by Karen Kohler<\/p>\n
Spring is here and this is the season for sitting outside and engaging in activities that aren\u2019t those piling assignments.\u00a0 Some of these activities are simply painting different objects.\u00a0 First off, painting flower pots, particularly mini ones that you can get very cheaply at Michaels and paint relatively quickly.\u00a0 This is simple with lots of room for creativity and you can plant a seed in the pot once you’re done!\u00a0 There\u2019s also been a recent trend on TikTok of painting candles with little hearts or flowers to spruce up your kitchen area.\u00a0 This may not really apply since we live in dorms and can\u2019t light candles, but you may just want them as decorations on your desk, or to take back home with you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To make some flowers of your own, get some tissue paper!\u00a0 First, grab two pieces and put them directly on top of each other, then fold them in half.\u00a0 Fold them in half again. Second,\u00a0 pull one of the corners that\u2019s not folded and bring it in to create a triangle with a small rectangle left underneath.\u00a0 Third, cut off the rectangle and open up the triangle so that you have a perfect square (or close enough) then fold the paper accordion style (fold it then flip it and fold it that way, then flip it back).\u00a0 Fourth, grab a green pipe cleaner and tie it around the center, so it functions as the stem.\u00a0 Fifth, cut the edges on both sides to be round, and lastly, pull the pieces apart and fluff them out so they look as flowery as possible!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Keeping with the flowers, pressing flowers is a popular technique that more can be done with.\u00a0 To press flowers, pick ones that aren\u2019t droopy to start with and the more colorful, the better.\u00a0 Then put these flowers in the middle of a heavy book and leave them there for about a month.\u00a0 If you want to keep this book in good condition and avoid the risk of mold or mildew, put a plastic covering, or even just a larger Ziploc bag, between the pages, to avoid direct contact.\u00a0 Then, once you take these flowers out, you can use Mod Podge to stick them onto Mason Jars.\u00a0 Then, wrap twine around the lid of these jars and put some fairy lights in, and ta-da!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Karen Kohler Spring is here and this is the season for sitting outside and engaging in activities that aren\u2019t those piling assignments.\u00a0 Some of these activities are simply painting different objects.\u00a0 First off, painting flower pots, particularly mini ones that you can get very cheaply at Michaels and paint relatively quickly.\u00a0 This is simple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-7194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-wellness","category-lifestyle","tag-summer2019"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Photo-for-Karens-article-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}