Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Remember When ...
We counted ourselves lucky growing up in our neighborhood, an established neighborhood with houses that had front yards and back yards and side yards. Most houses had porches, some had basements. The house next door had a sleeping porch plus a covered side porch with a fireplace.
There were also green spaces and empty lots scattered throughout that were safe and game for play. We had bicycles, pedal cars and skates and most importantly, friends and imagination.
A convenient green space that was well kept was at the end of my street. After the Spring thaw it began blooming with a colorful mix of wild flowers: violets, clover, buttercups, dandelions. All grew at just the height for little hands to pluck and carry home to Mama. Even little ones knew, from early training, flowers in neighbors' gardens were not for picking!
For most of us I dare say that the real attraction to the dandelion was not the yellow flower head, but the gray feathery seeds that we wished upon and blew away into the sky. Whether wishes came true or not, it was an exhilarating experience for a youngster.
These memories and more (Dandelion Salad, Fried Dandelions and Dandelion Wine) drew me to some of the new Stampin' Up! offerings in the January - June Mini Catalog. The Dandy Garden Suite consists of two bundles of stamp sets, punch and die cuts of dandelions, cone flowers, wild flowers, bees, dragonflies and ladybugs. Take a look back to pages 24 - 26 for all of the items available. Choose it all, or just a few items, but if ladybugs are indeed lucky, please do not forget the Ladybug Trinkets.
I have to say, I have bought and have played with most of it and am designing the class
Dandelions & Dragonflies for February 20. And I am also using the stamp set Dandelion Wishes on page 73 of the Annual 2019- 2020 Catalog, lots of fuzzy seeds blowing in the wind.
Watch your inbox for details for the in person and to-go class. Are you on my mailing list?
Just one last thing ~ do you know the origin of the word dandelion?
From the French dent de lion, lion's tooth. I wonder why Mama never told me that, probably just as well as what child needs that image?
Contact me to reserve your spot in Dandelions & Dragonflies. The class-to-go includes materials needed to make 4 cards, plus instructions. No stamped images are included in the kit, but I will include an add-on list of supplies you might consider if you want to make the cards as I show. Otherwise, please choose images and sentiments from your own collection.
Sneak peek:
Let's stamp!
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