{"id":484,"date":"2013-05-05T18:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T18:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/?p=484"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:44:50","slug":"signs-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/2013\/05\/signs-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-493\" alt=\"2013 tulips\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1683-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of spring here in Colorado&#8230; Our last few weeks have been filled with snow, and these late snows have killed many of my early blooming flowers. I only had one group of tulips bloom this year (there were only 3 flowers!) and a snow last week hurt those. :(\u00a0 My flowering trees are finally starting to bloom, but the snow last week hurt many of those flowers too. And the birds are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-497\" alt=\"2013 snowy birds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1631-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>confused. During a snowstorm a few weeks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-495\" alt=\"2013 snow flowers 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1688-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>ago there were a lot of birds sitting in my tree talking to each other loudly &#8211; it sounded like they were complaining about the weather&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, I&#8217;ve been waiting to see when spring will finally arrive, and in the meantime, I decided to make a spring sign, and maybe that will remind the weather that it is supposed to be springtime! I&#8217;d like some sunshine, rain, and warmer temperatures, please! My flowers want to grow and bloom!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1706-e1367778098833.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-492\" alt=\"Spring sign - 7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1706-e1367778098833.jpg\" width=\"983\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1706-e1367778098833.jpg 983w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1706-e1367778098833-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1693.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-486\" alt=\"Spring sign - before\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1693-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Spring Sign<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">I started with a large thin piece of wood, wooden alphabet letters, and a small wooden bird house from Joann Fabrics.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matt kindly cut the large wood piece to size for me. :) Then I sanded all the wood pieces.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">I found some scrapbook paper that I wanted to use on the sign. My paper wasn&#8217;t wide enough to cover the whole piece of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-489\" alt=\"Spring sign - 4 - painted letters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1703-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>wood, so I decided to cut out the flowers from the paper to put on my sign.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then I painted the large wood piece (blue with a little ivory smeared on it!) and the letters (green). I also painted the bird house (green and ivory). It took a few coats to cover everything well.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">I used scrapbook adhesive and Elmer&#8217;s glue to stick the cut out paper onto the painted wood.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-488\" alt=\"Spring sign - 3 - with paper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1702-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Then I used some hot glue (until I ran out) and Elmer&#8217;s glue to stick the letters onto the sign!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">I also used a small flower paper punch to make a few flowers to put on the letters and the bird house!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">I put books on top of the sign for about half an hour while the glue set. Then it was finished and ready to sit on my mantel!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-491\" alt=\"Spring sign - 6 - on mantel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1705.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1705.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1705-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN1705-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of spring here in Colorado&#8230; Our last few weeks have been filled with snow, and these late snows have killed many of my early blooming flowers. I only had one group of tulips bloom this year (there were only 3 flowers!) and a snow last week hurt those. 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