My daughter, Gillian went to prom in a dress made from the petals of 300 orange roses.  She was nominated to prom court, but didn't win.  That's OK because she received plenty of attention in her dress.  The foundation dress was constructed from felt by my friend, Linda and it took a crew of four, four and a half hours to glue all the petals to it. Isn't she lovely!

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a
field somewhere and don’t notice it…. People think pleasing God is all God
cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to
please us back. -Alice Walker, The
Color Purple, 1982