Love Letter Corsage: Just in Time for the Big Day
So, we’re still four days away from Valentine’s Day, which is plenty of time to throw together a few of these little Love Letter Corsages if you’re looking for a gift for a friend or if you just need a touch of cutesy. 
I came up with this idea after I saw these little blooms on the wall at Anthropologie a couple weeks ago. These are tissue paper flowers with sheet music leaves–aren’t they cute?
Well, I took that inspiration & combined it with a little trash. No seriously–you know this packaging paper they always wrap breakables in at Hobby Lobby & Home Goods & pretty much every where else?
So, I save this stuff & use it for all kinds of things. (What?! I’m thrifty.) And this time, I cut a sheet of it up into 8 five-inch squares.
Then, I grabbed a red pen & started writing away. There’s something about the smell of the ink & writing the word “love” over and over that totally takes you back to jr. high. But, as you can see, I cheated a little & filled in space with curly lines.
Anyway, after that, I fan-folded & tied a piece of fishing wire around the middle to hold it all together. 
Then I rounded the ends with scissors & started peeling & fluffing. 
I needed a sturdy piece of cardstock to finish off the back, so I used the backing off of a pad of paper. My lens cover was the perfect size circle I needed, too, so I traced it, cut it out & glued it on with the glue gun. Another dab of glue & the pin back was attached, too.
And just to make it just a little more Anthropologetic, I added a little red button.
My kids loved it. And if they think I’m cool, that’s good enough for me. But, I still can’t decide if it’s more fun to wear or more fun to make. Hope you like it!I’m sharing with some of these parties–stop by & say hi!
February 10, 2011 @ 9:41 pm
I think this is probably one of the cutes things I've seen lately!! You're super crafty!!
February 10, 2011 @ 10:04 pm
@Okie Chic
Ok, see now it's comments like that that are going to be to blame when I'm crafting things out of toilet paper & calling it art. But, thanks 🙂
February 10, 2011 @ 10:21 pm
Julie-that is really cute! Darling take off on the Anthropology flowers. Dare I say I like yours better? I like thrify-I save that paper too…so far what I have made with it is….TADA…a stack of saved paper. Maybe I should send it to you?;>) Hugs- Diana
February 10, 2011 @ 10:50 pm
SUPER cute!
February 10, 2011 @ 10:55 pm
Very adorable! Your humor is great 🙂
February 10, 2011 @ 11:42 pm
Super cute! I love getting ideas from Anthro!
February 11, 2011 @ 12:13 am
Very cute. Thanks for sharing.
February 11, 2011 @ 12:57 am
Very cute – I love this! Such a good idea to write on the paper – looks great!
February 11, 2011 @ 2:45 am
Very cute!
February 11, 2011 @ 3:04 am
This is so neat!! I like your thrifty ideas:)
February 11, 2011 @ 3:59 am
I think it's very cool too! Brilliant use of thrifty materials too! I'm very impressed!
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
February 11, 2011 @ 4:49 am
Way too cute !!!! I hope you get featured EVERYWHERE for this. It is just way too ingenious and beautiful.
February 11, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
ADORABLE!!!
Thanks for linking up!
February 11, 2011 @ 1:21 pm
so cute, love it!
February 11, 2011 @ 3:06 pm
Nice new header! It looks fab! Also, I enjoyed this flower idea and need to try it.
February 11, 2011 @ 4:15 pm
I 'love' it. It's so cute! And I am loving the tattoo-ish logo. ha Very cute. Think I might make one of these pins for Mag's teacher on Monday.
February 11, 2011 @ 5:40 pm
I love that. I think I might make one today. Thanks for the great idea! Plus, I'm your newest follower. Yay!
Miranda
http://www.justdrinkacoke.blogspot.com
February 11, 2011 @ 9:57 pm
This is amazing! Love the button detail too.
Just wanted to know I'm featuring you & this project in a guest post tomorrow at seekatesew.blogspot.com. One of 14 favorite ideas for Valentines Day! 🙂
February 11, 2011 @ 9:58 pm
how sweet!! Perfect for Valentine's day!
http://inthehammockvintage.blogspot.com
February 12, 2011 @ 2:13 am
Very cute–love the red ink and that you used packing paper!
February 12, 2011 @ 1:08 pm
Too cute 🙂 I was telling my daughter the other day about how we use to make gum wrapper chains and tissue flowers. Well, this is exactly how we made tissue flowers. I love how you wrote on the paper and added the button:)
Thanks for sharing.
February 12, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
Love thrifty ideas! Thanks so much for sharing!
February 13, 2011 @ 1:58 am
this is awesome! i hope i get to try this before vday! thanks for sharing!
February 13, 2011 @ 6:54 pm
That is so, so, so cute! Hope I can whip one up quick for tomorrow!!!
February 14, 2011 @ 5:01 am
How darling. Don't you just love the inspiration Anthropologie provides. What would we do without them??
Warmly, Michelle
February 14, 2011 @ 6:08 am
Love it!
February 17, 2011 @ 10:28 pm
Just wanted to let you know I featured this today on FTF! Thanks for linking and grab a Featured button if you would like!
November 14, 2011 @ 12:13 pm
I love this one too!!
I'm thinking a music one for our music teacher.
Thanks for the idea.
I have featured it, with some other tutorials of yours, in a post about great gift tutorials for women and girls.
You can see it here…..
http://allysonadeney.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/17-handmade-gifts-for-women-and-older-girls-with-tutorials/
… if you like.
Thanks for taking the time to write the instructions so we can all share your creativeness.
Ally of harrysdesk.
February 11, 2012 @ 6:06 am
Just stopping by to let you know that I've featured your craft on Family Fun Crafts! You can see it here:
http://funfamilycrafts.com/love-letter-corsage/
If you have other kid friendly crafts, I'd love it if you would submit them. 🙂 If you would like to display a
featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.