Making Flowers

I'm hoping to get a lot of wedding project work done this week, while the FI is out of town.  One of my main goals is making some clay flowers.  I have been practiced here and there, but haven't made much progress towards my inspiration bouquet.

But, I think I'm finally getting the hang of it, and finally made one rose that I'm going to let dry.  It isn't perfect, but I've realized that perfect may be a bit beyond my skill level at this point.  Plus, I've realized that it might be unnecessary to have perfection when its very hard to find a "perfect" real flower.

So, without further ado, here are a couple pictures of my first finished rose:

I'm hoping to make a bunch of the roses, plus some other flower varieties for my bouquet, the corsages and bouts.  Once I'm feeling a bit more confident in my skills, I'll write up my tips for making these flowers out of clay.