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Fabric Flowers from Your Scrap Bin [Craft Recycled Tutorial]

by Becky Striepe on January 27th, 2010

Conventional cut flowers are bad news. Those lovely bouquets come from far away, and that means a gigantic carbon footprint along with your bunch of Gerbera daisies. Not to mention the water it takes to grow all of those flowers that live for a few days before wilting in their vases.

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DIY: Fresh Fabric Scrap Bouquet

by Becky Striepe on April 8th, 2009

Spring is here! I want to bring my mother-in-law a pretty bouquet when we visit for Easter, but cut flowers make me so sad! They come from so far away and are usually grown with all sorts of nasty pesticides. Rather than head to the flower shop, I decided to head to my gigantic scrap bin and make her a pretty bouquet that would last longer than a live one and was more personal to boot!

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Princess Lasertron’s Button Bouquets

by Alissa Wilson-Williams on February 20th, 2009

As you watch your Valentine’s Day flowers wilt and perish over the next week, be jealous of those who received a Princess Lasertron creation from their sweetheart.

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Beautiful and Sustainable Flower Arrangements

by Matt Embrey on May 4th, 2008

Upgrade: $50 While we prefer flowers that you can plant, if you’re going to get her some she can’t, why not at least get her some from Organic Style. Organic Style is a company committed to sustainable practices. These beautiful flowers are French Tulips. They are Veriflora certified which means they came from [...]

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