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Spring — Handmade Details & Botanical Ephemera

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A small stick from outside used as a base for a mushroom scene. The stems of the colorful red, orange and orange-yellow mushrooms are nails. The caps are hand-painted clay with white dot details.
A small stick from outside used as a base for a mushroom scene. The stems of the colorful red, orange and orange-yellow mushrooms are nails. The caps are hand-painted clay with white dot details.

Botanical Ephemera & Handmade Ideas For Spring

Early greens and handmade details inspired by thrift-store finds and everyday pieces often overlooked.

Wood framed bird print. Two birds, they are vintage chromolithographs with soft color craduations in how the oranges and yellows blend into the blues and greens. This was achieved by layering different colored stones (litho stones) during the printing process. The rich thick hand-hune wood frame compliments the amber tones of the birds and tree branch floral. This was an amazing thrift store find and one of a pair of framed prints.
Closeup of two birds, they are vintage chromolithographs with soft color graduations in how the oranges and yellows blend into the blues and greens. This was achieved by layering different colored stones (litho stones) during the printing process. The rich thick hand-hune wood frame compliments the amber tones of the birds and tree branch floral. This was an amazing thrift store find and one of a pair of framed prints.

A Thrifted Find

I found these beautiful, rustic bird prints early on, while there was still snow on the ground.

Early Spring Arrangement

Wheat grass and a few antique store finds.

Wheat grass in a copper fluted deep dish serving as a fairy garden vessel with delecate etching and a miniature resin piece with blue bird sitting in a broken jug.
Closeup holding a miniature resin piece that has a decorative broken ceramic jug with a few small roses along the back and a tiny blue bird peering out the hole making himself cozy inside.
Closeup of a green floral in a light aqua blue ceramic watering can with a bird motif on the side and a ladybug on the spout. This piece is used in a miniature fairy garden setting with a bird in a broken jug set in wheat grass below.

Free Printable Finest Seeds Poster

From the studio to print and keep. 11″ x 14″— download here.

Finest Seeds - a vintage illustration and free to download printable poster available in 11" x 14" size featuring flowers in orange, light pink and peach tones with olive leaves and stems. The type Finest Seeds is ins a wide swooping format that looks like it flows around the flowers. The type is in black and serif with serif vintage type in green at the bottom of the poster that says 'Garden Annuals-Perennials'.
Photo of a wooden seed box made from an upcycled recipe box. The box was painted a chippy olive green. It features a white daisy stenciled on the front and the word 'seed' stenciled in white at the top.
Lilly of the valley line art illuatration in olive green and accent for the Spring Collected blog post.
Rectangular white enamelware pan with rust and a black rim repurposed as a decor piece with light green and yellow hydrangea branch motif.

Worn Enamelware

Full of character and renewed purpose.

Vintage round white enamelware bowl with a black rim and a bouquet of roses motif printed on the inside repurposed as decor.

Free Botanical Garden Cards

A set of four—download and print here.

Three botanical cards on ivory paper strung as garland with twine. These are one color line art illustrations in forest green printed on ivory card stock. Flower Shop with a square flower border, Botanical garden, a round seal with a flower in the middle. From the Garden in an oval shpa with leaf motif crest. Simple, beautiful card that can be cut and printed for numerous uses from note cards to ephemera.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

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Square feature photo and closeup photo of a slice of moist chocolatey cake with a coconut center on a white dessert plate. In the background is a hint at the full Bundt cake missing slices so you can see that the coconut tunnel runs throughout the cake.
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