New Love {Faux Taxidermy + Floral}

Ya’ll.

OMG. I am in love with my latest crafty project. You know how I love faux taxidermy, and I was lucky enough to get another addition to my paper mache collection last week – a longhorn skull!

It was made by a local artist and gifted to me by a dear friend.

So I decided to put my twist on it and hang it in my gallery wall 🙂

I was hoping to make my additions without having to use hot glue, but I plugged in the gun just in case. I had floral wire, floral tape, some shears, and a few stems of faux floral.

I started by attaching the largest flower, then – much like a real arrangement – I added each piece one at a time until I liked the way they looked. Originally I was using the wire, but the tape turned out to be a better idea. I left the stems long until I was pretty sure I liked the position, then I would trim them.

Once I taped the first few flowers in place, the rest I just sort of stabbed into the bunch – no glue needed!

I absolutely love Lamb’s Ear, and the faux version looks surprisingly realistic. But the nice thing about working with faux floral is that you can pull off nagging leaves, or even swap them out to your liking 🙂

I couldn’t be more pleased with the final result, and for $13 (USE YOUR COUPONS!) in floral, I think the piece looks way more expensive than that!

…and it’s non-permanent. How cool would it be to change the “headpiece” with the seasons??