Tickle time again and what a fun tickle challenge we have! Mary (redi2stamp) our tickle hostess this month, wrote a wonderful poem for us. Thank you Mary, I love your poem!
Our cards are to feature the flower for our birth month and an optional associated fairy and Sabrina (cook22) gave us a link to look up the flowers.
You should know that I LOVE flowers. I have them in my garden, some select silk ones in my home because dumb kitty eats the real ones and more flower stamps then any one person should own. I clicked the link Sabrina provided and scrolled down to my birth month of October and saw the word MARIGOLD. Really?? ThatÂ’s my birth flower? Of all the flowers out there I would honestly have to say that Marigolds just happen to be one of my least favorite flowers. Yes, itÂ’s colorful flower, hardy and resistant BUT, itÂ’s top heavy, has so many petals crammed into its blossom that it almost doesnÂ’t look like a blossom and I have always thought it has an odor rather than a fragrance. And, I DONÂ’T HAVE A MARIGOLD STAMP!! UghÂ…
Well, if you’re a New Englander, as I am, there is one little reference book published yearly that is chock full of all sorts of wonderful information and definitely a "go to" guide. I decided to confer with it before accepting that the Marigold is my birth month flower. Here’s what my beloved “Old Farmer’s Almanac” had to say; October's birth flower is the marigold. Marigolds are often given as a sign of warm or fierce, undying love, or as a way of saying that you're content with being with the recipient. The other October flower is Cosmo, a symbol of order, peace, and serenity.
Needless to sayÂ…here is my bouquet of Cosmos! Oh, my Blackberry Fairy is very shy and she is hiding behind the Cosmos!! TFL
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Registered: December 4, 2009 Location: Southern Utah's Dixie Posts: 20557
Tue, Mar 25, 2014 @ 8:47 PM
I love this beautiful bouquet of Cosmos, Robin! Isn't it interesting how some of us feel about our birth month flower! I like both the cosmos and marigold (especially when paired with a pretty blue flower), would you believe that both work wonderfully for the smashed flower technique! Add in a little lobelia and you have a beautiful palette of color.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131572
Wed, Mar 26, 2014 @ 12:39 AM
LOL at your disappointment in Marigold being your birth flower. I'm glad you had a trusty book on hand to offer you an alternative - and one that I love, too. They don't really grow well here. I know it can be done, but they're really pot plants for us. I love them in real life, and I'm glad you brought such a lovely bunch along to the party.
PS - I feel the same about peonies and earwigs! Love them in the garden, but any time I used to pick them in my mother's garden I'd make sure to shake them out well. And you could still bet a couple of earwigs would make it indoors. Bleagh...
Registered: July 11, 2009 Location: eastern Ohio Posts: 2423
Wed, Mar 26, 2014 @ 4:51 AM
I agree that Marigolds are pungent, but I love them anyway.not to say I don't love Cosmos too. in fact if Spring ever comes, I have some Cosmos ready to seed. But I love love all flowers! Oh yes..the point.. comment on the cards. I love how enthusiastically everyone is about playing this week. What a group. Card comment? oh yes..tee hee. I love the stictching on it..and the paper..I can never remember to use my mulberry. Love your bouquet ..too that is such a pretty image!
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28839
Wed, Mar 26, 2014 @ 6:05 AM
Oh so soft and pretty!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60072
Thu, Mar 27, 2014 @ 12:28 PM
I have this stamp and it's not seen ink in a very long time. Thanks for reminding me what a lovely flower it is. It's so pretty in this bouquet. Pretty b/g too. I agree on the odor vs fragrence of the marigold, but I love marigolds.
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