There were a number of goodies in the shoebox today, and though we only had time to get to two of them, they were both winners I thought.
First was a letter and contribution from Elizabeth Fishel of Nielton, Wash. Elizabeth is the viewer who sent us the very practical and nice looking craft caddy that she had made from empty coffee cans . . . the one with the drawer pull handle that we showed on a past program.
This time Elizabeth sent a lovely selection of greeting cards that she made, all featuring pieces of wallpaper that she had gleaned from old wallpaper books . . . the ones you can usually get free for the asking at your local paint and wallpaper store. Though Elizabeth considers herself mainly a rubber stamper, she has found that rubber stamping doesn't take well to wallpaper so the cards feature any "Happy Birthday", "Get Well Soon", etc., messages stamped on the inside. The cards themselves seem to be of card stock. They are the standard 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" size. On the front of each she had used wallpaper cut outs with each one being very different from the others (figure A and B). Several featured cutout flowers on top of a floral or contrasting background. Added dimension was given by putting adhesive-backed foam dots between the cutout and the background. They were all very creative and neatly executed.
The second letter was from Gayle Stavru of Concord, N.H., who stated that she was an art teacher in the elementary school there for 14 years and taught her students about polymer clay, water color, baskets, Ukranian egg designs and most recently, pressed leaf pictures. Her inspiration for the leaf pictures came from a book titled, Look What I Did With A Leaf by Morteza Sohi and published by Walker and Company.
The book is filled with photographs of animal pictures that have been made by putting a variety of leaves together to form the animals (figure C and D). The book includes a variety of tips and suggestions on leaf gathering, what to do and how to do it, kinds of leaves and where to find them along with photographs of the actual leaves. A great book for projects that are inexpensive, that teach and than can be a challenge to all ages. Terrific!
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