Be Spoke Petals and Memories

31/01/2025

This might see m a bit like a duplicate post, but this bear deserves its own post!!!
After making a very similar bear as a gift the person who bought it loved it so much and asked if there was any material left.
With all my bears where possible I will hang on to any excess materia for a couple of weeks after they have been made and given, because as has happened on a couple of occasions they bears get admired and another family member who didn't originally suddenly wants one!!!!
So never fear if you don't order enough if there's enough material left I will hang on to it and make a bear if you need extras!!!!

23/01/2025

5 more bears out the door today, 4 more coming soon but these were time sensitive so needed to be finished ASAP!!
1 big bear and 4 little all made from the same fabric but the main bear is a gift for a 60th made from a special quilt and the smaller ones are for close family members too.
All very similar but each unique.
The small bear is a option if you have limited amount of material but still takes the same amount of time and effort but could be suitable if wanting a bear out of small baby clothes which you treasure but do nothing with!!!

29/12/2024

There had of course been many bouquets this year and some new ideas too!!
I had a surprise wedding bouquet along with many gift bouquets.
A lovely red wedding this year along with be trusted for some funeral flowers too
I've also been lucky to work with some fabulous suppliers this year with 3 styled shoots giving me some wonderful shots to help promote my flowers!!!

29/12/2024

What a super busy year!!! Along side making flowers I have this year embarked on making memory bears.
Thank you to everyone who trusted me to turn their loved ones clothing into some very special bears!!!
Bears don't have to just be in memory of someone they can also be just if you have old clothing laying around that means something but have no use for like my daughters work uniform or some old Girlguiding clothing I had that was stained and ruined but I knew I could use bits for bears and my itgets daughter's school leavers hoodie!!!

26/12/2024

The last bear I made has been given so I can share it now. Made out of a lovely coat and a brooch added as a very special touch

21/12/2024

I absolutely love the colours on this bear delivered today.

19/12/2024

4 more bears gone out today. These were meant to be the last for 2024 but had a last minute request yesterday for Christmas and me not being able to say no have 1 final bear to go!! Luckily my daughter is at respite this week and I can hopefully get it done in time!!!

15/12/2024

I can also share with you these gorgeous bears made in memory of a gentleman who passed away 2 years ago today.
I decide for these to have a bit of fun with a reel. On the way to delivering them I realised I hadn't got any good pictures so pulled into a church car park and got some woodland shots!!!

14/12/2024

In the run up to Christmas it had been all about the bears, flowers are still in the making but preparing for 2 weddings next year!!
Here is another bear that was delivered this week.

12/12/2024

Another day, another bear safely delivered!
This one is a very special bear as the jacket belonged to a friend of mine who passed away nearly 26 years ago.
Made from a denim jacket which he use to wear all the time, just cutting something up that had been saved for so long was nerve wracking let alone sewing denim that I've never done before on my machine!!
But absolutely love how this has come e out and I tried to use as much of the detail of the jacket rather than just the back or arms.

07/12/2024

3 precious bears gone home to be loved. Made from a gentleman's dressing gown. With special butterfly and heart buttons ❤️🧸

20/11/2024

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08/11/2024

Decorations
Let's not forget that your flower choices can also be used in some of your table centre pieces.
This could be in the form of a book to compliment your cake or Birdcages on your tables or even on something more natural on your tables.
I am happy to supply flowers for you to add to your tables or centre pieces or working with you supply the completed items.
Here we have 2 different Harry Potter books for 2 different autumnal weddings, along with a Birdcage, flowers and ivy I have created to be used as cake toppers.
I've also added a couple of more natural pieces with carefully selected pieces of wood
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07/11/2024

Flower workshop this evening with a local Guide group. The girls are going to use the roses they made to decorate their Christmas tree for church showing "growing Guiding" they did so well. 💙💙💙💙

07/11/2024

Hello!! I am so excited to bring you 3 beautiful autumnal bouquets and 1 collaboration bouquet courtesy of Darling Buds.
I will post separately about each bouquet but here are 6 reasons to consider paper flower bouquets and buttonholes.

• Personalisation, each bouquet can have words from any book, maps or anything printed as required. These can be really personal to you and you can even add a flower for a missing loved one as a tribute.
•you can choose within availability of paper any colour and within reason any flowers i can create. I can make a purple daffodil if that's what you desire!! Regardless of what's in season or what would normally be available in certain colours.
•Preservation, these flowers will last, there is no need to worry about them dying or having to pay extra to preserve the flowers in resin. I try to keep my costs as low as possible but when comparing to real flowers remember this will be with you as long as you want!! The spray bouquets can also be disassemble and made into a more conventional bouquet fitting a vase or similar if required.
•Unique, I generally hand cut all my flowers apart from some of the more tricky or intricate ones. All roses and crepe paper flowers are cut by hand.
•Weight. I have found despite having the wires on each flower size for size the flowers weigh less than a real bouquet.
•No nasty surprises. If you are local to myself in Hertfordshire I will meet with you at least twice before giving you your flowers. I normally meet with my brides and grooms to show them bouquets and butonholes i have already made so they can get a feel for the styles and then we can work through the paper and flower choices.
I then will meet again with them to show samples of their chosen flowers if they wish. I will then once the flowers are made send pictures of your bouquets assembled before glueing and wrapping them together.
The great thing with these is I can make them well before the day and have them delivered to you so therefore no surprises on the day if the florist has struggled to get the flowers you wanted or wrong colour!! It does happen!!
If your not local to me that is absolutely not a problem I can send samples through the post and when the flowers are ready they can be collected or posted safely.

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07/11/2024

1 of 4 spray bouquet.
This style has been the type that I originally started making and this one contains 2 types of paper flower. All the flowers are personalised for the bride and groom and their day, including their name, date and first dance song. The paper flowers are surrounded by complimenting plastic foliage.

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07/11/2024

2 of 4 crepe paper bouquet. This bouquet is a very new idea for me and aswell as having roses and tulips which can be personalised it also contains a crepe hydrangea, sunflower, poeny and oriental poppy. The crepe paper flower cannot be personalised but the make a great feature flower and look so natural in the bouquet.

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