I love my 'I'm so brilliant' moments. Our landlady helped watch over our two cats while we were on vacation last week and we were at a loss as how to thank her. She's older and has her own business and done well for her self, translate has everything she wants/needs and doesn't need some silly souvenir from our vacation. The sun is shining, finally, and it is a beautiful summer day so I decided to bring a little taste of summer to her and made an Edible Fruit Bouquet.
It was super easy to put together. I ran by the Dollar store and bought a really cute painted, terracotta pot and some wood skewer sticks then on to the grocery store for fruit. Admittedly, I did buy canned pineapple as I thought it would help me get it done faster since it would already be in a nice round shape but they were too thinly sliced and hard to work with. Also, the raspberries & kiwi didn't hold up well, they were too fragile. What did work was cantaloupe for adding bulk, mainly in the middle of the bouquet, strawberries, orange slices & blueberries.
I ran cling wrap over the top of the pot and secured it with a rubber band which I then tied a pretty bow around it to cover it up. Poking the skewers through the cling wrap worked well and added a little security to hold everything together. I'm not sure how to change this for the future if I make another. Also, the flower pot I bought was great since it was a pot & saucer in one so it added weight to the base, I imagine just a pot might tip over easy.
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