Sola Flowers

Oops, forgot to add the pictures. 🤣

I can’t help but i wanted to say this color is beautiful.

View Quoted Comment Thanks! I ended up re-dipping (they were dry enough that I wasnt getting paint on my hands).... here is after the second dip.

It wont let me add a photo! they do look more evenly coated! Some may have to go for a third dip, but I'm waiting til tomorrow for that.

I see your update on the second coat, and came to say the same thing. They do even out after the second coat.

As a warning though, make sure you keep them out and drying for at least a week even though you think it will be dry. I didn’t and from July when I dipped them until my shower in November they got moldy! I ended up Clorox bleaching the ones that I could save, but had to throw out a bunch.

View Quoted Comment Oh jeez! Thank you for the warning! I'll probably just keep them out til the big day! Haha.

Finally its letting me post pictures. (Had to restart my phone)

This is after the second coat. Some of them are just not wanting to even out. :/ but I'll keep re-dipping til I get it! Hopefully they will be colored correctly by the end of the week!

Honestly, I was hoping to have them dyed and the bouquet put together before my spring semester starts..but doesnt look like thats happening.

Also, I was trying to match the ribbon color the best I could, but the flowers are definitely darker (I know they will lighten some once they are dry)...but do you all think the darker flowers and lighter ribbon will be okay? I wanted all royal blue.. but daughters dress will be royal blue like the ribbon, my FH and our sons ties will be royal blue as well. And royal blue flower petals will be thrown.

I assume all those wont be a perfect match since they are being bought from different places, so maybe the darker flowers wont be an issue. And I am overthinking it? Lol...

Can i just ask where u got the flowers at? Theyre so pretty i love that color blue!

View Quoted Comment Sure! LuvSolaFlowers.com

They've run a couple good deals within the last 3 months, so you could wait and get them on sale. I got 2 100 piece assortment bags for for $72.

Thanks about the color. They do look more royal blue (like the ribbon) after they dried some.

I just wanted to say that those flowers are beautiful! I have been trying to find a pretty wooden flower as alternatives to the silk flowers or the costly and short-lived fresh flowers. It never occurred to me that we could dye them to match our color scheme (which will be turquoise and chocolate). Thank you for posting this! Do you just put the acrylic paint in the warm water and dip the whole flower in?

View Quoted Comment Yes, it's that simple! Theres tons of youtube videos on what to do. I filled a deeper glass container 3/4 way with water, then added the paint. (You dont need a whole lot of paint to make a good dye! I havent even used a whole 2oz bottle yet and I dyed 50 flowers two times.)
Then you dunk your flower in, but don't keep it submerged for more than 3 seconds! Otherwise it will turn to mush. While the sola is wet, you can fluff it (sometimes during shipping they get a bit smushed. So just spread out the petals to your liking.)
And the paint is just cheap acrylic paint from Walmart! You can mix colors to your liking for find a specific color that already matches. They didnt have royal blue so I just took admiral blue and added a hit of light blue.

So, after my flowers dried completely, they don't look splotchy at all! And the color is spot on to the ribbon! FH says the only thing missing is that shiny look of the ribbon, other than that they are a perfect match. Which is exactly what I was going for!
So today, I have started stemming the flowers for my bouquet! I won't actually put it together until Thursday or Friday (my greenery hasnt come in yet, and I'm going to let the blue flowers have more time to fully dry).

BUT here are some of the flowers i an using. Now you can see a bit of what I am going for. There will only be 7 blue, 10 skin-on (the brown ones), and 13 raw (the ivory ones). I only wanted the blue for a pop of color.
The rest of the blues will be used on my arch and tables.

Sorry for all the typos in my last comment. 🤣😂 Typing too fast!

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This Is so beautiful! I would have messed them up so badly lol

All my bouquet flowers, stemmed, dyed, and ready to go! Woooo!!

View Quoted Comment Oh thank you! I'm sure you wouldnt have! It is so simple.

View Quoted Comment You said to keep them out at least a week, do you think I could still make my bouquet before then? And just let the bouquet sit out? Or would the flowers being smushed together a bit cause them to not dry and get moldy? I want to make my bouquet! Lol

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Honestly, I am not sure. I haven't made a bouquet with mine yet... and I'm having a professional make it for me. Personally, I would probably wait, just because I have experienced the mold and I wouldn't want to take my bouquet apart to deal with it near the wedding!

View Quoted Comment Darn. You're right tho. It's going to be so hard to be patient about it tho!! I wanted to get it done before classes start back next week, but that's not gunna happen.
I guess I'll just stick to stemming for now.