Cosmos - Order, Harmony

 

Week 8: Cosmos

This week I made cosmos, which are commonly associated with harmony and order. Yellow cosmos represent happiness and orange ones represent enthusiasm and optimism, but I mostly picked these colors because I thought the bouquet needed more of them. My life has definitely been extra stressful recently, so harmony and order would be very nice. I tried to focus on the good moments and find peace and order wherever I could. As usual, making these flowers did provide a break from some of the stress, and them being a simpler one to make made it not stressful. 

These cosmos are a stacked flower, so its cut into three layers, each with three petals, and then offset and stacked together. I connected three different heights of the stamen and then rolled them using tweezers to create the center. I decided to add slight shading to the petals and some brown to the stamen to create more dimension, which I think helped a lot. Then I glued each piece onto the stick and added the green base. I enjoyed making these, and despite them being simpler than most of the flowers I make, I think they still turned out really well and look very similar to the actual flower. The only thing I would change is maybe adding more shading to them.

And this is the bouquet so far, made up of camellias, lavender, roses, sunflowers, dahlias, carnations, and cosmos:

Read more about cosmos:

https://simplybeyondherbs.com/cosmos-flower-meaning/