i've made paper flowers at least once a year for as long as i can remember, and i totally make them en masse. i have tissue paper left over from years before, so it's kinda cool to mix up the colors & pipe cleaners.
so this is what i had on friday night:
a good beginning but not quite done yet.
i went over to punchy's at the dolores HQ for the sidewalk bbq halloween edition. i find the two rambunctious kiddos that belong to the neighborhood. the sentiment "it takes a village" definitely applies to these two.
so i walk in with a mission to make a bunch of flowers outside while at the bbq, but the kiddos were running around and saying city kid things, so i got them around me and asked them if they wanted to learn. the girl, who was dressed as a pretty ballerina princess with pretty incredible face paint, immediately got to work. her little first grade fingers kinda stumbled, but she liked it a lot.
then the boy, R, a 2nd grader with the mouth of a 7th grader, sat down and wanted to learn too. i told them he could either wear them (yaaah, riiiiight) or give them to his mom, grandma, aunt, etc. he said ok. score, i win!
(change your life, ride a trike...)
(change your life, ride a trike...)
then the bbq happened. some things happened during it we'd rather forget, but chalk it up to another bbq in our pocket.
i still wasn't done with my bici basket, but i waited until later that night. the boo and i had a nice dinner, people watched, took pics.
then we went home (before i was ready to i think...), and i sat and made flowers for probably like 3 hours straight. i then came out with color saturated flowers that i could be ok with for my altar. phew, that was a few hours more of my weekend. and we're only at the end of saturday.
(soon after i parked my bike here, this bike messenger asked me, "are you normally this festive, or is it halloween leftovers?" i replied, "it's for day of the dead." the bike messenger nodded, "oh yeah!." cool monday morning interaction.)
9 comments:
your bici y las flores = ♥!!
she loves them :) smiles all over the place.
That looks cool!
It weird but Dia De Los Muertos wasn't real big where I grew up on the southern border of Texas.
that does seem a bit weird. i would think it might depend where on the texas border one grows up. i'll have to ask the mama texican what her experience was.
Beautiful! You'll have to post a how-to on those flowers; I would love to make some for my bike (or my house). They look great on your mixte.
thanks guys! i would love to do a how-to-post. stay tuned. :)
I still have everything but the papel picado on my basket. I can't decide if I want to take it off or just put a ton more on before the rain : )
i say the more the merrier before the rain!! then it's back to being practical and water resistant. i'm gonna keep my flowers on there for as long as i can. which means friday.
i say the more the merrier before the rain!! then it's back to being practical and water resistant. i'm gonna keep my flowers on there for as long as i can. which means friday.
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