Dip dye flowers

I am big on natural things. I promise I'm not the sort who would nilly willy add coloring to my food or things in general. But the test tube vase I put together recently has proven to be my undoing; they have been beckoning me to do something scientific all week. And all I could think of was this bit of science from primary school.

I cut some white daisies from the garden, popping them into the test tube vase. Then I filled each test tube with water and added a teaspoon of food colouring to each tube and kept my fingers crossed. They worked! In as little as 3 hours.

3 hours later

8 hours later, I removed the flowers from the dye. I honestly don't mind the coloured tips -they are quite pretty. I just may have do further experiments with this. All in the name of science, of course.

8 hours later

Do you remember this science project from primary school too?

Test tube vase

I was given a box of test tubes some time ago after they were discarded as part of a lab move. I have been meaning to do something special with them but had no idea what. Then one day I got given a piece of driftwood lying about on a beach and voila! Inspiration struck.

I had to enlist Stu's help for this little project. Using a speed bore drill bit, he drilled 5 equally spaced holes into the wood. I entertained the idea of painting it but decided to just leave it and tell everyone I was going for the rustic look instead.

And then it was ready.

Flowers are horribly expensive at the moment. I saw some beautiful roses at the florist (all imported of course) but just couldn't bring myself to buy any. So I picked camelias from the garden and stuck them in. I put them on the bedside table and think they look rather lovely.