Snazz up your Decor with Floral Suncatchers
Today’s DIY Floral Suncatchers are the perfect craft if some of the summer rain storms are keeping you and your family cooped inside the house instead of outside at the beach.
Furthermore, I’ve got the honour to introduce you to a new partner here at monsterscircus, Iittala. I’m over the moon with this new partnership and I can’t wait to spoil you with news and inspiration.
Iittala, Alvar Aaalto Vase
The best thing about this project? You’ve got the perfect excuse to spoil yourself with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. With instantly pressed flowers you can easily whip up these magical beauties and hang them at staggering heights for a conversation-worthy piece above your dining table.
Next best thing about this project? You don’t have to wait two weeks to complete your flower press when using vlieseline and an iron.
DIY Floral Suncatchers Tutorial
Supplies
Fresh Cut Flowers
Vlieseline
Pliers
Wire
Iron, string & needle (not pictured)
Step 1
Cut a piece of string and bend a circle.
Step 2
Place the wire and the vlieseline as pictured. NOTE! Place the vliesline with the adhesive side facing upwards on the ironing board.
Step 3
Once you’ve selected your floral goodies it’s time to set up and make a collage of it all.
Step 4
Place the desired floral design onto the vlieseline.
Step 5
Now place another layer of vlieseline on your design, this time with the adhesive side facing downwards.
Step 5
Heat the iron on low. Now press 10-15 seconds and iron everything into place
Step 6
Cut along the edge and add a string to the suncatcher
Now hang your suncatcher up and enjoy the sunbeams through the flowers – I tell you, the shadow play and colours are just so gorgeous and enchanting.
These magical floral suncatchers can be used for gifts, decor for your next cocktail party, as wedding decorations or just to brighten up your own space. Just perfect for summer! Best of all you’ll need to buy yourself some flowers or do a nature scavenger hunt, what’s not to love?
If you’ve been a little mobile crazy over the years you can take this project a step further and make a botanical mobile piece if you’d like to change things up!
More botanical DIY here.
So now tell me, what projects have you made with pressed flowers? Any fun summer crafts at the moment? Please share in the comments below.
Thank you so much for reading and happy weekend!
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Hi there. Can I ask how you get the flowers to stick? Will the color last?
Dear Noorwind.
Thank you so much for your questions! The Vlieseline has an adhesive interfacing. When using two layers, the flowers will automatically stay in place as the layers of vlieseline bonds to each other. The heat from your iron will change the colour a bit into more rich/ deep colours. Hope that helps and happy crafting:-)
Enjoy your week.
Best,
Mette
So many good ideas! And it’s so pretty too.
Dear Diana.
Thank you so very much. I’m so happy you enjoyed the project and maybe you’ve already found your fave summer craft here on the blog?
Wishing you a lovely summer,
best.
Mette
Jeg kan ikke købe vasen i linket, ved du hvorfor? Vh Anna
Hej Anna Halling.
Når jeg trykker på linket, kan jeg se, at den desværre er udsolgt i øjeblikket. Er dog sikker på, at den snart er tilgængelig igen.
Tak fordi du læser med, rigtig god dag herfra.
Mvh.,
Mette
Alt for pænt projekt, jeg har gemt idéen til min søsters bryllup. Tak for inspo.
Hej Klara.
Tusind tak, så glad for at du kunne bruge idéen og inspirationen! Stort tillykke med din kære søster og rigtig god fornøjelse med projektet.
Mvh.,
Mette
Wow great idea. It looks so beautiful !
Dear Tamasté.
You’re so kind, thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it:-)
Thanks for reading and wishing you a lovely day.
Best,
Mette
This is a lovely project. Thanks for sharing. I am finding there are various Vlisesline products, can you tell me the which one is used in this project?
Ardis
Dear Ardis.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, so happy you’ve been inspired by this project. Yes, that’s right, there are various kinds of fusible web products. For this project I’ve used Vlieseline Stickvlies – you can go to your local craft/ fabric store and just choose the thinnest version. This will make sure you’ll get the most transparent end result. Happy crafting Ardis and thank you so much for reading!
Best,
Mette
Fandt lige din flotte blog. LOVE, kan presse blad på samme måde?
Hej Silke.
Tusind tak for din vidunderlige kommentar. Ja det kan du sagtens. Det bedste resultat bliver, hvis du vælger blade som er forholdvis “tynde” og ikke indeholder så meget vand. Fx. Monstera blade blir nemt brune, så de beholder som oftes ikke den smukke grønne farve. Et andet sted på bloggen, har jeg også foldet og “vævet” et palmeblad (DIY Leaf Art https://monsterscircus.com/2015/04/diy-leaf-art/), der et flot reaultatet garanteret:-)
Smuk dag herfra,
Mette
WOW! it’s amazing, I got too many ideas I will surely try it
These are really amazing ideas to decor with your flowers.
Thanks for sharing such useful ideas
Thanks for sharing such useful and informative article
These are some amazing ideas. I usually get dried flowers from Forever dried FLowers as they provide great quality and have affordable prices.
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