Snowdrop - January's Winter Flower DIY

"Good morning little snowdrop, so full of hope and grace.
How wonderful to welcome your gentle smiling face."

                                                                                                               Angela Yardy

What do you do with leftover white and green foam paper scraps?  Well, you make something cute like little snowdrop flowers - and while you're at it, paint an unfinished crate, add a decorative trim and ta-da, you have created an adorable winter centerpiece.

Here's how:    

Cut out teardrop shaped petals from scraps of foam paper.  Wrap pieces of cotton balls around wire stems. 

Coat cotton with mod podge, shaping into buds and allow to dry.

Use the blade of scissors to curve petals and dot buds with green paint to

 mimic inner flower segments.

 

Wrap stems with crepe paper starting at the base of petals and bend the stem and flower facing down.

 

"Good afternoon young snowdrop, so full of peace and love
How wonderful to welcome you to the world above."
After making lots of snowdrop flowers and green foam leaves, I painted an unfinished crate with Annie Sloan's Henrietta, a muted pink shade that I didn't like:

Then adding AS's Coco on top, and finally settling on this after adding touches of white chalk paint:

      "Gooday my little snowdrop, so delicate and fine
How wonderful to welcome you into this heart of mine."

 Next, I found a snowdrop image at The Graphics Fairy and transferred it onto a piece of unfinished wood using the mod podge image transfer technique.

 

And then finished it using the same chalk paints as on the crate.

"Good evening humble snowdrop; I’m so pleased that you’re here.
You bring a breath of life to the beginning of the year."

Please visit  http://www.angelaspoems.com/  for more creative poetry and to read the complete 

 "Good Morning  Little Snowdrop" poem
by Angela Yardy

Take a little time to enjoy

and

Happy Crafting!