Archive for the ‘Spring’ Category

Flowers from Foil

29th April 2009 by Karen Bastille No Comments

The stiff, self-supporting sheet aluminum used in foil pans and pie plates can be cut and shaped into intricate flower-like parts. By following these patterns and instructions, you can transform foil into dazzling floral arrangements.
Three 8-inch-diameter aluminum pans will yield the twelve flowers shown in the bouquet above. Copper foil can also be used [...]

Bringing In The May – Tissue Paper Flowers

28th April 2009 by Karen Bastille 1 Comment

The translucency of tissue paper can give flowers a luminous quality, yet the paper has sufficient body to be folded for making large flowers. Craft or hardware stores stock the following materials that you will need:
a selection of colorful tissue paper sheets 10-by-15 inches
one dozen No. 16 stem wires 20 inches long
green floral tape for [...]

It’s Spring! – free graphics, coloring pages and printable Easter Games

20th March 2009 by Karen Bastille 2 Comments

Finally – the First Day of Spring!
If you’re looking for graphics for your blog or webpage; if you’d like to print some cards, coloring pages or Easter games (all free!) check out Clip Art ‘n Crafts Spring Collection -
You’ll find it Here
Enjoy the Day and the Season!
…for now the winter is past, the rain is [...]

The Thursday Thirteen – Welcome Spring!

19th March 2009 by Karen Bastille 10 Comments

Thirteen Tips to Welcome Spring and Invite Her Indoors!
1. Open the Windows! Even if it’s still a bit chilly, opening the windows for just ten or fifteen minutes will fill the room with fresh spring air and banish winter doldrums.
2. Buy a new house plant. Fresh flowers are nice, but they don’t last very long. [...]

Welcome Spring with a Pussywillow Notecard

17th March 2009 by Karen Bastille 3 Comments

Large fluffy pussy willows make fine pussy cats if they are pressed very lightly and glued to paper.
To make a pussy willow note card, paint a scene with a fence or the branch of a tree upon which the cats can sit.
Place the pussy willows in place. Mark this place, then paint the heads and [...]

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