Thursday, September 23, 2010

The Yellow Rose of Texas and Her Bud


Another flower wall-hanging made from the lids of recyclable bottles. You can see my first one here.

The scalloped lids around the base come from something we buy frequently but right now I couldn't say what. The second tier of petals is milk bottle lids. I have a fondness for Tropicana's Simply Orange and so the big center lid is from a Tropicana Simply Orange drink.

The bud is a French's Mustard cap. If you want to use the rest of the bottle you could always make a dress form model like I did.

The base is from some pre-fab shelves (no idea what such a small piece is for) and the stems are once again, straws.

I will be sharing this at:


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19 comments:

  1. That's cute! Thanks for sharing. Happy Thursday! :o) Larri at Seams Inspired

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  2. I love this idea, I can think of so many bottle caps to use and turn them into so many pretty flowers. I can't wait to try this. I also loved your dress from model. Very cute ideas.

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  3. I can't believe the cute things you make out of what I throw away without a second thought.

    It's adorable.

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  4. You are very creative. You can see past the obvious and truly find the art. I love the dress form and I really love that nothing goes to waste.
    Thank you for visiting my blog and you kind comments.

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  5. what a nice way to use up those plastic caps. and yellow is one of my favourite colours too. is your flower called a yellow-capped daisy? i would think so...

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  6. A mustard cap?! That's too cute! and fun to boot!

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  7. The yellow makes such a statement. Very fun.

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  8. That is a great idea, how cute for a kids room!

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  9. Oh that is just TOO. CUTE.

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  10. This is too clever! I love the mustard lid bud. Now I'll just have to start saving lids of my own!

    Stopping by from the Weekend Wrapup. Have a great weekend!

    Lorene
    just Lu

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  11. I love these lid flowers! Thanks for letting us know what the lids are, I was wondering :-)

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  12. Love, love, love this project! So cute! I am stopping by from tatertots & jello

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  13. Stupendous, Melissa, I love the concept and the gorgeous result!

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  14. I really love how green and whimsical this is.

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  15. What a great idea for using up those bottle tops! Fabulous work of art!

    I'd love if you would link this project up to my weekly Round Tuit party at:

    http://jembellish.blogspot.com/2010/09/round-tuit-16.html

    Hope you have a lovely week

    Jill @ Creating my way to Success

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  16. What a great idea !

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  17. What a wonderful idea! I've been saving lids but had no idea what to do with them! great craft for kids, too

    Kimra
    crafty-cove.blogspot.com

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  18. As always beautiful!

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