Easter Greetings 2017

Happity Hoppity Easter Friends!

I thought I would show you what it takes for my Lee to make my postcard every year.

First Lee makes the paper.  Well that is sort of a misnomer.  You take scrap paper that we like the color of and shred it and put it into the blender with water to form a loose paste.  Then you pour it onto a screen and press with another screen. 

Sometimes we add flower seeds to our paper.

When it dries you very gently pull it off the screen.

We find vintage postcards at tag sales that Lee likes to somewhat imitate together to form our one card.

We spray an additive on before Lee starts to sketch so the color is less likely to run.

We use calligraphy pens with different color inks and watercolor paints.  Pens for detail and brushes for background.

You have to work around the picture and let it dry often so the colors don't bleed and it takes awhile.

When finished we spray again.  Then we have the postcard printed.

From a plain piece to a painted postcard.

Last year, 2016, now look!

Our creeping phlox that we planted on our newly built stone wall last year looks beautiful for Easter.

Our other stone wall has blue myrtle flowers blooming and ivy.

 Lee says no pee pee here. 

This year Lee is trying white roses and white hydrangea and red tulips for our table setting with blue dyed eggs.

Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend mine

Signing Off
Sweet William The Scot