As The Garden Grows. . .

A Year of Color 2009 Summer Swap - NARCISSUS by Barbara Bechtel

I am a member of the blog A Year of Color. It is a fabulous year-long tribute to color and hosted by Kari Ramstrom with a guest artist contributing each month. I love it!!

So, I thought I would participate in the Summer Swap, what a great way to create on a deadline (although I admit that mine when out a couple of days late). And it is always really cool to see how each person interprets the theme. My swap partner and I chose summer gardens as a theme and the format was 8x8. Fun, right!? Absolutely!! Even so, I can not even describe how much joy I felt when I opened my package from Barbara and found this beautiful collage, the fun seed packets and lovely pendant.

Barbara Bechtel is a skilled artist and it certainly shows. I love her choice of colors (fabu) and her composition. She is devoted to the details, and the craft involved in her piece is pristine. Plus, what a great sense of humor - the seed packets say " A Hillbilly Favorite" - yup, I can see why they would be! You can see more of her pendants in her Etsy shop Floridity, you can also check out her blog.

Thank you, Barbara!!




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  1. Thank you for dropping in today :-) I think you are awesome too! And Kudos to Barbara as well!

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