Aphids. Yum. Would you believe it? Ants were colonizing my (What do you call these?) I read somewhere that ants keep aphids to "milk" like cattle? Can this be true?
So I went to the lady bug store and got a pint of them. Lady bugs LOVE aphids.
But first I went to Michael's and got this new toy with my 50% off coupon. It chops out these strips and you roll them up to make a flower. Below are the first two flowers I made, but something wasn't right. All of the petals seemed to be clumped together in three clumps. SO. I read the directions. (When all else fails...) OH! It said to chop out two strips and glue them together Off-Set, then roll them up around a pencil. I used a bit of glue, too.
It is probably better to let the glue dry between. each step, but I'll never know that. It has been established that I am not the patient type.
This one is much better! I made a few stamen for the center. Now What shall I do with them? Let's see... They'll look pretty on a wrapped gift. Is it anyone's birthday?
5 comments:
oh my, look at all those ladybugs!!!!
That is a lot of lady bugs!
I just love those flowers. I had seen that one day at Michaels but had no idea what it was.
I just love ladybugs. Great idea getting them for the aphids. OMG that flower is adorable. I need to get me one of those. Looks like so much fun.
I'm having an aphid problem in my garden... I'm going to see if I can get any lady bugs!
Those flowers are fabulous. I love those 40% off coupons!
Hi Lynn, thanks for visiting and your lovely comment. I didn't know that about lady bugs, great info.
This punchy thing looks like a lot of fun, love the little flowers it makes :)
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