spring beauties

i took some photogs of these gorgeous iris flowers in our yard. they smell lovely.

this yellow one is pretty stunning

this one i accidentally broke off the stem, but decided to include it, because the mottled dusty pink is a color that is hard to replicate.

i will have more coming. i have altered books to show you, cards, etc.

more screenprinting

i really loved my screen printing class. so much so that i pretty much inked the entire place. thist shirt turned out lovely.

i also did another one here on a piece of muslin that i will again applique' when time allows.

more screenprinting

i had a blast at my screen printing class. here is another image i put on a few pieces of fabric. this is on a t shirt. it consists of green and purple dye, and i just dolloped the ink and dragged the squeegee across. wasn't sure how it was going to come out, but i am pretty happy with the results.
this is one i put on a piece of muslin. i will applique' it on a later date.
this i put on blue denim. i used white ink and the excess left on the squeegee. it really popped off the denim, no?

screen printing class

took myself a screen printing class this weekend. didn't know the first thing about it, but i knew i wanted to try it. sooooo, here is the image i used as inspiration:

this is with screen filler on the screen. keep in mind, i didn't paint in the stems, i am going to sew those to whatever fabric in print on

the reddish stuff is another type of screen filler. this dries, and then you use a hose to wash out the blue stuff.

after you get rid of the screen filler and the screen dries, you can print. i used a few colors here, and came up with this sort of burnt orange. i printed it on muslin

this i used yellow and orange for contrast::::

i will be sewing in stems with pretty green thread, so it will be a mixed media type of thing. i had a great time in this class and highly recommend anyone to try it. more pictures later

here comes spring

i have been waiting for spring to show it's true changes, but nothing is more beautiful than our apple tree in the back yard. it is now in full bloom. every morning i wake up, this puts a lovely smile on my sleepy face.

the farmer in the field next to our property is spraying all sorts of lovely, smelly chemicals, so i didn't get a closeup. but soon, i will post it.

they are so cuuuuute!

of course, my obsession continues with more paper flowers. in earlier posts, i showed you some that i made from a great tutorial on the lasting memories website/blog. here are a few more i added to my bouquet last week. i love the sparkles, and the embellishment idea. i have had too much fun. this is all stuff i have on hand. a very cheap and fun craft.ta ta for now!

more paper flowers

i found another you tube tutorial for these lovely paper roses. the directions call for flower shapes from a die cutter, but i don't have one. so i just used some flower shapes i had laying around, and i think it turned out great. i can envision these in all colors!