Showers of Flowers (the store and my latest project blitz)

I don't know if I've made it clear that I've been trying to destash my stash of yarn. Figuring out ways to do this has produced some fun projects (like the rash of purses I just completed) and some projects that may never get blogged about. But one day, wandering through Etsy's Time Machine 2 and my favorite yarn shop, Showers of Flowers, I figured it out.

I would make flowers. Lots and lots of flowers.

You see, flowers are ridiculously easy projects that use up even the smallest little scraps of yarn. They're fun, they're fast. You can make 20 in an hour. And so I set forth on my flower-making project.

20 flowers later, I'm looking around my stash for more flower-making fodder. I've already used some of my flowers as promos in my sales packages. I'll be sending some off through EtsyFAST to be part of the street team's goody bags. They're perfect for things like that. I can even sell them for $3-6, depending on quantity and materials used. Mine are bigger than most I see on Etsy (ranging from 2-5") and I use the good stuff - alpaca, mohair, wool. Okay, I also delve into acrylic and cotton, since I have scrap in that, too. And I needed a vegan-friendly stash.

Flowers. What a wonderful use for scraps!