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Kim Klassen Friday night challenge

June 25, 2011 by Barb 8 Comments

Kim Klassen has a little challenge and give-away going on tonight. The challenge was to take something that you don’t think is beautiful and make it beautiful. I went all over the place looking for ‘not beautiful’ things that had some character. I even went out to the garage. Well that did it. It’s so depressing out there (needs a good cleaning) that I came in and looked desperately around the house. Then I spied these peony buds. Now you might say, well, peony buds are beautiful. Well these ones are not beautiful to me. You see – yesterday I thought it was going to hail since we had a huge storm rolling in so I went and picked a bunch of my not ready peonies. And now I don’t think they are going to open, which makes me very, very sad. I wait all year for one or two bouquets of peonies. I wanted to bring them in all pink, and fragrant, and ruffly. I wanted to create a stunning arrangement so I could take photos. But these buds are rock hard and haven’t changed one bit since I cut them. Well then, I thought, I am going to make you beautiful, and dreamy, and PINK! I will have dreamy, PINK peony buds!

texture magic applied – I feel a bit better . . .
original, rock-hard buds . . .

Perhaps they will open. Perhaps not. Either way, I feel a bit better (after the rant). And after all that I flattened my image and lost my recipe. But I know I used ‘sweettart’ ‘sweettreat’ and ‘pourvous’.

Check out the great give-away challenge! at Kim Klassen Cafe and good luck!

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  1. texwisgirl says

    June 25, 2011 at 2:16 am

    oh i think that’s cheating a bit on your homework assignment… :)

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  2. Nancy @ A Rural Journal says

    June 25, 2011 at 2:28 am

    And here I was, ready to go to bed. :)

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  3. A Pretty Life in the Suburbs says

    June 25, 2011 at 2:31 am

    Oh man, I feel your pain! If my peonies don’t open, I will cry. We don’t get to love our plants long enough in our short summers! Crossing my fingers mom!
    Jo

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  4. Karie says

    June 25, 2011 at 3:57 am

    VERY pretty!! Well done! : )

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  5. Geri Centonze says

    June 25, 2011 at 4:26 am

    Lovely texture work on your photo

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  6. Geri Centonze says

    June 25, 2011 at 4:26 am

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  7. Linda Makiej says

    June 25, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    I love what you did with the texture here!

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  8. lisa says

    June 28, 2011 at 12:16 am

    Wow, you truly did make them beautiful.
    Fantastic work on this!

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