Candace Jedrowicz is planting coffee cup flowers in her sister-in-law’s yard! These flowers will never fade and you never have to cut them back! That’s perfect for a pair of non-gardening coffee lovers! Featured on Cool2Craft TV.
Watch Candace’s awesome Cup and Saucer Flower YouTube video tutorial!
Materials:
Aleene’s Platinum Bond 7800 Glue
Ceramic cup and saucer
Electrical wire – 3′ per flower
Large and small glass blobs
3/4″ PVC pipe – 3′ per flower
3/4″ coupler – 1 per flower
Spray paint to cover the pipe and coupler
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Prepare your pipe and coupler by painting it, and your cup and saucer by drilling one hole in the cup and two holes in the saucer. |
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The hole in the cup is for drainage.One hole in the saucer is for drainage and the other is for your wire.Make sure your wire hole will be outside of the cup. |
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Begin wrapping the wire around a something round – I used a glue bottle.Wrap around 3/4 of the bottle. |
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Make a sharp bend in the wire and repeat 5 or 6 times.These will be petals. |
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Check to make sure the wire will fit properly, allowing room for the cup and keeping the petals within the outer edge of the saucer. |
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Pull the shape together and bend the wire tails down so you can put them through the hole in the saucer. |
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Bend the wire tails out of the way and glue the cup in place. |
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Glue your large glass blobs inside of the wire petals.Allow the glue to dry. |
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Glue the small glass blobs around the rim of the cup.Turn the cup and saucer over to keep the blobs in place while they dry. |
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Glue the larger end of the coupler to the bottom of the saucer in the center and allow to dry.Glue the pipe/stem into the coupler. |
candice…please tell me how you were able to drill the hole in the cup and saucer? We
already broke one bit after only 2 sets were drilled. We purchased a ceramic / glass bit
but was upset to only drill 4. Did you use something other than the drill?
Thank you for your response.
Thanks Lynn
Hi Lynn! It sounds like you got farther than I did. I only got 2 sets out of my ceramic bit. I tried a hammer drill, but broke the cup I was drilling.
It might be easier to make them without holes and clean them out occasionally. If they could be “planted” under an awning, that would work.
Aside from that, you might be able to find someone at a home store to recommend something to make the holes. Please let me know if you find something that works.
I would LOVE to see photos of you cup flowers and share them on our Creative Community Blog!
Blessings,
Candace