I am in the process of moving house at the moment so my life currently revolves around packing cardboard boxes and adapting to living in an apartment that is becoming increasingly bare. I am in no way, shape, or form, a hoarder so it has been easy for me to decide what to sell or giveaway and what to take with me to the new place. I have been in a quandary however over what to do with a rather large vase full of paper roses that I created a couple of months back. How can I justify taking a load of rolled up old book paper with me that is probably just going to get squashed in the move? By creating something pretty out of them of course!

Here is what I came up with, a cute piece of wall art that would make a lovely wedding gift and this cost me no more than £5 in materials needed. You could even personalise this by writing the names of the couple and the wedding date underneath. If your handwriting is anything like mine, and it looks like a spider has crawled across the page with its legs dipped in ink, then you could type this out and stick it on.

Cut out a square of white card big enough to fit behind the cardboard frame that is inside the box frame. Stick double sided tape (or use glue) along the back of the cardboard frame and fix your white card to the back.

With your card now fixed securely to the back of the frame start positioning your flowers. You will probably fit about 9 good sized flowers into the frame.  Play around with the design before sticking the flowers down to make sure as much of the white card is covered as possible.

Once you are happy with your design start to glue the flowers down. You may need to squash them down onto the card a little so that they fit snugly.

Once you have finished sticking all your roses down allow the glue to dry while keeping the frame on a flat surface. If you frame the picture and prop it up at this point the glue will run and you will spoil all your hard work (yes, I did make this silly mistake!).

Decorate the edges with adhesive gems and add any personalisation such as text to the frame. Above or below the flowers would probably be the best place to add names and dates.