Jennifer Silk

Dazzling Mermaid Crowns Inspired by Ariel by Chelsea Shiels

Twenty-seven-year-old Melbourne-based florist Chelsea Shiels was always keen of composing stunning flower crowns, until she came up with the ingenious idea to construct seashell crows.

She confesses to Cosmopolitan: “I’ve always wanted to be Ariel, under the sea. I’m a real beach bum. That was where my obsession with the sea and shells came from.

The royal and bohemian crows are inspired by the rustic beauty found under the sea, its aquamarine colors and the glittering hidden treasures we wish to find in the ocean’s depth. Find them in their Etsy shop.

I slowed this one waaaaay down to watch Loren Mutch’s core strength and precision in action. I took a clinic with her last year and she called her method the, “pull out & explode.”

Pause for laughter because, “Teehee” innuendos.