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Friesen Friday/More With Four Challenge

Hi everyone! Despite the heat & humidity, I managed to make a small clay project for Friesen Friday. It also fits Gloria's More With Four Challenge where we create something using a nice four-letter word. So, obviously, my word is Bird which also happens to be what the Friesen Project is concentrating on for the next two months. At some point I am going to use this little cutie in either a french beaded arrangement or a terrarium.

I have no idea why this photo uploaded like this especially since I selected a small image size and aligned it to the left. Sometimes, blogger has a mind of its own!

Have a happy creative weekend everyone!
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Color Me Blue 
7 French Beaded Flowers

7 flowers, 245 florets, 6,860 beads and lots of wire later, I finished my next custom order: Modeled after Queen Anne's Lace but shaped a little more like domes per the customer's request.

I think last week was the first time in awhile that I did not blog at all. Thank you for all the nice comments on the bag I decorated for the bridal shower--it was a big hit, and my daughter & I really had a great day.

The next book in the Friesen Project is Birds--one I know I will enjoy. Hopefully, I'll have something to show a little later in the week.

On a sad note, my last remaining aunt is now in hospice care. I've been trying to keep busy and not think too much about what I know is not too far down the road. This is the part of life nobody likes, but we all go through it at some point. Knowing that, comforts me.
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Hi Everyone! We are alternating between rain and sun here, but at least it has cooled off a bit with a nice breeze. Perfect weather for crafting inside since it is too wet outside.

While shopping for a Bridal Shower present Monday, I was amazed to find that a lot of the typical kitchen items that one might purchase no longer come in boxes. Like those wonderful baking dishes with glass lids--you know, the ones where the name is synonymous with the product. Really? Put one of those in a bag & they will likely come right through! Other hard to wrap items...pizza stones, fruit/bread baskets, mixing bowls. Well, the item I purchased did not come boxed either, but the store gave me a generous size bag that it would fit in. Solid white...boring! So yesterday, I browsed Pinterest and came up with this idea. It may be hard to tell because of the glare from the flash, but I used some of that pretty fabric gifted to me by Valerie for the umbrella. I made some layered flowers using scissors that cut with fancy edges and topped each one off with a button. Since the girl getting married is a teacher, I themed the buttons to match: pencil, ruler, apple. It seemed to need a little something, so I added the apple with the little chalkboard that says "Bride To Be".

I like the bag much better now!

Posted by Craftymoose Crafts at 7:30 AM 12 comments: 
Asian Inspired

These reminded me of the Japanese Ikebana style of arranging flowers, although I didn't follow any of the rules when arranging them. To me, they look light and delicate--just the look for summer!

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Ivy-not poison! 

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