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It is Spring here in the Sandhills of NC
Hello everyone , I hope life is treating you well .
I have been rather busy lately myself in my life .
We also have our first signs of Spring popping up ,smile !
As some of you know I started a blog called ,
" World Wide Flower Pressers and Artist "
flowerpressersworldwide.blogspot.com/
I have enjoyed doing this very much ! I have gotten to know these artist on such a different level. Their craft and styles vary as much as the cool tips !
Not just secrets of how they do their craft but why they do what they do ?
What gave them the passion to cut a flower from it's stem at it's prime .Carefully position each piece or maybe each petal, in a certain kind of press that works for ' That Flower ' and then pile weight on top. Then wait sometimes as long as a month for it to press and dry ! It can be addictive to some of us.
The blog has been going very well ! We have had over 2200 visits already and just started the interviews near the first of the year .
I am going to be very busy soon ,hopefully ,so I will probably not be posting much till I get a lot of new art created to show You!
Please check in with the Presser's Blog there is some great information there.
Till then I will wish You a Flower Filled Spring , Peace
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I have been rather busy lately myself in my life .
We also have our first signs of Spring popping up ,smile !
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| From My Pressed art of 2011 |
As some of you know I started a blog called ,
" World Wide Flower Pressers and Artist "
flowerpressersworldwide.blogspot.com/
I have enjoyed doing this very much ! I have gotten to know these artist on such a different level. Their craft and styles vary as much as the cool tips !
Not just secrets of how they do their craft but why they do what they do ?
What gave them the passion to cut a flower from it's stem at it's prime .Carefully position each piece or maybe each petal, in a certain kind of press that works for ' That Flower ' and then pile weight on top. Then wait sometimes as long as a month for it to press and dry ! It can be addictive to some of us.
The blog has been going very well ! We have had over 2200 visits already and just started the interviews near the first of the year .
I am going to be very busy soon ,hopefully ,so I will probably not be posting much till I get a lot of new art created to show You!
Please check in with the Presser's Blog there is some great information there.
Till then I will wish You a Flower Filled Spring , Peace
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| From Around Home in 2011 |
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BlogBlast For Peace "Dona Nobis Pacem"
I am so proud to be a part of a Blogblast going on . I have written a blog for this and You can find the link below to my blog . Please share this event with others.
Somewhere in the world BlogBlast For Peace is dawning.
BlogBlast For Peace is an online community of international bloggers,Facebook users and Tweeters who annually "blog for peace". We believe that if words are powerful, then this matters. The peace globe posts began in 2006 and spread from blog to blog. It has become an online movement with thousands participating from 50 countries. Our next event is November 4, 2010. BlogBlast For Peace is a way to get involved,a way to have a voice. If you would like to share our vision for global peace, please join us as we make this a priority. Fly a peace globe,write a post, learn about your neighbor across the continent, on the other side of the world, or even next door. Around a global table of peacemakers....anything is possible. Mimi Lenox the founder of the Peace Globe Blogblast
Mimi even gave me a badge for working so hard to get this going !
Please come by my blog and see my blog for peace .
Terica's Flower Impressions blog
this cool Petals of Peace was created by
Stephanie King Janisch at http://www.secondnaturedesigns.blogspot.com/
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Flowers are like Smiles
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| this pretty fairy is Violet . |
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| My baby boy Billy and his family . Stormy and son Brad Lee. |
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| seldom seen a photo of me , I tend to be the 1 with the camera , | plus my dog Ginger. |
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| Kids at an Pressed Flower Class i helped teach. |
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| more proud artist. |
Please leave a comment if these made You smile!
Also please hit the share button and give someone else a smile.
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How to grow passion flowers / Passiflora incarnata/Maypop
Passiflora incarnata, commonly known as May-pop, Purple passionflower, True passionflower, Wild apricot, and Wild passion vine, is a fast growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems.
The Maypops are a common roadside weed, found throughout many areas of the Southeastern United States where it often grows in large masses in ditches and open fields.
This is a subtropical representative of this mostly tropical family. However, unlike the more tropical cousins, this particular species is hardy enough to withstand the cold down to -4°F (-20°C) before its roots die (it is native as far north as Pennsylvania and has been cultivated as far north as Boston and Chicago.)
It enjoys some popularity as a native plant with edible fruit and few pests.
The History of the Passion Flower
Passiflora incarnata derived the early common name of Maypop from the way it just seems to 'Pop' out of the ground in May.Maypops were eventually renamed as the Passion Flower by missionaries in the early 1500s.
The missionaries believed (or professed) that several parts of the plant, including the petals, rays, and sepals, symbolized features of the crucifixion of Christ.
Regardless of what you choose to call the Passiflora incarnata vine, these 3 inch diameter flowers are very unique and beautiful.
How to grow from seeds
Seed germination, sowing instructions for Passion flower. Passiflora incarnata is easy to grow from seeds.
Evergreen, fast growing climber. Pre-soak seed overnight in warm water. Best sowing time is winter or early spring. Germination can take several months! Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle. If you want to grow your plants outdoors, it is best to keep them in the house/greenhouse for their first winter and plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring, after the last expected frosts. Passiflora prefers a moist but well drained soil, and sunny location. Hardy to about -15 degrees C. To overwinter outdoors, cut down to the ground and mulch the roots well in late autumn to protect them from the cold.
As with other passifloras, it is the larval food of a number of butterfly species, including the Zebra longwing and Gulf Fritillary .
Here are some pretty pictures of it from my friend Laura .
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here's Laura's blog forestwalkart.blogspot.com
Read more: How to Grow Passiflora Incarnata | Garden Guides http://www.gardenguides.com/67927-grow-passiflora-incarnata.html#ixzz10DSiLZ7v
Read more: Passion Flower or Maypop | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_6368098_passion-flower-maypop.html#ixzz10S5cluZm
How to keep it growing http://www.gardenguides.com/67927-grow-passiflora-incarnata.html
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Garden Movie for Mrs. Flora
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A DePressing Summer and blogging about it!
Hello Everyone It has been a while since I posted here to my website.
The truth is I have been very busy blogging on my blogs.
Pressing and De-Pressing flowers. Please come by my blogs and check them out .
Some day I will get a real website up till then I will blog. You can also find me on Facebook too look for FlowerImpressions.
The truth is I have been very busy blogging on my blogs.
Pressing and De-Pressing flowers. Please come by my blogs and check them out .
Some day I will get a real website up till then I will blog. You can also find me on Facebook too look for FlowerImpressions.
Peace and Happy summer .
I love posting just not a web designer
check for the links on the side to my blogs .
check for the links on the side to my blogs .
Faux orchids / Pressed Flower Art / January 2010 class / food art
Hi all here is my newest creation !
I take my classes at WWPFG.org ! they have the classes for download after the main class has been at private class directed online by the teacher in a discussion group for a month!!
A whole month of asking any question you have , hearing experiences others are having , and the best help and encouragement from your experienced Master Teacher!
Irina Orlova has a wonderful picture site Irina's picture site
She shows some of the pictures that have been done in the classes also some I still cant wait to learn!
The picture above was my finished product . I took it apart several times in between !
1st it was a loose piece ,then the orchids looked too big. then it needed just a little more white!
You can click the pictures for a bigger view . I even have a tiny bee in it!
This is a raised glass frame that made it perfect for this project since it is not Pressed to the glass as most Pressed Flower Art you see .
here are the mediums I used to do this picture.
I used a collage of Fall leaves for the background
white and red onions peels for the orchids flowers
purple grass seeds and tiny white bouquets of of blanket of snow !
last but not least my little bee. I love those little creatures and this one needed a safe place .
Try a class sometime they have them online at http://www.wwpfg.org/store/index.htm
for beginners to Master. some free too. It amazing what good instructions can help You create !
I love Pressed Flowers and Thrift Stores
I am so excited ! I love Pressed Flowers as You all know. I also love going to yard sales and thrift stores! I love to go find things to Up-cycle . I am a thrifty person by nature . anyway on with my all time Cool find.
I went to my favorite thrift store less than 2miles from me!!
I love going in there and look at their boxes of frames to see if I can find anything for my pressed flowers or find Pressed Flower Pictures !?
Well this time I found this homemade antique looking frame with kinda over sized wooden leaves at 3 out of 4 corners. With a faded laminated pressed flower arrangement that I almost passed up . I have been trying not to get things I have to fix before using because I don't get to it??
So I sat it down , looked at another box of frames saw someone pick up my old one and put it down . Well I went to pick it up (thinking I'll buy it to see if I can find out Who did the picture ?I pick it up and the back came half off . There I find a Surprise. A note and a tin picture !! I am flipping out digging for the missing piece of leaf for the frame then .there is 1 more box I haven't looked through yet! I was so shocked when there is another frame and picture as the other in the box ! When I picked it up I found another tin picture on the backside of the picture but no back to the frame ? i dug back through the other 2 boxes very carefully and found the back in 1 and a note in the last of the second picture!
Is that not just wild ! I bought them ,brought them home and started tearing them down and doing some home-work !?!
I found out these folks are in the history of donated land to UNC .
Here's the Pictures and then I will give you some links on info about them.You can click them to see them bigger!
Side by side again at least on my site .
Rev. Wilson Atwater , married Eleanor McCauley, on 12/23/1819.
He was minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South; died 7/31/1885.
Eleanor's Father and uncle donated 250 acres of land to founding UNC . more details below.
Eleanor's Father and uncle donated 250 acres of land to founding UNC . more details below.
There was lots of little things i found digging around!
I guess I should also say I am a Research nut , I LOVE finding things like these pictures and putting a Real story with it. It took hours of searching but here is what I found.
The site I found does not have her picture yet! Hopefully I will learn more and I will update then! Enjoy .
Reverend Wilson Atwater
| Birth: | Dec. 3, 1797 |
| Death: | Jul. 31, 1885 |
Spouse:
Burial:
Carrboro
Orange County
North Carolina, USA
Plot: Grave 2
Created by: Lost History
Record added: Jul 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 3935101
Eleanor McCauley Atwater
Birth: Dec. 9, 1801
Death: Mar. 2, 1872
Daughter of Matthew and Martha Johnston McCauley, who are buried in the McCauley Family Cemetery.
Wife of the Reverend Wilson Atwater.
Family links:
Parents:
Matthew McCauley (1750 - 1832) Martha Ann Johnston McCauley (1760 - 1848)
Spouse: Wilson Atwater (1797 - 1885)
Inscription:
"Dead, yet liveth"
Burial: pics of site
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=39351015&CRid=2313771& style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" />
Atwater Family Cemetery
Carrboro
Orange County
North Carolina, USA
Created by: Lost History
Record added: Jul 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 39350980
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Birth: Dec. 9, 1801
Death: Mar. 2, 1872
Daughter of Matthew and Martha Johnston McCauley, who are buried in the McCauley Family Cemetery.
Wife of the Reverend Wilson Atwater.
Family links:
Parents:
Matthew McCauley (1750 - 1832) Martha Ann Johnston McCauley (1760 - 1848)
Spouse: Wilson Atwater (1797 - 1885)
Inscription:
"Dead, yet liveth"
Burial: pics of site
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=39351015&CRid=2313771&
Carrboro
Orange County
North Carolina, USA
Created by: Lost History
Record added: Jul 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 39350980
Elainor's Father , Capt. Matthew McCauley. born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland (source :McCauley Family Papers, 1788-1872, University of North Carolina). Their family were supposedly shipbuilders. They migrated to Orange County, North Carolina before the American Revolution.
During the Revolutionary War McCauley survived the harsh Pennsylvania weather at Valley Forge to return to Orange County where he donated 150 acres of land to assist in the founding of the University of North Carolina.
The McCauley family included Matthew McCauley, Sr. (1750-1832), who moved from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, to Orange County, N.C., prior to the American Revolution, served in the 10th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army, and, with his brother William, donated 250 acres for the University of North Carolina; and Matthew McCauley, Jr. (born 1803), was the youngest child of 10 of Matthew McCauley, Sr., and his wife, Martha Johnston McCauley.
During the Revolutionary War McCauley survived the harsh Pennsylvania weather at Valley Forge to return to Orange County where he donated 150 acres of land to assist in the founding of the University of North Carolina.
The McCauley family included Matthew McCauley, Sr. (1750-1832), who moved from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, to Orange County, N.C., prior to the American Revolution, served in the 10th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army, and, with his brother William, donated 250 acres for the University of North Carolina; and Matthew McCauley, Jr. (born 1803), was the youngest child of 10 of Matthew McCauley, Sr., and his wife, Martha Johnston McCauley.
Matthew McCauley father of Elainor Atwater , helped start a Congregational Christian church .
Congregational Christian
The Christian Church was born in protest against ecclesiasticism and the denial of individual freedom in the Methodist Episcopal Church, especially where it concerned appointing ministers. The movement organized under the name of Republican Methodists, which name was later changed to Christian. The founder, James O'Kelly, migrated to North Carolina, organized and was the first pastor of the Damascus Christian Church in the year 1797. A Christian Church was organized in the 19th century in the town of Hillsborough, but did not flourish and was later absorbed by the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hillsborough. Later, the Christian Church and the Congregational Church merged.
Churches:
Damascus Congregational Christian Church was organized in 1797; leaders were Col. Matthew McCauley, John Wilson and Jesse Neville; first pastor was James O'Kelley; present building erected in 1892.
more info here http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34591143
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Father of Rev. Wilson Atwater
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20Documents/atwater%20info/cem048.htm
Father of Rev. Wilson Atwater
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20Documents/atwater%20info/cem048.htm
MOSES ATWATER , grave site location
Location: Baldwin Township. 1100 feet south of SR 1540, Jones Ferry Road, 200 feet east of masonry dwelling on parcel 72126, Carolyn H. Barrett property, called Storybook Farm.
On 3 February 2001, this site was inspected by Will Heiser and Lamont Norwood. In the Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery (D15.1), there is a bronze plaque for Moses Atwater which says he was buried 1¬ miles east. At this location there is a monument with the notation: "80 feet west are graves of Moses Atwater and wife Amy Wilson [with their years]. Original Monument being destroyed [this monument] erected by descendants, 1975." Lamont Norwood remembers the story that the original markers were bulldozed and the area plowed over
Location: Baldwin Township. 1100 feet south of SR 1540, Jones Ferry Road, 200 feet east of masonry dwelling on parcel 72126, Carolyn H. Barrett property, called Storybook Farm.
On 3 February 2001, this site was inspected by Will Heiser and Lamont Norwood. In the Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery (D15.1), there is a bronze plaque for Moses Atwater which says he was buried 1¬ miles east. At this location there is a monument with the notation: "80 feet west are graves of Moses Atwater and wife Amy Wilson [with their years]. Original Monument being destroyed [this monument] erected by descendants, 1975." Lamont Norwood remembers the story that the original markers were bulldozed and the area plowed over
Owner: Carolyn H. Barrett.
Legal Description: Parcel 72126, Deed 1327/408 Plat 96/122. Deed 632-503, 28 Dec 1993, George Warren Barrett, Sr., and wife Mary M. to George Warren Barrett, Jr. and wife Carolyn H. Barrett.
Topo Quadrant: Bynum.
Family owned: Yes.
Maintained but not used: Yes.
Number of graves: 2.
Cemetery size: 10' x 10'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. On private property
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 2.
Last burial: 1852.
First burial: 1836.
1. Amy Wilson Atwater, (b. 1775 - d. 1852) Wife of Moses Atwater
2. Moses Atwater (b. 1780 - d. 1836)
Legal Description: Parcel 72126, Deed 1327/408 Plat 96/122. Deed 632-503, 28 Dec 1993, George Warren Barrett, Sr., and wife Mary M. to George Warren Barrett, Jr. and wife Carolyn H. Barrett.
Topo Quadrant: Bynum.
Family owned: Yes.
Maintained but not used: Yes.
Number of graves: 2.
Cemetery size: 10' x 10'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. On private property
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 2.
Last burial: 1852.
First burial: 1836.
1. Amy Wilson Atwater, (b. 1775 - d. 1852) Wife of Moses Atwater
2. Moses Atwater (b. 1780 - d. 1836)
"Orig. monument being destroyed, Erected by Descendants, 1975" "80 feet west are graves of:". Monument also in Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cem. (D15.1).
Miscellaneous information: Single monument with inscription "80 feet west of here are graves of Moses Atwater and wife Amy Wilson [with their years]. Original monument being destroyed, and [this monument] erected by descendants 1975.".
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser/ Lamont Norwood. Date: 3 Feb 2001. Coordinate corrections made per Heiser's location on map and ownership info updated on 12 Jul 2008
UP-Cycling With flowers for Swap-bot and friends
Hi all , Here are a few pics of some things I have been playing with.
I love to Up-cycle ,
I love to Up-cycle ,
this is taking something and recreating it into something else or fix up & reuse.
The frame of the last big leaf pic I did , came from the Recycling center (aka dump)
The frame of the last big leaf pic I did , came from the Recycling center (aka dump)
the print is on the back of my pic, LOL .
I found a full size paper cutter last year!!! Anyway ...
#1 the confetti magnet , much prettier in person. Is a lid from the icing cup in the canned Cinnamon buns . I used a pink marker to highlight it. then used botanical glue to add and seal petal confetti from a card sadly "picked on by the PO" from a friend!! then a simple quote for the occasion " live it up"! lightly coat again with B -glue . then add magnet on the back! done :o)
#2 first one " I love flowers magnet " is a smaller lid , gold pen on back ground , lacy sticker, laminated flowers and a punched out heart. magnet on back!
second in pic .laminated cut out from 4 years ago with tiny flowers . magnet on back.
second in pic .laminated cut out from 4 years ago with tiny flowers . magnet on back.
#3 .laminated and cut out azalea with gold ribbon .easy other was sticker ribbon and hole punched hearts!
#4 & 5 are of an ATC " artist trading card " it is a mixed media thing but a GOOD way to pass the word about Pressed Flowers too!
This is my first ATC I thought I was through with it then decided to add one more trick to it! i started to use sanwa but was too cheap (this is a swap not sale) so I used stretched out used dryer sheet instead.
hope you like them . I will be adding these and more to my blog hope fully today.
Still have to make a Heart ribbon bookmark , made one but it isn't heartsy !
Off to the PO ,will check in later and let you know about the blog!
Happy creating all!
This is my first ATC I thought I was through with it then decided to add one more trick to it! i started to use sanwa but was too cheap (this is a swap not sale) so I used stretched out used dryer sheet instead.
hope you like them . I will be adding these and more to my blog hope fully today.
Still have to make a Heart ribbon bookmark , made one but it isn't heartsy !
Off to the PO ,will check in later and let you know about the blog!
Happy creating all!
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PRESSED FLOWER ART I hope that my art honors and dignifies nature, animals and plants. It is a special gift that allows me to see and present the essential natural beauty of any living thing. I love blogging about my art and garden . Sadly I am not good at websites so I don't get much done here yet.
