Crafting Carrie - Rose petal Beads

Who Knew?...Jessica, that's who.

And here are the little petal pickers now.

I have a Trellis covered in rose's. Though they make a beautiful white ground covering when the petals fall...there was something better to do with them.

Fortune has placed me with a group of talented down to earth homeschooling Mama's. And we share all our findings and doing with each other.

This one was from Jessica.

Directions:

They were quite easy to make.

First: Ya pick-em (petals only)

Second: Ya, squash-em...I used my food processor. (it is recommended that you use water, I didn't there was allot of rain here and the petals were still damp)

Third: Ya mash-em into beads about the size of a marble.

Fourth: Poke-em with a needle and let them dry.

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Here are the kids, mash-in, squish-in an a poke-in.

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I used a pillow form with wax paper over it. The same pillow I use for needle felting. Once they are dry we will string them and hang them on the fan. So there wonderful smell can fill the air.