A weirdly specific plastic flower.

You guys may think I'm weird to post this.  It's just a very, very tiny thing, but I found it so interesting I had to share.  What do you think of this sparkly plastic flower?

There are so many ways to make a flower from a plastic bottle.  I have seen a hundred versions, but I don't think I've seen this.  It requires this specific bottle (or its twin):

Why?  Because it seems to be made of several layers, which can be peeled apart.  (Maybe there are lots of bottles that do the same thing, this is the one I have found so far.)


So cut the bottom off the bottle.  Peel one inner layer up toward the center, like this:

Peel until the whole inner circle is lifted.  And you end up with this!

A cool crystalline flower, all in one piece.


Now it is ready to embellish.  The sky is the limit...I mostly experimented with beads, but all you clever peeps will surely come up with many ideas of your own.

Fun, fun, fun!  I plan to use them for lots of things; I'll show you one in my next post.  Here's a little peek:

One more tidbit today - a new update from our ongoing craft challenge known as The Envelopes of Doom. What better thing to emerge from such an envelope than a Halloween craft?  Look what Cece made!

I love this, don't you?  Click here to jump over and read her bootiful tutorial.