What do you do if you're allergic to flowers?

A little while ago, I found out that I have some sever allergies (link) to a lot of different things.  Then, when I was sick, my allergies became too much, and I had to get rid of all the flowers in my house.  Most of the color in our place comes from our plants, so having to give away all our potted flowers made me really sad. 

So for a few days I've been thinking about with what to replace the flowers in my life?  I made some origami flowers, which were lovely, but really angular.  Not an organic enough shape like my real flowers.  And then I saw this idea at Needlework (link) and thought it was perfect!  Wool as never let me down before, why not for flowers?  And these were super simple to make; even easier since I got the felted beads on sale.

Gather your materials: felted wool beads (on sale for $5.49); 20 gauge cloth covered floral wire ($1.00 from the dollar store); some ribbon (had on hand); and a small vase ($0.75 form IKEA).
This project would be even cheaper if you made the beads yourself which is what I planned to do before I saw the beads for half price!

I'm not going to go step-by-step because its pretty clear... But I will add that for the heavier beads I twisted 3 wires together to help hold it up. I also kept them pretty short and let the small beads be longer "flowers."  Arrange them in your vase and voila! Because my vase is so long, I just wrapped the ribbon around the vase.  I twisted all the stems together and I was going to put a bow on the one stem, but I liked it this way better.

After you're done, you can walk around the house like a lunatic looking for the perfect spot to put it.  It didn't take me that long to do, the perfect spot was right in front of my face:

Oh my, look at the dust!  I know what I'm doing next, it would seem...  Other than the dusty shelf top, it looks nice with m Eiffel Tower in the living room.  And it doesn't make me feel sick!  And its unique!  I like it.