1. Lessons from the garden: Growing great kids, relationships

    His mom, Meri-Margaret Deoudes, is growing flowers and vegetables and a little boy who understands that food doesn't grow in tin cans, who isn't afraid to work and who loves the outdoors. Gardening may be big business in the United … She just co …

    Nature takes a starring role in stamping

    This undated handout photo provided by Sarah Raven shows her usage of a single clove of garlic, skin removed, to stamp flower petals on paper. It's the element of surprise -- when an … Peppers, sliced in half and deseeded, stamp wavy rounds for …

    Martha Stewart meets her matches! Domestic goddess comes face-to-face with ...

    Stan, a filmmaker from New York who arrived on set bearing flowers for the TV star, told her in his initial message that they had actually worked together many years ago on a Kmart commercial. 'I always really liked Martha; how could … 'I do a lot of …
  2. 3.23.2007 1 Comment
    Martha Stewart Paper Rose Craft

    I never would’ve guessed that these beautiful paper roses are actually made of coffee filters. Cassie Chappell, the creator of these lovelies, demonstrated how to make the roses on the Martha Stewart show recently, and I was just fascinated by the entire process. You can watch the two part coffee filter rose how to video and see written instructions and downloadable rose templates at MarthaStewart.com.

    If you prefer to buy ready made roses, check out Cassie’s website, Mommy Makes Roses . They’re having a 25% off Easter sale right now, too!

    image from MarthaStewart.com

  3. While working on one of my projects, it occurred to me to add roses made of paper to add a touch of glam to it. Of course, I did a search on how to make them and was instantly surprised to find such an array of articles on the subject. In the past, I have made roses out of fabric, stained glass, polymer clay, paint, beads, yarn, embroidery thread, mosaic tiles, and other medium, but this is my first for paper. It seems that you can make roses out of just about any kind of paper. In the videos below, I have seen them made out of crepe paper, napkins, coffee filters, paper streamers, construction paper, news paper, magazine pages and more. In this lens, I have included instructional videos, links to instructional books, links to craft blogs dealing with making paper flowers, links to either books or sites showing examples of real roses to model your creations after, information on the traditional meanings behind the color and quantity of roses given as gifts, links where you can purcha…