April Girls

It's ready!

Links: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rn95zoeahowhq3gm8gg4g/ws_AprilGirls_el_1.zip?rlkey=m47l9x5di4sjw4yuv6iis9hmn&st=0b8bsral&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hfpemayi768t2y2t0b6ir/ws_AprilGirls_ppr.zip?rlkey=h3z5d7nd16fmjgiv4zuwvqs8d&st=9wdtqz6e&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7i06zln8sgvvf6zjwsjo6/ws_AprilGirls_el_2.zip?rlkey=5l9zlio3sfykzontv20guwrx1&st=61pp5fla&dl=0

About Birthday Girls

I'd like to take a few miments to talk to you about this year long project I started: Birthday Girls. I think I first got the notion while talking to a friend about birthstones. I was fairly certain I knew the birthstones for every month. It seemed natural to also include birth flowers so I began looking into those for months I wasn't familiar with. And I briefly took a look at whether certain colors were associated with each month. Let's dispence with monthly colors first. I found a little information on that; it seemed to be put up by wedding planners. Some of the suggested colors struck me as ugly. So I decided I'd mostly go with colors of the birthstones associated with the month. Where that isn't sufficent to make a pretty kit, I came up with my own color scheme. I've long enjoyed the Victorian "Language of Flowers" so it was fun to see what flowers are associate with each month and what they meant according to that old tradition. I'd like to include some of that information and you've seemed interested so what I plan to do to do small add-on for the months that will include flower and birthstone meanings and a little more. In some cases I've also added some flowers that aren't assigned but go with the color scheme. While the flowers seem to have remained constant over the years, the same cannot be said about birthstones. Looking back in time some of the birthstones we associate with the months are different than they were, say, in Victorian times. Also new stones have been discovered over the years and incorporated in the tradition, no doubt by jewelers. For instance, the birthstone for March used to be bloodstone. You hardly hear of that today. I don't find it a particually attractive stone and am quite happy with the aquamarine. However, it was quite popular at one time. When I get those add-ons together I'll share what I learned about it that made it popular and has made it scare. Another example would be April with the traditional birthstone of diamond. Diamonds are well loved but quite expensive and today you may see clear quartz suggested as an alternative. At this point I've all but finished April Girls and should be posting it soon. I realize we are about the third through the year already so I've got some making up to do! Bear with me please as I try to keep up with the main birth month kits while throwing in some miscellanious kits in as well as doing my part in Just Art.

Oops! Rest of March Girls

So sorry I'm late posting rest of the kit. Had a bad fibro flare-up starting last Friday and was unable to go to PT on Monday but made myself go on Wednesday. Didn't cause more pain but was exhausted when I got home and forgot I needed to post.

Links: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a8177rm1efxpbaznghh4e/ws_MarGirls_el_2.zip?rlkey=v7jipfaretoicxszdm91en4vt&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q2nq6ck0wdxvycwhsi493/ws_MarGirls_ppr_2.zip?rlkey=ph45wdgzpg5vdw0ehplwlzrno&dl=0

Better late than never

At long last I can post March Girls

There are 4 zips, two of which I'm posting today with the last two on Wednesday. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6bvl06ieyd452z57p5zih/ws_MarGirls_ppr_1.zip?rlkey=eygy59uk5musbywzj1myvc6is&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9uvz5rsdqv2wq7tst2g22/ws_MarGirls_el_1.zip?rlkey=9b21ypqp3p67k3p2gtzc67arg&dl=0 And yes, April Girls will be available before the end of the month.