[I am following Anne Brooke‘s 2021 #52tagshannemade slow stitch challenge to make a little tag every week of the year – see them all here!] Anne offered the task of creating flowers for our tags this week. In hers, she used a little swatch of fabric to make a vase. That gave me an idea to do something similar! We were also suppose to use colors we don’t like or use often.
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I’ve held onto these wooden mason jar buttons for a long time and it was perfect for this week! I used twine for around the jar, and a small floral patch as the main show. Then little triplets of colonial knots were added and some stems. I truly intended on using colors I don’t like – I sought out oranges. Yet… in the end what cropped up? The usual color scheme, doh!
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My thoughts for the week were in three places, though I only mentioned two on the tag because I want them to stay positive more often than not! First, I am giddy as a grasshopper that all the plants I’ve been planting outside are thriving. I may not be able to keep an indoor plant alive (though I do have one growing on a decade!), but the outdoor ones are my friends. Second, I was able to start my job, even though it was through zoom and only for two days (there’s been some HR delays). I really didn’t know what to expect and it reminds me so much of what I did in grad school, I really think my only hangup will be the commute and loss of time wealth for other projects. But if I love it, great. And if not, there’s a certain position I know I am always welcome back to;) (And that third issue is that Maya’s got an upper respiratory infection and with her breathing issue, it’s just really frustrating and sad for her so I am very grateful I was home all week!)
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I do apologize for the blur. I’d retake it, but the battery died so you get what you get today!
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