Sunday, April 27, 2014

Lily of the Valley Bouquets for Mother's Day

Back in February, my senior pastor at my old church where I used to go asked if I would be willing to make something special for the mothers at the church. I was honored to be asked. His only requirement is that we stay with the theme of Trinity and include a scripture card. 

I kept going back and forth as to what to make because last year I made roses, poppies, gardenias and ranunculus for the mothers as gifts. I decided to make lily of the valley since there is religious significance to the flower, it's white and it's so pretty and delicate. 

1200 flowers, 300 buds, 150 leaves and 50 scripture cards. It took me 5 days to complete not counting the time that I had other orders going on simultaneously. While making the actual components wasn't so bad, the taping, wiring and assembly was the most taxing on my fingers. They say God uses your talents to do good in this world and that good comes out of pain, I do feel that it was well worth the fingers with blisters and cramped joints to be able to share these lovely mini bouquets with the scripture verse, "You are our glory and joy." 1 Thessalonians 2:20.
Thank you to Father Mark for asking me to be part of a special gift for all the wonderful mothers at our church and hopefully some of these will be given to mothers who might need to be reminded how much they mean to God. :) I also chose this flower because it was my late mother-in-law's favorite flower growing up as well and it's because of her that I actually found a new love for making them!

Friday, April 11, 2014

New Items for 2014 on BRIKA.com

http://www.brika.com/dk-designs
Back in early July, BRIKA's merchandising department asked if I would be interested in relaunching more of my mini teapots and single flower blooms for their online retail shop. I love BRIKA and I really wanted to do another launch with them, but my father's sudden diagnosis of advanced stages of cancer and his passing made it difficult to commit and I had to push it out. Thankfully, BRIKA was still interested and asked me a couple months ago if I would be willing to try again since they wanted my unique flower gifts as an option for Mother's Day!
http://www.brika.com/dk-designs
So, without further ado, here is a snapshot of what you'll find. I created single blooms of gerbera daisies, peonies and gardenias, as well as mini teapots. The peonies sold out in the first day of launch and since they are very popular I hope to recreate some more to sell as they seem to be a big hit!

If you are thinking to buy something unique for your special mom, grandmother, or friend, definitely check out my shop on BRIKA.com! Thank you again to Jen and Kena for believing in me and giving me time to take care of family issues and be part of BRIKA again! Click on any of the links or pictures to get to my shop on BRIKA.com.