Spring!


There will not be a new craft tutorial this week. Finals start the end of this week, so I'm swamped with grading, and to make matters worse, I had the plague last week...ok, it wasn't the plague, but a really nasty cold virus/influenza-ish type thing that I'm still getting over. Needless to say, I missed a bunch of school at the wrong time of the semester, so I had no time or energy for a project.  So I thought I'd share a photo I took of my lilacs last week before I got sick.

If you're still in a crafting mood, here's a throwback to a project I did last spring: Alcohol Ink Dyed Silk Flower Wreath (Faux Gerber Daisy Wreath).


See you next week with a new project (fingers crossed, knock on wood).

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