I've always had this thing about sunflowers....
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| "Oh, I'm as happy as a big sunflower that nods and bends in the breezes..." |
That's Pa Ingall's "Trouble Song" from the "Little House on the Prairie" series of books. It stuck in my mind for the last 2 1/2 decades, and I'm sure that sunflowers became the flower to lighten any mood as a result. So, when I found a bunch of silk sunflowers that had been damaged, I just couldn't leave them to be landfill fodder. Those flowers were made to lighten people's day.
I cut away the damaged parts, and made them into flower pens.
Now, I don't know if anyone reading this is ever uncertain about the value of their artistic endeavors, but I constantly am. While I was making these, I kept thinking, "Good gracious, what's the point of making these? A million people have made them before me--am I wasting my time?"
Then my oldest daughter saw what I was doing, and put everything in perspective...
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| "I love flower pens!" |
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| "This one is MINE!" |
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| "I want to keep it FOREVER!" |
And she's written me three "I lov mi Momy" notes with it since.
Yeah, I love making stuff. Making stuff with THEM is the best part.
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