Awesome Blossoms

{Glitter Roses — you know, for when ordinary roses just won’t do}

It’s been quite some time since I’ve created a living stylishly post so here goes, kids. Yesterday at Ava’s hip-hop recital, I gifted her this bouquet of awesome blossoms (I can’t take all the cred — they were pre-ordered from her dance school). Upon picking up the posy of rosies, I was taken aback by the never-before-seen glitter effect on the buds. I mean, how brillz is this concept?! It’s like taking something that’s already inherently awesome and making it awesomer (is “awesomer” even a word?). Anyhoo, after some Googling, YouTubing and stalking Martha Stewart, creating glitter roses is a snap (even for the DYI-challenged like myself). Here’s how to add some va-va-voom to already beautiful blossoms:

1. Glitter an entire rose by diluting white glue in a spray bottle with water. Your mixture should be equal parts water and glue, with the consistency of milk.

2. Glitter the edges of a rose by thinning white glue just a bit and applying to the tips of a flower with the side of small round paintbrush. Your diluted white glue should be the consistency of house paint.

3. Create a dewdrop effect on a rose by applying Martha Stewart Crafts all-purpose gel adhesive to the flower in rounded droplet shapes.