Floral gifts for Mom
By: WROC
Updated: June 24, 2008
Mother's Day Gifts
Small basket of flowers
Watering can
Tall Skinny Vase
Make your own small flower arrangement by collecting the following things:
Small wicker baskets
Look at craft stores for tall skinny colored vases, small watering cans,
small decorative pots, containers, also garage sales
For the basket and watering can:
- line with a plastic container or plastic bag, fill with oasis, soak
with warm water
- pick flowering branches and green twigs; forsythia, willow,
honeysuckle
- pick or buy daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, other spring flowers
- cover the oasis with something like ivy, daffodil leaves, ground
cover leaves, houseplant leaves
- Put the willow and other twigs in the center arching out
- Arrange the flowers to fill the basket
For the vase:
Make a small arrangement, a tussie mussie or posy in your hand tapering
it down.
Trim the ends, leaving them long and put in the vase.
Dying wool from natural Materials;
COLORS;
Red-
Beets
Sumac
Dandelion root
Rose Hips
Hibiscus
Yellow-
Tumeric
Red Clover
Marigold
Dandelion flowers
Daffodils
Onion Skins
Blue-
Red Cabbage
Elderberries
Concord grapes
Blackberries
Cherry roots
Blueberries
Green-
Spinach
Grass
Red Onion
How to Dye Wool;
-Make dye by chopping materials in small pieces, add double the amount
of water, simmer for an hour, strain through cheesecloth.
-Wash wool thoroughly in mild soapy water, rinse and dry
- Simmer wool in a Mordant or Fixative for several hours- usually alum,
salt, vinegar, or cream of tartar. Rinse in warm , soapy water.
- Dilute dye in hot water to reach darker than desired color, add wool
and simmer for several hours or until wool is desired color, rinse
thoroughly and hang in the sun to dry.
Annual Sheep Shearing Festival:
Where: Springdale Farm, 700 Colby Street, Spencerport, NY
When: April 28, 2007 10:00AM til 3:00 PM
Fee: Adults: $4.00
Kids 3-11: $3.00
Kids 2 and under: FREE
Many activities including: Sheep shearing, wagon rides, dairy barn
tours, face painting, mini horse carriage rides, spinning, weaving,
dying demonstrations, live music, plant sale (fee for some)
For more information
Springdale Farrm
700 Colby St, Ogden
(585) 349-2090 ext. 4504
