New Flowers ....

I adore flowers! I can't get enough of them. If I don't have them growing in my garden, I have photos of them as my desk top background, or my cell phone wallpaper.

 I love this season of the year when I can bring armfuls -- even those that grow wild -- into my house for inspiration. I love this little bit of phrasing from one of my vintage books - Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them (1889),

"Bring one of the commonest field-flowers into a room, 

place it on a table ...

and you seem to have brought a ray of sunshine into the place.

There is a cheerfulness about flowers....

They are a sweet enjoyment, 

coming as messengers from the country, and seeming to say, 

'come see where we grow and let your heart be 

glad in our presence."

I paint with fabrics, threads, and vintage elements, assembling them in layers to create fantasy flowers inspired by nature...

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