Nayeli's Crafts The Creative Spot: Burlap lace and rose canvases

Hello! As many people may know, I am obsessed with burlap. I LOVE burlap. So a few months back I decided I wanted to make some cute burlap canvases with pink and white lace with pink and white roses. I wasn't sure how to go about it but I knew I wanted to make roses out of material. I was browsing google on how to make roses out of material when I came across several blogs on how to make t-shirt roses. I loved how they looked so I looked up youtube on how to make them. I got an old shirt of the college I went to and cut up strips to make these roses. I didn't have a pink shirt so I decided to dye some of those strips. I had some red food coloring that I had bought to make candles. I poured several drops in water and then just dipped the strips for an hour. I had to play it by ear because I did not know what I was doing here. lol I was afraid they were going to be too pink and I wanted a light pink. I was able to get the perfect light pink color through experimenting. I made sure I squeezed all the water out and just hung them with clothespins. I put a towel under the strips in case they dripped any water. I let them dry overnight. In the meantime I made the white roses and hot glued white and pink pearls in the center of them. I also decorated the burlap canvases with lace and ribbon. For the pearl flowers I just hot glued pearls into the shape of a flower and then put tiny string beads on each open corner. These were a pain in the butt to do. It takes a lot of patience to do because they will keep falling apart. I'm a jobless military wife who has lots of time in her hands so I have room for patience. lol Its been hard trying to find a job. It took me several tries to get them right. Once the pink strips were dry I proceeded to make the roses. It took me a few days just to figure out how I wanted to place these roses on the canvases but in the end I was very pleased with the turnout. I love how they look in my desk! Here is what they look like!

I am a bit disappointed that my pictures would not come out the way I wanted them to. The light that comes into my apartment is terrible. I wasn't able to capture the actual colors of the canvases. I used the flash too and I just wasn't happy with how they were coming out. So I took them with my Ipad. lol It was the only thing that capture the true colors of my canvases. Here are more close ups of my creations