I figured I should welcome Summer by adorning myself with my handmade flower crowns. Although, not a single one of these flowers belongs to this time of the year. In fact, the flower crown at the top is made up of various different blooms and buds from Michael's autumn selection (rejoice, for they were on sale!), while the bottom one is made from Chinese cherry blossoms, which undoubtedly are rather spring timey. (Unfortunately I'm unable to supply some explanation of the second one, as I have an incredibly poor knowledge of flowers.)
With these pretty petals comes a sense of melancholy for this blog writer, as this Summer is brining a lot of change into my life (moving houses, schools, losing friends; nostalgia that threatens to suffocate). But change is important, I suppose. That's what everyone tells me, so I have to believe there's some truth to it.
Sadness aside, these were all very fun to make. All you need is really is some faux flowers (preferably ones that look very un-faux), and a hot glue gun. And of course, some artistic enterprise. I'm keen on making more - three is far from enough - but unfortunately, Indonesia is rather lacking in quality art supplies. I'll have to wait until I visit my hometown, Victoria, in July, where I will gleefully frolic through the aisles of bountiful art supplies.
(p.s. I apologise for the quality of the images. It was rather dark when I took them. Their bright appearance is just the masterful illusion of Photoshop adjustments.)
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