We <3 our flowers

You've all seen your flowers. (Except you, Cliff and Stephanie. You can pick Owen's up when you all return, tanned and relaxed, just in time for Valentine's Day!) Now you can see them in the making! This craft was courtesy of Martha Stewart.

(Yes, really.
I love that site.
Yes, really.)

You need four hearts, each with a hole punched in them, a straw (Starbuck's very helpfully makes theirs green), and tape.

Then you put the heart-petals on the straw. Carefully...

Very, very carefully...

Very, very, very carefully...

No, he didn't make one. But who could refuse to give one to that wee face??

Or this one?

Look! A garden of love! Aren't they cuuuute?

(For those of you puzzled by the symbols in the title of this post: " <3 " means "heart". See? It's a heart, lying on its side!)