Why not some more flowers??
I don't know how many of you get those Martha Stewart daily craft emails. I do. Every day, I get an organizing tip and a daily craft. To be honest, the idea of sitting down with my morning coffee, being hit with the idea at 6am that I could actually spend all day organizing my garage and it could be perfect is a little like being slapped. Most of the time it can make you feel you've failed before you've even started. But the other day there was the daily craft email, about clay flowers.
Hmmm, clay flowers... My interest was peaked enough to clicked through to the how-to demo and I have to say I was blown away by how beautiful the projects were, all from a gorgeous how-to book called Clay Art for all Seasons by Yukiko Miyai. I ordered the book so fast I scared the cat. I do not need another craft book....or another craft project... or another medium to play with. But still! I couldn't stop myself!
All these flowers are made from an air dried clay called Claycraft. Can you believe how beautiful? I really wish I could drop every thing in my life and just perfect making these flowers. The thought that this is someone's daily passion is as fascinating to me as the flowers themselves. I may have to give it a try at least once.
Look at those peony petals!!
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I wanted to mention that a reader contacted me about wanting to do an Artist Trading Card swap with her Girl Scout Brownie troop. If you have a Brownie troop (they are looking for 8 and 9 yr old girls, this troop has 11 members) and are interested in doing this sort of swap, drop me an email. We're getting lots of great feedback from the participants of the swap, and if you didn't get in, or have a group of girls interested in swapping, this may be a good chance.
