2009 Philadelphia Flower Show Part 3

I just love the orchids at the show!

2009 Philadelphia Flower Show Part 2

The landscape displays at the show are incredible. These are just two examples.

2009 Philadelphia Flower Show Part 1

I just came back from the Philadelphia Flower Show. I was lucky not to get stuck in the airport with the snow storm and made home even 30 minutes earlier. The show was so impressive.
I have just spent the entire evening uploading all the pressed plant competition work. Everyone can view them from my album.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=51diydl5.2grp8f89&x=0&y=b53awu&localeid=en_US
There were so many amazing works this year. That made our judging work so difficult. I am sure everyone will agree with me when you have viewed the photos.
Congratulations to everyone entering.
Congratulations to all of the winners!

CHA Winter 2009

I was fortunate to have a few days off just on time to celebrate the Chinese New Year and to attend the CHA (hobby show) Winter 2009.
It was so much fun attending the show. I went there two days.
I have watched a few demos and spent a lot of time learning new things. I have gotten some new ideas making unique pressed flower jewelries.
I have also met Nobuo Sugino at the Japanese Pavilion. He had others from IPFAS were there demonstrating Nature Print and postcard making. I am especially happy to see a few large original pressed flower art works displayed in the booth. They were really kind to allow me to get inside of the booth and look at everything closely. They have also displayed other botanical arts such as hair clips, pins, and etc…
Economy has affected the show. It is pretty slow. Most of the booths were not giving out free samples anymore. The ones still having samples were not giving out freely. Nobuo gave out great packages on Nature Print. He was most generous also gave all of my S. CA students each a package. I have taught them in the last part of my class yesterday.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2009.

2008 has been a very busy year. I am grateful for good health, a good job, and a great family. It was good to be able to spend some time working on pressed flowers at this holiday break.

Making Christmas gifts

It is fun making something new. Simple clear tissue boxes are now so pretty. I am thinking to make one more for myself.

Thanksgiving

A little over a week ago we were threatened by a fire that has burned a lot of houses in our area. Sky was filled with black smoke. We have packed some stuff in our cars just in case we were to evacuate. What do we pack? First, we packed essential documents, my computer backup, laptop, and all the photo albums. Then we just took some change cloth.
This Thanksgiving, we are thankful that our house is safe. Everyone we know are safe.
As I look out of the window, my roses are blooming beautifully. I am in the mood of creating new things...
Tivoli's fountains were so impressive. It is hard to imagine these fountains were built so long ago with no electrical power needed. Unfortunately, my camera just had to went out of battery that day. However, the fountains and lush maidenhair ferns stuck in my mind.