Updated 4.3.20

This floral letter is sooo gorgeous! I mean it came out perfect! I know, I'm bragging a bit, but look at it!! I'm swooning....💕

I hit Hobby Lobby when their flowers were on sale for 50% off! A lot of these flowers are for my daughter's wedding, but I planned on using some for her bridal shower.

My cart's pretty full, right??!! 😊

Okay, let me show you how I made this 

Simple Inexpensive Floral Letter

All the DIY's I checked out used a wood or chipboard letter as their base. Well, I really didn't want to spend a lot of $$ here. I knew there had to be a cheaper way! I used a cardboard box! Yep, cardboard!

Which actually works out well,  if you want to hang it on the wall, it will be nice and light.

I used a basic letter template. I didn't want anything fancy. So, I drew it out on paper and cut it out.

Then I traced it onto the cardboard. Now cardboard usually has a "bend/grain" to it. So what I did was I traced it one way and cut it out then traced another one turning against the "bend" and cut that out. I placed arrows on this picture just to point out the direction of the "bend/grain".

Putting the two together should prevent the cardboard from bending and give a sturdy base for the flowers. I glued them together with a glue stick.

I didn't want my letter brown, so I covered it with white paper. You could also probably spray paint it.

Now comes the fun part!!

I cut the stems off of the flowers, all except the daisies.  They were already a pretty flat flower.

This is just a random placement. I couldn't wait to see what it was going to look like. There's a 'B' in there somewhere. 😉

Time to get to work! I plugged in my glue gun.

I started with some greens. I wasn't sure how this was going to work, or what was really going to show, but it seemed like a good place to start. I can always add more later.

I strategically placed some flowers that were the same, because it makes your eye "draw" a line to form the letter.

I just kept placing and glueing flowers all around. Keeping in mind the shape of the letter. Tiny flowers were perfect in filling in small spots here and there.

Another tip is you need to cut each flower down to the base, where it is almost flat. Now, some flowers like the daisies didn't have much depth to them. They were an already flat flower, so I left a bit of the stem and glued that really well.

While I was making this, my husband texted my daughter and told here that I was making little happy "noises"...😂  apparently I was enjoying myself! 💕

I was so happy with this little creation! Here's where we placed it at my daughter's shower.

I feel like this is something she can use at the wedding or in her home later.

You may want to Pin It for later!😊

Blessings,

Here are links to all of the DIY decorations I created!

Easy Pom Pom Pineapple
 

Gold Spray Paint Dilemna


Fun & Easy DIY Tassels