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My second attempt at clay flowers was a success! These are from the Martha Stewart Encyclopedia of Crafts that my lovely mother bought me for my birthday. Thank you, mother. These make my hydrangeas look like a 3rd grade school project. The clay is everything. Air dry is the bomb biggity. I made these last night while I watched Twilight with the commentary on. Robert Pattinson is a crack up. Aaron was downstairs and could hear me laughing and was curious as to what I was watching. Then he was like "I wanted to watch that too!" Don't worry babe, I'm sure it won't be hard to make me watch it again.

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I made some roses too, but eh.. I'm not really a rose kind of girl.

Clay (Hydrangeas?)

So, hydrangeas they aren't, but call them what you will, they are still cute! Martha was trying to get my to buy some fancy clay, but I said hey I have polymer clay at home... My partner in flower making crime, Monica, tried air dry clay and says it's better, so hopefully there will be some new and improved clay flowers up soon.

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/clay-flowers?xsc=eml_crd_2009_03_21

Crepe Paper Roses

Martha really came through on this one. I thought these roses were awesome from the first time I saw them in my craft-of-the day email and I was right - they are awesome! Fun and easy to make too - if you can find crepe paper! And don't let anyone tell you that you can buy it at Party City! I had to order it online. But it was worth it.

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/crepe-paper-roses?xsc=eml_crd_2009_03_20