pressed flowers, mother teresa and ukeleles!:-)

 

pressed flowers, mother teresa and ukeleles!:-)

i've always loved this quote often attributed to mother teresa...

" I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there."

in the spirit of, let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me, i have created a new line of jewelry...flowers for peace!:-)...

these are the first few...the peace signs were created from a rose leaf, a cabbage leaf, an autumn leaf and a faded lily...placed on a background of various leaves or petals...the one on the far right is a bit difficult to see but, it has tiny gold threads behind the peace sign:-)...

i will be placing these in my etsy shop soon!:-)...

http://www.etsy.com/shop/flowerart

they will also be available at the international folk festival in fayetteville, september 24th and 25th...stop by and say hello:-)...

http://www.theartscouncil.com/international-folk-festival.php

twenty percent of all sales generated by flowers for peace will be donated to a non-profit that is teaching children about peace through music...ukelele music!:-)...thanks paul for all you do!:-)

you can find out more about what ukeleles for peace is doing here...

http://www.ukulelesforpeace.com/

enjoy,

rebekah:-)

pressed flowers, braising greens and horses?:-)

 

pressed flowers, braising greens and horses?:-)

yep!:-)...and this is how it happened!:-)

we are so lucky to live in our little town!:-)...surrounded by farmers, we have access to fresh, local, wonderful food...we belong to a group called carolina grown... https://carolinagrown.org/ ...it's incredible!:-)

every week we go online and order our groceries for the week...all from north carolina farms...we're supporting local farmers, getting fresh, wonderful food and have cut our grocery bill almost in half!:-)...and to top it off, we're reducing our carbon footprint by not driving to the store!...they deliver!:-)

we get lots and lots of veggies and not all of them make it to the dinner table!...some go right in the press...and that's what happened this time!:-)

the braising greens turned a beauty-full golden color with just a hint of green...i love how the veins became more prominent and give the horse texture...:-)

suzanne's generous gift of pampas grass was just right for his mane and tail!:-)...

what fun!:-)

carolina grown, thank you!:-)...bet you had no idea where some of your produce ended up!:-)

enjoy,

rebekah:-)

pressed flowers, grapevine and peace!:-)

 

pressed flowers, grapevine and peace!:-)

the latest in the peace series...

i started doing peace flowerart a number of years ago...incorporating a peace sign into what i was making...i was sitting here thinking about my friend, terica, (a strong peace advocate)...she is also an avid blogger and connects with people all over the planet...hmmmmmm...:-)

and so,... connect with peace was born:-)...from terica connecting with people in peace all over the planet:-)...you can learn more about what she is doing to promote peace here... http://flowersbyterica.blogspot.com/2011/07/96-of-my-reasons-i-blog4peace-gratitude.html

connect with peace is made of little pieces of flowers and leaves all blended together to form three intertwined peace signs...surrounded with wild grapevine harvested from our property...

grapevine is rich in symbolism...it represents peace and abundance...it seemed like just the right thing to surround the peace signs!:-)

and that's my wish for the world:-)...that just like the blooms and the leaves, we will all blend together and intertwine into a peaceful planet!:-)

thank you, terica, for always inspiring me!:-)

enjoy,

rebekah:-)