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Sunday afternoon, I went out to the flower beds to nip off the big poppy seed pods so the other flowering plants could have a chance to shine. After I cut them off, I noticed the amazing pattern at the top of the seed pod. "Ding, ding, ding!" A natural stamp is born!
I took the pods in to the kitchen table and dragged out my stamp pads, blank note cards, some card stock and went to printing. I used black ink and a multi-colored pad to see what I liked. I liked both! These are really easy to do and leave a very symmetrical print that I love. Now I'll be looking at all the seed pods in my garden to see if any of them might make nice stamping prints.
Book marks and note cards!
How miraculous! I love them! And of course I love R-E-A-D stamped on the lovely poppy bookmarks. You go, cowgirl! Take some pictures and have someone take some photos of you on your nice horse, okay?
ReplyDeleteThese look great, Jody. I've never seen poppy pods before (hey, that is fun to say: poppy pod, poppy pod).
ReplyDeleteWow! That's pretty darn cool Jody! And on the subject of flowers, I checked my hollyhocks today and it looks like some of the blossoms are dried out? Some are still green so I'm hopeful -- just waiting to see what happens here -- it's all so new to me!
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative. What a great idea! Even kids can do this and it would be a cool library craft!
ReplyDeleteJust love it!
Thanks for the inspiration and....
Love the added features on your blog....proof that many readers come here to be inspired!
Keep up the good work!
Joanne
So darn *CUTE* is right! Creative lady you are! I love the bright colors! :)
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Cute ! Cute! Cute!
ReplyDeleteJoyce
This is awesome! No poppy pods here though or I would be jumping to do that!
ReplyDeleteI just turned to look out my window thinking some birds were singing there and it's your blog birds!!!
What a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing Jody, now I am off for a nature walk ;)
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed day!
Sharon
Wow, what a great idea! Clever you! LOVE how it turned out too...so nice! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever (and lovely) idea!
ReplyDelete(Such cute little ducks here too!) This is such a good ides here, simple but it makes much a lovely stamp...very cool! :D
ReplyDeleteI'm so amazed you made these with poppy seeds--lovely!
ReplyDeletefrances
Super Cute! Isn't it amazing what you can do if you just look round and start noticing the delightful detail of everyday-ness! Thanks for the great idea!
ReplyDeleteI love all your sweet comments. Thank you for popping in to read about poppy pod prints!! I hope you try it or try to find other pods and natural things to make prints.
ReplyDeleteJody
Those are some honkin' poppy pods!~ I have never seen them that big!
ReplyDeleteThey do make perfect stampers :-)
I'm late, but just wanted to say that I love them too. They're almost like tie-dye T-shirt patterns!
ReplyDeleteI like your bird sounds, too. Not too distracting, very peaceful, and appropriate to the subject matter of your blog. No doubt here that they're not outside my window, though. We only get pigeons and House Sparrows, unless I go to the park. Sometimes I put on bird call CDs just to feel outdoorsy!