Nosegay Class - Part 2

If you know me, you'll know that I love bright colors!  So in Saturday's nosegay class, the four flowers the instructor taught us were all rather pale in color for my liking! Yes, I like pale and white, but also like bold and bright!!

The instructor had brought in a few books so that we could try some other flowers. Looking at the doublet crepe paper that was available, I was really attracted to the purples, oranges and pinks and so I decided to  try a few crocuses and some anemones.

 

Dipping the crepe flowers in the wax really does bring their colors out.  They are much more vibrant after dipping and also it gives them a translucency.

 

I loved the leaves of the crocuses too and the brightness of the saffron stamens.

I've put the anemones in a vase in the guest house, and the crocuses on the bed stand.  Flowers ready for our guests without me having to remember!!!

Doesn't it look like a fun class!   It's made me want to create some clay flowers now too!  I loved making all the stamens and everyone seemed to enjoy dipping the flowers in the wax!!  A slow cooker with candle wax and you just dunk them in!  Apparently you  can wax real dried flowers too which makes them a little stronger. My mum uses a lot of dried flowers...maybe she'll give that a go.

Have you tried a new class lately?

Nosegays!

I'm taking a class tomorrow on creating nosegays! Isn't that a wonderful word.  Do you know where the name comes from ??

Nosegays were popular in the Victorian times and the idea was that it was something that kept your  nose gay or happy! Basically they were flowers in a posy that was fixed near your nose (either around your head or on your bodice) so that you could smell the flowers and not the nasty smells around you!

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Picture by Raindropmemory

The nosegay class is making crepe flowers and dipping them in wax!  My friend Angie and Marly gave me a class for my birthday this year in keeping with my plan to try new things throughout the year and the idea of flowers appealed to me.  And you can rest assured that I've never ventured into nosegays before  so it will definitely be something new and fun! The class is in Berkeley at Castle in the Air - a delightful store but somewhere I haven't taken classes before.

It's an all day class and I'm looking forward to making flowers and seeing how the wax part works.

I will take my camera and let you know how I get on.  Thanks Angie and Marly xx  I'm sure my nose will be gay.