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  I decided awhile ago that making paper flowers is just not my thing.  And then I saw someone post an American Flag flower, and I just had to try one more time....   The Cliff Note Version: It's 27 inches wide. 5 different sizes of petals (each layer a different size), 2 of each size in white, 3 of each size in blue, 3 of each size in red.   Paper is what I had on hand.  White is old CTMH scrapbook paper, red is the bulk recollections pack from Michaels, and the blue is from a sale at AC Moore. I used tacky glue.  Most people prefer hot glue I think. I cut the templates, the stars, and the center with cricut.  I used the template to cut the rest of the petals by hand - I think it's much faster that way.  (Just my opinion) Templates & Step By Step How I Did This: This is the template I used.   I started with a template for another flower (a free one - I have a long list of free templates and tutorials for paper flowers here:  http://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/01/makin

In my typical cliff notes version - If I can recommend just one book to you this year, it would be Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.  Even if you don't think the description sounds like something you would enjoy - just try it.  It's beautifully written, and my favorite read so far this year. It's been a great year for reading!  According to my Good Reads log, I've read 73 books so far this year. The rainy days have made for great reading weather, if nothing else.  :-) One of my new favorites is the Agatha Raisin series by M.C. Beaton .  " Agatha Raisin is a frustrated, yet endearing, PR agent who retires from London to Carsley village in the Cotswolds, English Midlands and solves murders."  It's not a ground breaking series, nothing incredible about the books, but I am just loving the character.  She's brash and rude, and somewhat bumbling..  but she's honest and loyal and funny, and she's British.  It reminds me of a much older, classier, Bri