Best Buds

You know the more and more I've seen in the wedding industry the more intrigued I've become by the use of clay flowers. So many brides concern themselves with preserving their bouquet or drying their flowers. But, if your flowers were made to last forever to begin with well, all that much better, right?

I love these examples from Mrs. Pineapple on Weddingbee.

And these from the DK Designs Etsy store (which is fabulous, by the way!):

But it is this hair flower which I found on Something Old, Something New that really tuned me into the beauty of a clay flower done right:

For more information on purchasing clay flowers check out these sites:

DK Designs
DK Designs Etsy Store
Lily Chartier

For more information on making clay flowers yourself (for the very ambitious) check out this link: http://www.marthastewart.com/article/clay-flowers

Now tell me, have you seen/used/made clay flowers? What did you think? I'm dying to know!