Now that is a good neighbor!! When I was at the grocery store yesterday I saw a little hyrdrangea bush where the flowers were drying out and turning the most gorgeous shade of plum. It cost $20.00...for three flower heads! Uh, no thank you.
Oh, flapdoodle! I didn't cut my hydrangeas before the frost and, now, they're all crinkled and brown. sigh. =/ Well, oh, well! I'm enjoying yours - such a cute pic! =D
Hello Friends! Hope you are enjoying your weekend, especially if this is a long weekend for you! It seems like I've been drinking a lot of tea lately, so I thought it was time to get out my tea bags and get creative! This is a mixed-media piece on watercolor paper. First, I tore pieces of the tea bags and glued them to the watercolor paper to start my background. This is another piece I started just today where I decided to use a rubber stamp before applying the tea bags for added interest. I love the color and texture the tea bags create. After the background was dry, I started to sketch out my design. The dragonfly is a rubber stamp. Finally, a little simple hand stitching on linen for added texture. The light was so beautiful and inviting on my desk today. Oh, and don't you just love my new pencil box I got at the...
As summer approaches and the sunshine is plentiful here in the desert southwest, I drink a lot of this... Making sun tea here only takes a short time. I've been using 6 regular size tea bags for the above container. (I like a pretty strong flavor) You can add sugar or not, I enjoy it with a little mint leaves & lemon and sometimes an added sweetener. I started having so many tea bags and I've seen my friend Kimmie create art with them, so I thought I'd give it a try! I just let the bags completely dry, remove the tag & staple then open them up carefully and empty the tea. Open the bags at the seam line and this is what you have, beautifully tea stained papers for collage, sewing, etc. Here, I used old dictionary book paper to create my flower design on water color paper. I painted the flowers with watercolors. Collaged torn tea bags onto the background, then stitched around each flower for ...
It's been raining...and raining... and raining some more today. You know how much I love it! I still laugh at myself for thinking it'll rain hard for 10 minutes then stop for another 8 months like it did in Las Vegas. (even though I know better here in Seattle.) It's funny what you become accustomed to over the years. So I sat, drinking hot tea by the fireplace, (a loose leaf blend called "Seattle Sunset" from Savrika Tea in Kirkland ) listening to the rain against the window. I started crocheting star garland with my favorite, linen yarn. Star garland...for the holidays, or everyday. You can make them any size, or any color. I'm using a 3.50mm steel crochet hook with linen yarn. Step 1: Ch 5, join with a slip st to form a ring. Step 2: Ch 3. 14 dc into the ring. Slip st to 3rd ch of ch3 to form a circle...
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