2 ounces beeswax 32 ounces cold water 12 ounces lye crystals
• 60 ounces lard
• 12 ounces olive oil
• 8 ounces coconut oil
• 4 ounces cocoa butter
Let oils cool to 100 degrees Fahrenheit before adding lye solution. At trace stage add:
• ‘/4 cup honey
• 1 cup rolled oats (pulverized in a blender)
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
Fly the nation’s colors on the Fourth with this jaunty string of stars. For each ornament, cut a four-pointed star from solid-color card stock and two from patterned origami paper. Use a glue stick to sandwich the card-stock star between the decorative ones, right sides facing out; stagger the tips to create an eight-pointed star. Machine-stitch through one axis of a big red star; sew 4 inches beyond its tip, or lift foot and pull out 4 inches of thread, then pick up again at the tip of a blue star. Repeat, alternating between colors.
1. Layer 5-by-15-inch sheets of tissue paper, alternating colors. Make 1-inch-wide accordion folds.
2. Wrap 1 end of a pipe cleaner around the center of the folded paper, and twist to secure. Round the edges of the folded paper with scissors.
3. Fan out folds, and gently pull apart each layer of tissue paper to create petals.
Tools and Materials
Crepe Paper Daffodil How-To
1. Download daffodil template, enlarge 200 percent, print, and cut out.
2. With paper clips, secure each element of the template to an appropriate shade of crepe paper, aligning the arrows with the grain of the paper. Cut out with scissors in the quantity indicated and trim top of trumpet piece with pinking shears.
3. To create stem, wrap together three 18-inch pieces of 18-gauge paper-wrapped floral wire with floral tape.
4. To create the bulbous bottom portion of the trumpet, place thumbs and forefingers together in the center of the trumpet piece, 3 inches from the bottom. Applying light pressure and moving outward, pull toward either edge, stretching the crepe paper as you go.
5. Run a bead of Fabri-Tac adhesive down one long edge of the trumpet, and bring edges together to make a cylinder.
6. Fold and pinch bottom of cylinder to top of stem, and secure in place with floral tape.
7. Insert hand into cylinder, and use fingers to shape the base of the trumpet.
8. Stretch pinked edge of trumpet against the grain of the crepe paper, and curl down with fingers.
9. Evenly space three petals around the base of the trumpet and secure in place with floral tape. Repeat with the remaining three petals.
10. With floral tape, attach each leaf to a 15-inch length of 20-gauge plain floral wire. Use more floral tape to secure each leaf to the daffodil stem.
PATTERN:
Country & Victorian Times 