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Mrs. Radish Mrs. Radish, Chicago/Syracuse Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant/Journalism Student/Musician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Anthropologist/Musician Engagement Date: December 20, 2005 Wedding Date: August 18, 2007 Blogging Since: June 26, 2007 Venue: The Wellington House in Fayetteville, NY About Me: Mr. Radish and I are both from upstate New York, so we are planning a wedding in Syracuse from about 700 miles away. When I’m not obsessing about our wedding I play the cello in my band (which Mr. Radish is in too), read as much as I can, sleep even more, travel whenever possible, and try to find time to have fun with my friends. I’m also working on finishing up my journalism degree with a concentration in environmental reporting and I’m the VP of my campus Amnesty International chapter… so I’m a pretty busy bee.
 
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Mrs. Radish, Chicago/Syracuse Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant/Journalism Student/Musician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Anthropologist/Musician Engagement Date: December 20, 2005 Wedding Date: August 18, 2007 Blogging Since: June 26, 2007 Venue: The Wellington House in Fayetteville, NY About Me: Mr. Radish and I are both from upstate New York, so we are planning a wedding in Syracuse from about 700 miles away. When I’m not obsessing about our wedding I play the cello in my band (which Mr. Radish is in too), read as much as I can, sleep even more, travel whenever possible, and try to find time to have fun with my friends. I’m also working on finishing up my journalism degree with a concentration in environmental reporting and I’m the VP of my campus Amnesty International chapter… so I’m a pretty busy bee.
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More Last Minute DIY: Flower Girl Baskets

January 31st, 2008 @ 4:18 pm by Mrs. Radish

I’ll get back to posting my wedding pictures soon, but first I’m going to tell you about my flower girl baskets. Just like with deciding on ring pillows, I had an equally hard time picking out baskets and I waited until the last possible minute to come up with something. At least after making my DIY ring pillows it was easier to figure out what to do since I just made them in the same style.

I found some baskets on clearance at the craft store that looked similar to the grapevine wreaths used in the ring pillows. I already had left over fabric, reindeer moss and ribbon, and that’s pretty much all I needed. We took the fabric and lined the basket with it, holding it in place with some tacs and hot glue.

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Then we took the leftover reindeer moss from the ring pillows and hot glued it around the top edge of the basket slightly under the fabric so that it just kind of peeked out.

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Then we just tied some ribbon around the base of the handles and Viola! Me and my sister both worked on these at the same time and I think it only took us about 15 minutes to finish them. It was really easy :)

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Since this was yet another DIY project that I waited until the 11th hour to make, I’m quite pleased with the results. The ribbon was a little stiff looking and if I had more time, I probably would’ve gotten better ribbon, but oh well - no big deal! One of my sisters got the rose petals for me the morning of the wedding. She just went to the grocery store and got about a half dozen white roses and picked the petals off.

I must admit that I was also quite impressed with how well the baskets “matched” the ring pillows since they were both so thrown together without a lot of forethought.

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COST BREAKDOWN:

  • 2 baskets at $5/each = $10
  • Reindeer moss (also used for ring pillows) = $5
  • Blue ribbon was leftover from something else = $0
  • Rose petals = $10

Total for 2 flower girls = $25, including petals

10 Responses to “More Last Minute DIY: Flower Girl Baskets”

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Mrs. S says:

Seriously, how cute is your ringbearer? I love the top pic of all three mugging for the camera. I can see each little one’s personality in that pic.

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Sara says:

The flower girls and ring bearer are adorable! I love how the baskets/ring basket match their attire perfectly. Well done!

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Ms T says:

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. Your flower girls and ring bearer are absolutely adorable.

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Miss Jasmine says:

I’m so impressed by your DIY skills– no one would ever guess that was done at the last minute.

And your ringbearer and flower girls are the cutest!

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Miss Toucan says:

You have the cutest flower girls and ring bearer EVER. Now that I’ve seen your FG baskets - your “pillow” looks even better! It matches so perfectly!!

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Mrs. Onion says:

those are some seriouly cute kids. great idea to make baskets. great way to save on buying more personal flowers. we only had one child involved — a flower girl — and she is 8 but “very grown up” so i had a small posie of tulips made for her to hold/carry. she loved them! see it here: http://tinyurl.com/34nq2h

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jayypeeee says:

oooohhh.. me likey. i really like the “bird’s nest” feel of those baskets. and like miss toucan said above, the pillow and baskets come together so nicely! i am inspired! =) btw.. where did you get your flower girl dresses? they look very comfortable and not too fussy.

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Miss Bubblegum says:

oh ma gah your mini attendants are soooOOOo cute!!!

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Mrs. Radish says:

Jayypeeee — the FG dresses are from One Small Child. Here’s the link:
http://onesmallchild.com/product/Flower%20Girl%20Dresses/9638/Laura.htm

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quickbrownfox says:

if you don’t mind me asking, where did you get your woven baskets? thanks mrs.radish!


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