Tuesday, June 15, 2010

leaf rubbing

leaf rubbing

Leaf rubbing is something I usually associate with fall of the year, but this summer, it occurred to me that there are many textures we could collect and capture as well.

leaf rubbing

On this particular day last week, me and the girls walked around our back yard and collected leaves from a strawberry plant, hydrandgea, sage, clover, and 4 leaf clovers, then went back inside, got out our block crayons (they work really well on a project like this) and began to make rubbings.

leaf rubbing

Some other projects sprang up too (some cards were made . . .) {wink}.

cards were made

I am always amazed at how beautiful and remarkable leaf rubbings are and how easily they can be captured on paper and kept (and given) long after they've dried up.