Today – How to make a bespoke flower card
I always encourage my kids to make cards for their friends. Not only does it save a small fortune but also there is just something so special about the fact someone has taken the time to create something for you.
I have a very lovely brother in law whose birthday it was recently. We wanted to make him a unique card that he would love. He adores both nature and photography so with a little inspired thought we managed to combine the two.
One glorious afternoon my daughter and I gathered up flowers, stones and fruit from our garden and wrote out 40 in them.
How to make a bespoke flower card
This in itself was lots of fun. I find crafting form nature always is, it encourages you to look carefully at your surroundings and truly see the beauty of each flower, each stone, each stick.
Magic.
We then took a simple photo and printed it out and simply glued it onto a plain card. That was it, so simple, yet really personal and actually a little work of art that just could not have been bought in a shop.
he loved our flower card.
You could actually make any age (or name) out of flowers and stones and really personalised any card. You could even do them in advance using the same garden products just rearranged.
If you like nature crafts have a whole host of simple nature crafts for you on my Simple Parenting blog and this week at Family Budgeting I have been sharing How to make a twig boat
You may also like my posts on things for kids to do with stones and things for kids to do with sticks
You know I love anything like this, and I’ve never done ages this way, definitely on my list to try!
What a ncie idea, so simple but really effective. mich x
What a gorgeous idea and great for so much more than just Birthday cards x
That’s beautiful and such a lovely idea. There really is something special about homemade cards.
That is such a lovely idea Becky. xxx
Oh Becky that’s a lovely idea! I’m buying a new printer soon that will hopefully print out photos to a good standard.
What a great idea. I may get the boys to do this for Teacher Appreciation cards.
Oh Becky that is gorgeous! I love that idea, I love doing words with shells on the beach and that would make a great card too.
Such a wonderful idea, with end of term coming up this would be a great way to say thank you.
What a lovely idea! I’d love to receive a card like that and it was fun to make too, win-win!
This is such a lovely and unique idea. My grandparents love their gardens, so I’ve totally pinned this for inspiration for their next birthday x