Christmas gift ideas....Bud vase 4 ur BFF or Secret pals

This is a repost of an idea I posted in September, I just love the thought so I put out here again, it would make a wonderful gift for Christmas. Do you have a work group that you want to give a little something for all the favors they have done for you though out the year? So here is the repost .........

Do you have a work associates, church, good friends or a favor you need to repay? This is the perfect gift for any of these situations.

To make this item... the very first item is a rose or flower that looks real (really gives you that thought the flower is living and breathing). If it is not looking truly living real, then this gift is not for you.



The moral to this story is if you want to be the envy of your office or have given the best gift to your BFF, get the best flower. Always pick a color that will not go out of season. Brenda's rose was soft pink, I think it was her signature color.





Having looked at all the craft store around here, I found a large section of roses at Hobby Lobby, so I went with soft pink. You can go wrong with that color.

If you don't find the right type of flower than is a waste of time. Jo Ann's had some flowers, but they didn't have roses. It is up to you. I found some "real roses" at Hobby Lobby and then found Walmart had a single rose and if you like a carnation in the crafting section of the store.

Next installment is the vase, and filler. Flower first than the rest, oh, by the way, you will need to buy 3 flowers, since the resin you will be using for fake water is mixed as a one time process, and it will make 2 or 3 vases of fake water. Go with the 3 or just make one and throw out the rest of the resin. (I found I could stretch the resin into 4 vases, so you could make another vase if you don't pour to much into the first three vases).



Well after some problems with my camera, it seems like every picture I took was blurry and out of focus. I was thinking I was getting the shaky so I even put my camera on a tv tray to hold it steady. Lordy lordy, I needed to use my reading glasses to focus. Here are some of those wonderful pict's. I took a pict of my rose to show the slight bend in the stem and the close-up of the rose to show the art of reality, but I am really proud of these pink roses.


The vase pict is showing the pile of rocks I are using prior to pouring the resin into the vase and the crystal pile. I was trying to show how much I used for each vase.