My Journey into Victorian Style Ribbon Flowers
When something piques my interest, I seem to dive right in. What? Me try to do just one and see if I like it? Oh not me! Exploring in depth is more my style. I love vintage hats, hatpins, perfume bottles and ribbon flowers. My mother-in-law gave me some very old family heirlooms – tiny ribbon flowers. I treasure them. So when my friend, Jay, asked me to go to a class with her and learn to make ribbon flowers, I just had to do it. Jay is an accessorizer extraordinaire - http://www.plant-effects.com . The class was held at http://www.askrenandsons.com a floral warehouse business in Tucson and I came home with lots of gorgeous silk wired ribbon. I had such a good time with Kathy Askren (instructor) that I bought several books and kept learning different techniques. After several months, I also had lots of flowers! They were used on beautiful packages as part of the ribbons and worn on dresses and coats. ...