Hippie Craft - Daisy Chain/Fairy Crown

Daisy Chain Fairy Crowns

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I remember making these as a child, from daisies and
other flowers that used to grow in the fields of Central
Park in New York City. I hope i remembered it correctly

Use any single-headed flower, like wild daisies or clover, but remember not to pick them from endangered wildflower planting areas. Daisies grow wild in my yard and so do other little wildflowers i don't know the name of. whatever it is should have a slim but tough stem and shouldn't snap easily. Pick close to
the ground for a long stem. And if they aren't growing happy and free in the woods or a field, there's no magic. You can't
use supermarket-purchased daisies, it's against the rules.

Split the stalk - we kids used their fingernails, but i guess you're allowed to use an exacto knife or something. cut a slit about about 1/2 inch long near the head of the flower. If
you're just making a daisy chain, you'll just have a sparse row
of daisies the length of the chain and you can cut the slit
lower on the stem. The fairy crowns have to be compact with flowers, and the more color you can add to it the better.
Yellow and white daisies are pretty. Split the stalks close to
the flower head. When it's done you can decorate it
a little more. Anyway, make sure you have a lot of flowers
for the fairy crown, it has to look like a bunch on a ring.

Slip the end of the stem through the slit and pull it taut. Slip that stem through the slit in the next flower, then slip that flower's stem through the slit in that flower. Make it as long
as you like and weave the ends together when you're done

Tie Die Your Walls

Materials: sandpaper; soft cloth; oil or alkyd paints, glazing liquid; mineral spirits; paint brushes; plastic wrap; turkey feathers; disposable gloves; high-gloss polyurethane.
Fill in any holes or irregularities in the wall; sand until perfectly smooth. If you working on wood, remove any prior finishes completely and sand until smooth. Wipe the surface clean with a slightly damp cloth.
Paint the base coat in your background color
Prepare your other colors. Mix five parts paint with one part glazing liquid. Add mineral spirits as needed until the paint is the consistency of whole milk.
Paint areas with color -- first paint areas with a darker shade of your color, once that process was completed, the next color. While the glaze is still wet, use a wadded piece of plastic wrap to blot and lift some of the glaze, exposing some of the pink underneath.
While you can use a fine brush for this next step, a turkey feather is the ideal tool for details. While the glazes are still wet, hold the feather by the quill and dip the wispy end of the feather into the dark color glaze. Let excess paint drip off.
Lay the feather against the glazed surface, dragging it in patterns such as shown above. Flicking your wrist slightly as you drag will create a variation in the thickness of the lines.
Add depth by lightly brushing across the wet lines with a dry, stiff brush, blending them into the background.
Let the paint dry completely -- from several days (for alkyds) to a week (for oils) depending on humidity. The paint can feel dry to the touch but the underlying layers need a chance to dry thoroughly.
Coat with two or more layers of high-gloss polyurethane.

Technically, this technique could be done with acrylic paints but using slower drying paints allows some time for manipulation to the paint layers. Work in sections if you’re working on a large wall space. Paint the entire surface in the background color. Let dry. Lightly mark off manageable sections of 1-2 square feet using a yardstick or T-square and pencil. Work progressively on the wall sections, carrying through the pattern from the adjoining section.

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