tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109022462008-05-19T13:03:23.697-07:00Rebekah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03148060925667902336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10902246.post-78258382267494786162007-07-07T15:16:00.000-07:002007-07-07T15:17:18.324-07:00it all happened in a small town in georgia...clarkesville, georgia...that's where pressed flower artists gathered in the summer of 2007 and were made richer in spirit for having done so...<br /><br />they came from all over!...and although some of them had met before, many of them had not...but, you wouldn't have known it!:-)...they chattered like school girls...giggles and whispers and lots and lots of shared laughter:-)...they ranged in age from 12-94 but it was hard to tell who was younger or older with all the excitement bubbling through the room...<br /><br />they learned things like how to make a flamingo out of pink larkspur...beeswax and flowers were turned into pins...nightlights and cards...new products and gadgets...pool parties and hikes to waterfalls...they shared memories and laughter...meals and tweezers...commiserated about traffic and asked about children and parents...three incredible, learning packed, fun days all brought together because of a shared passion for the flower!:-)<br /><br />and then the famous whistle blew!!!:-)...the highlight of the conference is to begin!:-)...on your mark...get set...go!:-)...kate, simona, beth, sarah...names being called one after another...faster and faster!!!...imagine a huge table, piled high with packages of flowers from all over the world...and a huge group of women running back and forth nabbing a pack when their name is called...then sitting back down, backs stiff, on the edge of their seats waiting...waiting...for their name to be called for the next round...squeals and mad dashes to the table searching for just the right flower for the idea blossoming in their heads......what a sight we must have been to the people peeking in the window:-)Rebekah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03148060925667902336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10902246.post-1158087546830285322006-09-12T11:56:00.000-07:002006-09-12T11:59:06.843-07:00<a href="pictures.1"><img src="http://flowerox.com/images/tribute_to_bee_200607.jpg" border="0" align="right"></a>let me tell you a story:-)<br /><br />i was standing on my porch, i really love my porch:-)...and i heard a sound!...a big sound!...i looked up...and sawdust fell in my eye!...it was a bee!...a great big carpenter bee!...and it was eating my porch!...not good!...<br /><br />well, i wanted him and his buddies to go away, but i didn't feel right about using poison...so, i thought and thought and finally it came to me!:-)...duct tape!:-)...i stuck a piece on the end of my broomstick and carefully balancing and stretching, stretching...plop!...i dabbed a two inch square of that tape right over his hole!..ha!...i did it!...no more bee:-)...or so i thought!...<br /><br />the next morning a perfect hole was drilled through the duct tape...directly over the original hole!...now it was war!...next came another layer of duct tape...then (tricky me)...aluminum tape!...they'll never get through that!:-)...wrong!...the next morning...well, you know the rest:-)<br /><br />so, i decided to take a step back...literally!...the sawdust pile was growing!...and think about this a little...hmmmm the bee has never tried to hurt me...sometimes it follows me around the garden in the morning...clumsily bumbling about in it's ponderous way...looking at me curiously...honeybees are decreasing because of pesticides, but this guy is taking the time to pollinate my flowers for me:-)...maybe he has something to teach me:-)...<br /><br />so, i quit with the tape and decided to make a tribute to the bee:-)...i thought maybe if i honored him, he would gracefully move his home into the woods:-)...didn't work, but we have learned to live in harmony:-)...<br /><br />and that's how the bee picture was born:-)<br /><br />rebekah:-)Rebekah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03148060925667902336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10902246.post-1155306423921338002006-08-11T07:24:00.000-07:002006-08-11T07:39:16.920-07:00Rebekah has a whole new way to make great pictures. <a href="http://flowerox.com/main.php/pictures.1">Check it out!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://flowerox.com/main.php/pictures.1"><img src="http://flowerox.com/images/seahorse_200607.jpg" border="0"></a>Rebekah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03148060925667902336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10902246.post-1109771605756953572005-03-02T05:51:00.000-08:002005-03-02T05:53:25.756-08:00March 4-6 All Day - Rebekah will be at the Randolph Mall in Asheboro, NC as part of an Arts and Crafts show. Come check out her new work as well as all the other cool arts and crafts.Rebekah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03148060925667902336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10902246.post-1108668042623014502005-02-17T11:15:00.000-08:002005-02-18T10:11:17.430-08:00You can meet pressed flower artist Rebekah Smith in person.<br /><br />She'll be attending and teaching at the <a href="http://www.wwpfg.org/info/conference/conf_index.htm" target="_blank">World Wide Pressed Flower Guild's Eastern Conference</a> in Jonesborough, TN, June 9-12, 2005.<br /><br />Come to the conference! Meet Rebekah and other artists and have a great time!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wwpfg.org/info/conference/conf_index.htm" target="_blank">Click here for more on the WWPFG Eastern Conference.</a>Rebekah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03148060925667902336noreply@blogger.com