With snow in the forecast and temperatures mostly chilly, I should not be thinking of spring. But wait, it is but just a few days away (Officially). The days are getting longer and with daylight savings time taking place this weekend, the sun will still be up even longer in the evening. When I was in Denver a few weeks ago, I was at the Brass Armadillo (a terrific resale shop) with other bff's (you cannot have too many bff's) and on a mission to locate one of these older cookbooks with just these particular graphics for my bff here down the road. We found several ranging from about $9 to $40 and this one was only $10 and in the best shape. So my friend finished it this weekend and this clock sits on her counter. Isn't that clever!!!
Easter is also upcoming and if you all remember that at Christmas, I took an old quilt also belonging to the same friend and made 3 stuffed animals for her using that old quilt. It was faded, torn and in no shape to be repaired so this little bunny emerged and sits in her sewing and craft room.
Thoughts of spring stirs the gardening ideas in those of us who cannot wait to get our hands in the soil. I am not sure how much I will do here, but we do have a few flower beds and my friend down the road has the most gorgeous plantings. As previously posted over the years, I have made several versions of garden art involving cast-off glassware. This is a new project where we actually painted some snack trays with glass paint and with other pieces attached with silicone, we have our "garden flowers" ready to be placed in the beds. They reflect the sunlight and add color to the beds.
We scrounged for bottles with flat sides and attached them to the back, again with silicone, and the bottles will slip down over some metal rods which are placed into the beds.
"To create a little flower is a labor of ages" ~ William Blake
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