The next project was to use another lampwork bead, some flowersoft and a tiny flower from an old kit to make another ikebana for the room with the Buddha.
Then I dug out some old Woodland Scenics tree forms I had gotten years ago, and tried to make some ornamental trees for the landscaping. One of the tree forms was white metal that I painted and shaped, and the other was plastic that can be bent and holds it's shape. After bending them into the best shapes I could get for ornamental trees, I glued Flowersoft onto the branches using Aleene's clear tacky glue. I think they might be kind of small for the scale of the house, but there isn't that much room for landscaping, so I'll see how they look when I get more landscaping materials.
Next, I made an origami kimono. It's way too big, but at least I know how to do it and can try again with smaller paper. I also spent hours making a kimono stand from memory of some I had seen on the internet. Unfortunately, that came out too big too. I measured carefully to what I thought would be a good size, but when I put it into the house, it looks huge!!!
I also tried making a coat hanger out of a paperclip to hang the kimono with. I didn't worry about it being straight because you wouldn't see it anyway.
I'm going to try to talk my husband into taking me to Hobby Lobby tomorrow, to see if they have any landscaping supplies. We used to be able to get them at our craft store in Ellsworth, Maine, but the lady who bought the store didn't tend to business, and it's closed now. I need basswood too. That's another thing we used to get at the closed craft store. Anyway, hopefully, I will be able to get some Landscaping stuff without sending away for it!
