Daffodil project extended!

Did you love this idea but find out late? Participated but crave more? Than you're in luck. Let's keep the project going. Why not? The real flowers have started to bloom, but when wouldn't a lovely crafted daffodil not be appreciated. KEEP PLANTING!!!!
and don't forget to add a positive quote, and a tag with the following on it.
First Craft of Spring
www.boozeandyarn.com

and most importantly, email me pictures of your flowers and they'll be posted to the blog. Miss1932@gmail.com

The new Booze & yarn website will be up soon to accomodate all the lovely finished works.
Corinna

Corinna plants in NYC!

I planted several around the city, but this one was my favorite, as the inspiration for this project came from a flower growing out of a brick wall.
Corinna

Jenny plants in Brooklyn!

I love the picture of dog and flower!!! so fantastic.

Corinna

Sommer Plants in Brooklyn!

Sommer:
Here are some photos of my lone daffodil and a pic of it "planted" in a weird garden at a funeral home on court street in carroll gardens. i ended up going a completely different route than i originally intended!

I used my kitchen tea towel as a muse and then butchered it. the colors are a bit crazy, but i think it looks like a daffodil.

I embroidered the "peace" and "love" on the leaves and the stem is a wooden dowel wrapped in green yarn. i used wire as an armature for the leaves and a few of the petals for shaping. for a last minute project, i was quite pleased with the result, and hope you like it, too! can't wait to see more pictures of everyone else's!

sommer

I Love this tea towel flower!!!
Corinna

Nomi plants in Austin, TX!

Now that I’m a pre-school teacher I got alittle inspiration and planting help from my students.
We planted the flower on our playground and had long talks about what the attached note meant.
I made my daffodil from felt, embroidery floss and a popsicle stick.

Nomi Joy Parker is currently a pre-school teacher, artist/photographer/craft-creator transplanted 2 springs ago from brooklyn ny to austin texas.

Fantastic Nomi!!!
Corinna

Meredith plants in NYC!

Meredith: "I hit up bits of the East Village, and midtown from 57th - 37th. It was fun! What a trip with the snow this morning though!"


My favorite is the one tucked into the Strand Bookstore's $1 book rack!
Corinna

Fiber Deviant "plants" in Greenvile, SC (Main Street)!

hi, Corinna!
just wanted to send you pics of my "planted" daffodils ...here in downtown Greenville, SC... thanks for thinking up such a great project! i loved participating! and hope to see pics all over from other participants!

I ended up making 2 daffodils for The First Craft of Spring ( www.firstcraftofspring.blogspot.com or www.boozeandyarn.com ) public art project. Choosing the quote for the project was easy... "Be the change you want to see in the world ... Ghandi", has always been a favorite of mine. It puts the power of change on the individual... you don't have to wait for change to come... YOU can be the change!

I "planted" both of my daffodils in downtown Greenville on Main St., figuring that would be the area in which they had the most impact. Sugar Daddy helped me "plant" these at around 1 am; it was a little more difficult than I had imagined... lots of people (and policemen!) are still out and about downtown at that time. It was really hard being inconspicuous!

I chose the statue of Joel Poinsett , who was a physician, botanist and American statesman, as the spot for the daffodil in the pot cozy... it is right downtown, close to city hall. I think it will have good visibility there.

And then I chose the statue representing Sterling High School, which was South Carolina's first public black high school.

My hope for participating in this project is to highlight some Greenville history; and to inspire change... change that starts at an individual level -- but will end up impacting the world.

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD
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my contact info:
Blog: www.fiberdeviant.blogspot.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiber_deviant/
Ravelry ID: fiberdeviant
Twitter: www.twitter.com/fiberdeviant

Melissa plants 38 flowers in NYC!

Melissa planted 38 of her fabulous Daffodil Joker cards today!!!!

Here's what Melissa has to say about here art:

its a silly joker card i drew up with a rad Darwin quote on the back of them.

i wanted to use a joker card because i always find random cards around the city

when i am walking around and whenever i play cards (with my crazy italian family)

the joker is always the lucky card to have. so i figured bringing some luck to fellow

new yorkers today. :)

Love it Melissa, send along the planted pictures!!
Corinna

Artist Showcase! Ariel

Ariel experimented with wire and beads. The quote is part of a longer quote by Rabbi Hillel. The entire quote is:

If I am not for me, who will be?

If I am only for me, who am I?

If not now, when?

I love it! Have fun planting it tomorrow, Ariel!

Corinna

Only 1 week 'til Booze & Yarn returns!

Hope you all can join us on March 18th for a drunken, pre spring, knitting extravaganza.

For those of you who have yet to attend B&Y, check out the video promo here . . .

http://www.boozeandyarn.com/video.html

Read more about the event on March 18th, 2009 at Otto's Shrunken head here. . .

http://firstcraftofspring.blogspot.com/2009/02/booze-yarn-in-session-free.html

Corinna

Artist Showcase - Meredith!

Painter Meredith Zinn and the Studio Collective join up with Booze & Yarn to welcome spring!

For more on the Studio Collective, and Meredith follow the link below....

www.studiocollectivenyc.com

Meredith always blows me away!

Corinna

miss1932@gmail.com

www.boozeandyarn.com

Artist showcase - Jennifer!

Jennifer sent us some great shots of her first flower.

Her dogs love them too, which pleases me to know end ('cause i've got two silly cats who won't leave my projects alone either).

Way to go Jennifer, keep em coming!

Corinna

News!

Yarn Market News blogged a lovely writeup of The First Craft of Spring project yesterday.
I'm so pleased people are taking to this, and I can't wait to see the pieces that everyone creates.

http://yarnmarketnews.com/blog/?p=303

Corinna
Boozeandyarn.com

Artist showcase - Joanna!

Joanna sent us a link to photos of her amazing crocheted daffodil today.

Check out her Blog for the full scoop.

www.fiberdeviant.blogspot.com

You rock Joanna!!!

Corinna