My husband’s grandmother turned 90 last week. As part of her gift, I made her a lottery ticket bouquet basket.
Lottery Ticket Bouquet Basket
I started out with a decorative metal bucket that I found in the Easter section of Target. I purchased a half circle of floral foam at AC Moore which I covered with craft moss. I inserted various colored butterfly card holder picks which I purchased from an online floral supply company. I also inserted 2 ladybug picks for added decoration (and because ladybugs stand for good luck in many cultures). The white you see is the birthday card, in which I also included a penny from 1920, the year she was born, for the scratching of the lotto tickets.
Butterfly Floral Card Holder Picks
When I originally tossed this idea around, my thought was that I would intersperse real flowers with the lotto tickets making it a full bouquet. However, upon seeing it finished with just the lotto tickets, we (my husband, his aunt & uncle and I) all agreed that less was more and this looked cute as it was.
You could do a much smaller version of this in a terra cotta pot! It sure would make a great teacher gift for Teacher Appreciation week next week!
Chris wrote:
How adorable is that? Wow. Can’t wait to hear how she liked it cause I know I would! Maybe she’ll win too.
mamamamahoney wrote:
She loved it - and from $22 worth of lottery tickets, she won $18. Not a bad return on my investment!!!
susan wrote:
So what about a guy what can i use?? to hold them
Mandi wrote:
Absolutely amazing idea!! I’m going to do this for my husband’s bday present…Thanks so much for sharing your creativity!!
mamamamahoney wrote:
What about a small tool box? Or how about a cigar box? My suggestions would revolve more around what the person is into. You could really do this with anything that could hold stuff. Your options are limitless. Good luck.
mamamamahoney wrote:
Thanks, Mandi. Glad you like it!
Jessica Stewart wrote:
This is the by far one of the cutest and coolest things ever..I am going to use this idea for my little sisters baby shower this Spring as the Big Door Prize!! I think the guests will be very excited at a chance of winning this! Thanks so much for sharing this!! Very Creative!!
Pat R wrote:
Great idea! Where did you purchase the butterfly
card holders? I would like to purchase some for a shower gift. Thanks.
mamamamahoney wrote:
I don’t recall the exact floral supply company I used, but I found this link on Ebay to the same picks: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Floral-Picks-Butterfly-Card-Holders-12-Set-25-NEW-/160732372412?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D150553627297%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6661019561619028886
Also - if you google “floral butterfly picks card holder” you will come up with other hits as well.
mamamamahoney wrote:
Glad you like it! Thanks for the compliment!
Heather wrote:
Thank you so mich for this awesome idea. I am making one for my husband for Fathers Day on Sunday and couldn’t quite figure out how to do it. Yours looks beautiful and your instructions were perfect! Thanks again!!
Heather wrote:
Much*