whimsical wednesday

happy poinsettia day for whimsical wednesday.  until i did the research (see website links posted monday of this week), i did not know that poinsettias were of special significance to the mexican culture.  what to do for my poinsettia whimsical wednesday activity?  after looking through the information on the links, the craft of creating poinsettias from old greeting cards caught my eye.  so i pulled out a box of old cards, glue stick, pencil, scissors and packs of glitter glue (different colors). a poinsettia petal pattern from a scrap of paper was made and tested. then i spent what became several hours making poinsettias. while i didn't intend to spend all day making poinsettias out of old greeting cards, i enjoyed the process of selecting just the correct cards to combine as well as carefully cut out just the most perfect area of the greeting card to get the look i was after.  the resulting flowers will be offered to a select few.  the recipients can decide if they wish to make a poinsettia pin or ornament (the flowers will be given with a length of ribbon and a pin back). looking forward to sharing my whimsical wednesday poinsettias.