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Ohh.... I have not been well girl so apologies for the absence.  I have battled with a chest infection and am now hopefully out of the woods.  My house however, looks remarkably like a bomb has gone off several times. 

Anyway, in between all the illness misery last week was jam packed full of birthdays.... my lovely friend Mags turned 40, my eldest daughter turned 11 and my husband.. well he caught up with me!

As it was a special birthday I set to making my friend a keepsake gift.  Totally inspired by the wonderous work of Viv, I found a little craft box in our local craft store and set to making it a memory keeper.  I painted it with off white emulsion paint first and then delved into my scraps box for some inspiration.

And then I had a go at flower printing for her birthday card, as explained by Alys Fowler on the Edible Garden.  I took a beautiful pansy head from out of the garden, placed it under a scrap of linen and the bashed it hard with a rolling pin! 

and out came the print of the flower on the other side... magic!  

It was great carving out some time to make something different. 

I am trying to catch up with all my emails this week, as last week was a total washout, so I apologise if I haven't replied to you, and will be doing so gradually this week.

Enjoy the sunshine everyone xx

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[http://heidi-talesofsnowdropcottage.blogspot.com/]

Hi Nicky,
Glad you are feeling better,still suffering at this end!!
Clever you,love the idea with the flower painting,might try that myself & relieve some tension with the rolling pin at the same time!! xx

[Mrs Bun]

What a beautiful gift. So hard sometimes to find the time, but I bet you were so gald you did.

Lisa x

[Bellaboo]

Glad you are feeling better.No time is a good time to be ill ,but especially not now!I imagine your friend will be so touched and thrilled that you took so much time and trouble to make that lovely card.

Bellaboo :0)

[Anne Donald]

Some years ago I was on a stand at a quilt show. On the next stand was a quilter (whose name I've forgotten) demonstrating how to do flower printing - but she used a hammer ...... three days of her going bang, bang, bang ......

[sheila c. titcombe]

Hope you are on the mend now. With all this *weather* nasty things are certainly doing their rounds !! Loved the keepsake box. I too am going to have a go at the flower bashing .......... loved Alys Fowler's programmes, so inspiring. Regarding the bomb site house, my Mum says dust only gets so thick then no thicker !!!

[Samantha]

Sorry to hear that you have been sick. I LOVE the pressed flower behind linen! You have totally inspired me. I have a thing about pansies at the moment, and you have put a little thought in my head ... :-)