March Storms Bring Me to Create Flowers!

We have lived in 5 different states in the past 11 years. All of them have had a something that was unique and beautiful about them. Alabama our 5th state and the one we will call home for the next 4 months, has the most beautiful spring blossoms of any state we have lived in. Alabama also has the most severe spring thunderstorms of any state we have lived in. 

Today we experienced one of these amazing storms. Tornado Warnings, loud thunder, and amazing lightening bolts that lasted for about 3 straight hours. So enjoying the spring blooms was not going to happen today. Stuck inside, I decided today would be a perfect day to try making a flower out of a zipper. I had seen this tutorial on Craftaholics Anonymous, a blog that I love. She has the greatest flower tutorials. My girls, both love these flowers on headbands and I love adding them to my bags. I thought the zipper one would be a great addition to one of my flight suit bags, since I always have left over zipper that can't be used and is always tossed into the trash! 

So here is my creation....

I started with the zipper.

Made another flower out of some scrap fabric from the bag that I am currently making.

Glued the two together, added a rhinestone and 

Ta Da....zipper flower.

I was on a roll.....So I decided to make a zipper charm to match.

Now to finish the bag these cute accessories will go on......