the back of silk flower today.  I will be figuring that out shortly and adding that as a possibility soon. 
Then a friend called with the idea that really got my attention.  Corsages!!!!!!!! I don't know why we can't have felt corsages if we have felt wedding bouquets.  I had a friend ask me to make a flower for a friend to wear at her bridal shower.  I am using the bridal colors but making it a pin she can enjoy for years.  Can't wait to hear how she enjoys it.  The next day, one of the girls I work with asked if I could make two smaller pins for her two precious girls to wear on their wrists like wrist corsages, to a Daddy Daughter banquet.  I made the flowers the same color but a little different so they each have their own unique one.  After the party they can become hair pieces, pins on dresses, or any other fun accessory girls figure out.  These little jewels we be around for years.  That mom was BRILLIANT!!!  (Great idea Kari......if you read this)  I plan to do more of these kind of things because I think it is such a sentimental, keepsake idea of a memorable event.  If I had had one,  I would still be wearing it.

These will become the little wrist corsages.  They have a little surprise of s really beautiful bright blue velvet int them along with these darling little black flower buttons with a rhinestone center. 

Flower arrangements and bouquets

Loving making and gathering the goodies to make the wedding bouquets for my daughter was so much fun, that it wasn't long I began to make the little Birthday bouquets with a message that read HAPPY BRITHDAY, MAY YOUR YEAR HAVE MANY BLOOMS....   I made several and was so excited when it was time to give them. 

This the bouquet

This was my latest bouquet for a friend who loves green and has an orange kitchen.  (I usually just try to do favorite colors in general). 

this is the underneath and note

Then a good friend wanted a flower arrangement.  Took a while to wrap my brain around that, because when I make arrangements there is more variation in height and dimension of the flowers than there is in my little bouquet flowers.

close up of some of her flowers

Below was the first finished arrangement and a close up of some of the flowers.  It was very special to make.  I was pleased and like anything that we put ourselves into it is hard to let it go.  She enjoys it, and I can visit ;)

The arrangement