[Challenge & Achievement] (Non-Rolife) The saga of the sunflowers

Cozy Talks & Creative Ideas Rolife
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Let me tell you a story about the sweetest looking sunflowers ever.
I fell in love with them and they didn’t cost a lot on Temu.
I was going to build them for the Mother’s Day stall (that never went ahead).
I pulled them out and went to build them. A quick build I thought.
I needed a LOT of wax.
Then I got to the big sunflower. I have to say that instructions weren’t very clear and the process of putting the double petals on confused me no end.
They wouldn’t stay on either.
I put it down and walked away from it for a couple of weeks.
I picked it up again a few nights ago and finished it. I had one break on the stem but glued it back together.

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I put it in my bookcase with my other builds because it really is a cute build, even if it tends to be a bit top heavy.
Fast forward to yesterday morning when I went to my front room and noticed that the flowers had been moved and were in several pieces!!
One flower head was missing entirely.
I raised the question with my future son-in-law and he said “Oh, I forgot to tell you”.
My husband said that he should have blamed the cat!!
So I have a mending project to do.
Enjoy a picture of it looking as it should.
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@Suzanne_Jones you worked hard on this honestly you cant see the breakage ! And then to find you have to put it back together oh no !Xx​:blossom::cherry_blossom::blossom::cherry_blossom::blossom::cherry_blossom:

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You did such great work on something that was frustrating! I honestly have no idea where the broken stem is :sweat_smile:

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@Suzanne_Jones they look very pretty! Can’t see a breakage at all. Sorry that happened to your hard work. I’m sure it was disheartening. You can fix this I believe in ya!

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It turned out really well, you can’t even tell.
The cat was mischievous.

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This sunflowers are very pretty. Nice work @Suzanne_Jones . Thank you for sharing.

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This is beautiful!! You can tell how hard you worked and it honestly payed off. I love how cute and tiny it is. I want to buy this now lol

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I’m not overly worried. It was an accident and it can be repaired. He’s a good kid but a bit clumsy and bumped the bookcase.

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Thanks so much @Alicesharpe. I appreciate your kind words.

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Thanks heaps. Oh well, it will be a repair job but not a hard one. It was an accident and accidents happen.

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That’s who my husband said to blame. My cat doesn’t climb furniture. Ha ha

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Thanks so much Tricia. They are pretty.

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I hope you find it in Temu. It’s very sweet.

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Oh they look so cute Sue! :heart: They remind me of flowers in cute video games! :pink_heart:

Sorry to hear about your wounded flower. Maybe your future son-in-law can give you a hand with the mending. :see_no_evil_monkey:

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Surely you are joking lol

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You did a great work. I am not into flowers, but this one is pretty! :heart_eyes:

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It is so very pretty indeed. I love the little beetle.

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Awww…So sorry to hear this Sue. I am sure that you can fix it up perfectly. When I did my spring bouquet, I filled the cardboard ‘vase’ with pennies. I think I’ve done that on a few of my flowers. I hope that is helpful for future builds. It looks lovely in its original state.

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Thanks for the tip Nita. I’ll see what I can do when I get back to it.

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I’m sure that it will work out fine.

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