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*Copyright 2012 Laura Grisham

How to make your own Spring using DUCK TAPE:
1. Get on U-Tube & look up directions (you won't be inspired....sigh)
2. Decide what flower you want to try to make.
3. Drive all over town looking for the Dukt Tape you will need.
4. Buy decent pens with caps or, to make large flowers, bamboo skewers.
5. Gather scissors, x-acto knife, glue, ribbon, florist tape and permanent marker.
6. Get creative and figure out how to do this on your own!

*Seriously, I watched a few demonstrations on U-Tube and saw that all of the flowers they were making were roses and they all pretty much looked the same. Most even had pointed petals! I decided to make up my own way of creating flowers that weren't demonstrated...and it's been a lot of fun. Narcissus are very fast and easy to do: I made a dozen pens in just over an hour. I have also made a large Sunflower on a bamboo skewer, a Peony, and will be making Roses, Tiger Lilly's, Cal...

As a child you could often find me quietly "painting by numbers" in my room. More often than not, my paintings were not exactly like those pictured on the box because I loved to change the numbers/colors around. Although I won awards for my artwork in elementary school I never really believed in my heart I was a real artist. I thought that "real artists" could draw anything from memory, and that was a gift I did not have. When reaching the upper grades we had to choose among our electives. Music...Art...or Dance Team? Although it broke my heart, I chose music and dance. You see, those areas received much more attention, and as an insecure young teenager that was one thing I strongly desired! However, deep...