1. BUTTERFLIES HAVE LANDED
We guarantee: There’s nothing you will feel but happiness when looking at Global Views’ butterfly-bedecked vase. And think what will happen when you add flowers. It’s 8 inches tall and 10 inches wide.
Cost: $87
Tulipia, 7617 W. Lake St., River Forest, 708-209-1323
2. THE VERTICAL GARDEN
Marion Lanktree’s polypropylene flowers are as easy to display as they are uplifting to look at. They’ve got magnets imbedded in them, so you just put a tack (provided) in the wall and … stick ’em up.
Cost: $37 for set of 25 (four sizes of blooms from 2 1/2 inches to 4 1/2)
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3. NEW MEANING FOR ‘WALL FLOWER’
Anything but shy or nondescript, Roost’s beautiful porcelain blooms grow out of porcelain bases and
capture the spotlight with a gorgeous blend of old-fashioned grace and contemporary cool.
Cost: $60 for 9 3/4-by-4 3/4-inch rectangle, $100 for 17 1/2-by-9 1/2-inch rectangle, 12-inch square and 13 1/2-inch circle. The Sitting Room,
Mt. Pleasant, S.C., 843-849-8969; or order through info@thesittingroomhome.com
4. PRETTY PETAL-ED PILLOW
Felt — in the hands of Mary-Ann Williams of Illu Stration — never looked so good. The German artisan adorns pillows with felt blooms for her award-winning Cappelletti Branch pillows. They’re 15 3/4 inches square and come in 50 other colors.
Cost: $300
To order, email info@illu-stration.com
5. ICE IT YOURSELF
Inspired both by Kate’s Sculptural Pendant Lamps project, which we saw on designspongeonline.com, and Illu Stration’s pretty pillow (shown at left), we decided to plant our own made-on-the-shade garden of felt. Try it, you’ll like it:
1. Cut out circles of felt (ours are 2 inches in diameter). Pinch them in half and put a dab of hot glue on two opposite edges to hold the fold. Pinch in half again. Put dab of hot glue on the outside of the fold and plant on shade. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
2. Do a little stream of “flowers” or cover the entire shade.
Alternatives: Cover a hanging pendant as seen on designspongeonline.com. Also, instead of cutting out felt circles, use tiny white silk flowers that have been removed from their plastic green stems.
Cost: Felt, 20 cents a sheet at Michael’s (we used 2)
Time: 30 minutes
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