Queen Summer

With summer solstice arriving this week...

Queen Summer 

joined us to welcome it in!

She is now gracing our summer nature table and would love to come to you too...

To bring her to life you will need to gather

silk flowers 

 felt 

wooden doll pin and stand 

 glue 

pipe cleaner 

roving 

acorn cap 

To begin wrap your pipe cleaner around the body (twisting it once in the back to hold better) and trim your arms to the length you desire.

Cut out a rectangle (double the length of the body) out of your felt and fold in half.

Draw what ever shape you would like for your dress and cut out. Remember to leave the top folded and mostly uncut. 

Cut a small hole for the head.

With your glue gun ~ glue down the sides and the sleeves.

Pull apart your silk flowers. 

 Fold them in half...

and cut the hole in the center just big enough to accommodate the felt covered doll pin.

Slide on your colorful flower petal skirt!

Glue on your roving for hair and then your acorn hat.

(She also asked for a wild strawberry flower for her hat ~ and that she got!)

We had pressed some wild strawberry flowers and wild strawberry leaves a couple of weeks ago and they seemed to just belong on her.

I can't help but smile when I pass her in our home.

To me she speaks of....

sunshine filled beach days

the taste of warm, juicy wild strawberries

the smell of bonfires

late night skinny dips

watermelon juice dripping down chins

feasting on the garden's bounty

sleeping under the stars

sunkissed skin

bold and beautiful flowers

floating on the water

and the glorious abundance that summer brings.

Happy Almost Summer Friends!

~ Shanti ~