Thimbles as vases
Last week I remembered an old issue of MSL where they made delicate tiny bouquets in thimbles. I gathered up my small collection of vintage thimbles and some of the smallest blossoms I could find in the garden and I wanted to show you the results. The hardest thing was to get them to stand upright because most of the very worn ones I have are very convex . I placed a small ball of sticky tack on the base and squished it down onto the surface of the linen covered table. It worked well enough to snap a few shots before one of the cats decided to get in the picture and destroyed the set. Note to self when working with finicky setups lock the cats out of the kitchen. 
I hope you enjoyed the tiny little bouquets containing some of my favorite flowers in my garden : forget me not, lily of the valley, mayflower, purple and white violets and some foliage. They may be small but they still smell amazing or at least that's what Mr Bumblebee told me.
Gorgeous, just gorgeous!! Love those flowers too! And that photo with mr. bumblebee is the best!!
Posted by: tantehilde | May 26, 2008 at 07:40 AM
That photo shoot is amazing! And the shot of the bumble bee? Just icing on the cake.
Posted by: Stefanie | May 26, 2008 at 10:12 AM
ok, that was a sickeningly sweet post... i loved it.
Posted by: Sarah | May 26, 2008 at 11:54 AM
ok, that was a sickeningly sweet post... i loved it.
Posted by: Sarah | May 26, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Thank you for sharing such a lovely idea!
I really enjoyed these vignettes:)
Posted by: Shannah | May 26, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Beautiful and Lovely!
What is the blue flower with the white center and it looks like the flower crimps in the petels? I think they might be the ones in the park and I had some before given to me but never knew what they were.
God Bless and Have a Lovely Day!!!
Posted by: Flassie's Fil'a | May 26, 2008 at 01:31 PM
I just love all of it...you are so creative! I must write about your blog so more people can read and look at your blog and photos!
Go for it!
Posted by: Clara | May 27, 2008 at 06:42 AM
the bumblebee photo is amazing. he is real, isn't he? if you ever made any prints of these, i would so buy photos 3 and 5...just lovely!
Posted by: cathygaubert | May 27, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Love this! So sweet. I always like the tiny flowers but never have anything to put them in. Guess I need to get me some thimbles. I can't decide which of these is my favorite but the bumblebee and the bunny rate very highly.
Posted by: Charity | May 28, 2008 at 03:44 PM
That is the cutest and coolest thing ever! I saw a picture of these on craftzine.com and had to come and read about it.
Posted by: Jamie Ferraioli | May 28, 2008 at 08:50 PM
These thimble arrangements are just magical!!! I Love everything about them = WOW!!!
Posted by: ~*~ Patty | May 28, 2008 at 10:51 PM
OK, here I have to take a deep breath......................
This post makes me sooooo happy, it made me smile and the pictures in it went directly into that part of my brain reserved only for images that stay in my memory forever. Margie, what a sweet post! Now, your little (not so little) bee pet is so well trained! He just did what you asked him to do: go up there and stay still for the picture! Say hi to him for me and also ask the cat to learn some discipline from Mr. Bumblebee
Love!
Elsita :)
Posted by: Elsita :) | May 28, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Adorable!
Posted by: Whitney | May 29, 2008 at 01:59 AM
DOH! I have the most beautiful thimble I could do this with! What a great idea! Your tiny bouquets are lovely.
Posted by: carolb | May 29, 2008 at 12:46 PM
oh I adore this.. I just blogged about it too! So inspiring for springtime.
Posted by: .amanda. | March 13, 2009 at 07:48 PM