Crocus - Cheerfulness

 

Week 12: Crocus

This week, I made Crocuses (Croci?), which commonly represent cheerfulness. This week I had three exams, so I could definitely use some cheerfulness after a week straight of nothing but doing work. I got to make these right after my Calc 3 exam with a friend, so we both got some well needed stress relief. It helped that I picked a very simple flower to make this week, so it was a lot of fun to just chat and craft.

I think these flowers turned out about as realistic as paper flowers can be, so I really like how they turned out. I think starting with plain white and light yellow cardstock and then coloring them with pastels gave a really natural ombre effect. Assembly for these is really easy, starting with rolling the yellow center pieces around the green-dyed dowel. Then I added the petals, offsetting them to fill the gaps. Finally, I decided to add green leaf-like pieces to cover the final seams and transition into the dowel, creating the finished flower!

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

Read more about crocuses:

https://www.flowermeaning.com/crocus-flower-meaning/