Hey guys! This is my first post and I wanted to share my sola flower project with ya'll. After researching different ways to do flowers at a lower cost than fresh I stumbled across these sola flowers on save-on-crafts.com. I read a little bit about them on the diy forums and decided to take on the project... So I ordered 1,176 of them!! I ordered 4 different types including roses, zinnias, shells, and asters. I'm planning on using them for everything from bouquets and pomanders to my center pieces for 20+ tables. Last night I started the painting process by mixing one 2 oz bottle acrylic paint with a cup of water. I just swished each flower around in it until completely coated. The only issue I had was with the roses which would uncurl at the edges when wet. After painting them I just had to re-curl the edges a bit. So far I've done about half. FYI 1 bottle of paint coats about 45 flowers so buy more paint than you think! More pics to follow!
