Two Plants for the Garden Corner

 There are two finished plants for the garden corner, both of which in Real Life grow in my garden; the dianthus and the hydrangea. The former is meant to create a pop of colour in what will otherwise be a very "faded" garden....

It took 3 different plant pots before I was happy with the pot the dianthus are now in; the first was too big, the second still too big, and the third one was just right! These little flowers were made following a tutorial by Michaela of Michaela's Miniatures, a German blog. I coloured white paper with alcohol markers, dotted on a centre of white paint, and when that was dry, added a tiny pink dot with a fine marker pen. 

Close-up you can perhaps see the detail in these flowers; there are tiny sprigs of real greenery between the paper flowerets, which are fixed to two cupped snowflake punchies glued back to back. The hydrangea buds are painted seeds of some kind I found in my spice cupboard; as the label had come off the container, I can't tell you what they are, but they are red-brown and about the same size as poppy seeds.

As I'm going away for a few days, there will be no blogging for a week or so, but I hope to be able to get to work on the roses very soon.