Sassacraft #12

ah, flowers. i do love them. they always make me smile, and make me happy, and make me marvel at the amazing intricacies of God's creative hands. flowers are so beautiful, unique, delicate, colorful, and powerful. i mean, we wouldn't have honey without flowers, and if we didn't have honey, there would have been no "land flowing with milk and honey" for God to promise to the Israelites. the manna in the desert would never have tasted like "wafers made with honey." Samson could never have eaten honey taken from a lion's carcass, then made a riddle of this experience that would reveal his wife's character and loyalties when she told her people the answer to his riddle. David never could have said that the laws of God tasted like honey on his lips, sweeter even than honey from the honeycomb. John the Baptist would have had to subsist on only locusts in the wilderness, instead of locusts and honey (which, to me, would be the only way i would ever eat a locust, if it were smothered in honey...). and the scrolls Ezekiel and John ate would never have tasted so delicious on their tongues. flowers make honey possible, and without honey, the promises and truths of God would lose their flavor. God provided so divinely, so completely, that He made flowers to make honey possible, so that we could understand in part the fullness, richness, sweetness of His law and love and sovereignty and majesty.

in my own attempt to reflect His glory and majesty, i have tried my hand at making some flowers. i didn't come up with this craft on my own. i'm not that creative to know about fabric like this. i borrowed the craft from one of my new favorite bloggers, hailing from the great northeast, Emily. she posts tutorials and fun things on her blog, and sells some art prints that i like. if you want to know how to make these adorable imitations of God's awesome majesty, feel free to browse her tutorials and learn a few things like i did. i'm not going to explain them here, only say that they were easy, fun, and dangerous to make. a great combination!

and if you'd like to have one of you own, but don't want to try your hand at making them, i've got your back. $5 each, and you pick the way you want to wear it. hair clip? pin? headband? let me know!