Spring Daffodils

"Finally, finally SPRING!



The beginning sketches of Daffodils

 The daffodils are in full bloom in my garden here in Pennsylvania. The bright yellow color is so welcoming.  I love to pick a bouquet of daffies and bring them into the house. It's a sign that the garden season has really started! I took the vase into my studio and enjoyed drawing them and adding the color - yellows, greens and creams.

 

Spring Daffodils



They are  blooming at the same time as the grape hyacinths, primroses, forget-me-knots, and early tulips. The combination of the classic blue and yellow is stunning in the garden, especially when planted "en masse". Many of these different daffodil varieties were gifts from other gardeners. It is a nice reminder of them. It is always fun to share plants." 

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Easter is a joyful time of the year.  We gather together to celebrate our faith and to celebrate a new season.  From home or from far away, you can send an Easter greeting card to family and friends.  Let them know you are thinking of them during this beautiful season..   Musical greetings that your friends and family will love to receive..   From home or office, you can send hundreds of greetings all year.

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Artist of the Month - April

Doll Barnes

Doll Barnes began creating her paper sculpture designs after being introduced to the medium as a student in 2000.  She found the medium to be a perfect marriage betwen art and craft.  Each piece is created out of heavy weight art paper using various shaping techniques.  Foam core spacers are used for added dimension. 
A step-by-step demonstration showing how one of her pieces was created was filmed by HGTV - Home and Garden Television - and will be shown in and upcoming episode of their show,  "Thats Clever!"

Two of her pieces were shown at the Society of Illustrators in New York City as well as "ICON3", the Illustrators Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Doll lives in Wallingford, Connecticut surrounded by her menagerie of paper sculpture friends who are slowly, quietly taking over the house!Doll joined us to become one of our "Friends of Pamela" artists and has provided us with the pleasure of creating ecards from her exclusive line of paper sculptures. Her designs give new meaning to the word "whimsy".  With animation and music added to her collection of paper scultures, you now can send both her paper sculptures and electronic greeting cards (ecards) to your friends and family. 


We will be adding more of Doll Barnes' paper sculptures to our collection of ecards during the year. To learn more of Doll Barnes' paper sculpture, visit her website at http://www.dollbarnes.com/


Come back again to view more of Doll's ecards through the year.

Father's Day ecard	Belated Birthday Ecard	Cool Guy Birthday ecard	Christmas Snow Dancers ecard	Easter Bunny ecard

April Birthday Flowers

April: Daisy
Alternate: Sweet Pea

The Daisy whose botanic name is Bellis perennis, is the most common Daisy and is a native of western, eastern and central Europe. Like the Primrose it is also referred to as the Common Daisy or English Daisy. In Latin "Daisy" means pretty.

The Daisy is actually an herb which symbolizes innocence, stability, sympathy and cheerfulness. The most common Daisy's are white but they can also be found in red, yellow, and purple, along with various shades in between. A daisy is generally 2-3cm in diameter from petal to petal and stands 2-10cm high. Rarely you can find them as tall as 15cm.

During the days of knighthood, suitors would wear a Daisy and the women would include a Daisy as part of their mementos to signify availability. After a proposal a ring of Daisies would be worn around the head to signify the woman's response.

Fun and interesting fact: It is believed that the name Daisy came from the phrase "day's eye" because of how the flower opens when the sun comes up and closes at night when the sun is down. Daisy's do not disappear during mowing which makes many people consider them a weed and treat them as such with weed killers.