Dahlia decorated tiara box

 My plan this week was to create a fabulous felt and lace dahlia corsage (the lace being my own little added touch of brilliance), by following a fantastic tutorial you can find here, anyway all didn't go to plan :( in reality I should of done a practice piece instead of jumping in all guns blazing, using my precious vintage lace! It didn't turn out as perfect as I would of liked, so I decided to scrap it. My little girls were all to happy to take it off my hands :)
My extra tips for making this brooch- The petals all need to be perfect, I would recommend making a template, you are aiming for a candle flame kinda shape. I didn't have Fabritac so I used my glue gun- stick to the Fabritac! Have a practice first.

My second attempt at the dahlia, was from scented drawer liner paper in a vintage design, I had a plain tiara box that had bought from Hobby Craft that has been waiting for a make-over, and that's exactly what it got.

 The petals were much easier to form using paper. I covered the box in the same scented paper and added lace and diamante around the rim. In the centre of the flower I used a large cream leather button with some satin ribbon and one of my trade-mark crystal spheres.

It needed a little something extra so I added a little silver glitter to the outer petals.
Ta-da!
A pretty box for my tiara's.
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