100 flowers

In the past few weeks I was not very focused on my blogging posts. Why? I was busy with making 100 flowers. Yes! 100 of my Paper Posies were requested for a store in Georgia to use for their display props for springtime. So what does a bouquet of 100 Paper Posie flowers look like? Like this....

40 pastels:

40 brights:

And 20 whites:

It was the first request I had for the flowers to be big (2-3 inches), usually they are about 1-2 1/4 inches with some as tiny as 1/2 inch. It was fun and such a conversation starter as I took them and all my supplies "on the road" to work on them every chance I could get. I even worked on them in the waiting area of the local tire shop as my car got an alignment and tires balanced. People would first look but pretend they were not looking. Then they would look and not say anything. Then they got brave and asked about them. These Paper Posies seem to amaze and entertain the general public. I guess that's not such a stretch in the waiting room of a tire shop...not the sight you expect to see!!

thrifting

This is what I got when I went thrifting for myself the other day.
This little cream pitcher with no chips or cracks and it has snowflakes on it!!!

These little polka dotted etched glasses in 2 different sizes. There are 10 of them!!! If all 10 end up getting broken (which I hope they don't 'cause they're so cute) at least they were cheap. Glasses don't seem to be eternally lasting in our house.

This little hankie which is so thin you can see the piece of sheet music through it. The flowers are so sweet and it reminds me of my Grandma's purse which always smelled like Wrigley's gum when you opened the fancy clasp and was sure to have a powder compact and lipstick tucked inside too.

All this thrifty loveliness came home to live with me for a grand total of $1.65.