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You don't have to be an avid gardener to grow your own smiles!  Just grab a few craft supplies and let your imagination take over.  If you love papercrafts as much as I do, you'll truly enjoy working with my newly released  Seed Pack Envelopes Activity Crafts downloadable .pdf publication. If you'd rather create with resizable clipart images, Annie Lang's Garden Seed Pack Clipart has everything you need to get started.  This collection from Creative Market comes with a license option available to suit your personal or commercial needs so you can use them for yourself, for your online retail business or simply create something amazing for your print on demand merchandise stores. You don't have to wait until the danger of frost has passed to get those creative smiles growing today.  Happy Gardening!

You can make your garden bloom any time of year with a bounty of vividly colored whimsical flowers and plenty of happy smiles to choose from!  This whimsical smiling flower character themed clipart collection along with a personal or commercial license is now available to download at Annie's Creative Market Store.   So get your garden growing projects started today and don't forget to smile!

Home is where you hang your hat so here's how you can jazz up an old straw hat in no time at all with items you may already have on hand!  The pictured project was made with a straw beach hat I had tucked in a closet and had long forgotten.  The silk flowers were purchased off season at a local department store and I used a cardboard ring cut from a shipping box to attach them to the hat.  You can attach the flowers right onto the hat, but if you want to easily change them out with seasonal colors, you can simply remove the cardboard ring and use the same hat all year around.  Whether you hang it on the door, wall or garden fence you'll find this craft quick, easy and so very fun to make.  This is a project that's been around crafting circles for decades so it's absolutely timeless!  Enjoy... SUPPLIES:   You'll need a straw hat, silk flowers and leaves with stems removed, cardboard cut into a wide ring to glue flowers to (optional), glue gun, ribbon color of

  You don't have to spend a lot of money to brighten up your outdoor spaces when you find new uses for items you don't want to throw away!  Here's some great ideas for you to try...

Can't wait for the flowers to bloom?  If you've ever wanted to paint your own flower garden or simply enjoy watching them digitally bloom with a digital pen and tablet, you're in luck!  Just sit back, relax and ENJOY the fun and watch an Annie Lang flower character come to life.  This is just one of many characters from her " Spring Frolics " Line Art Pattern Workbook

NEW RELEASE! Annie Lang’s Kids will show you how to make your flower  garden bloom with smiles!  There are dozens of mix and match flowers and garden kids character art images to choose from in this jam packed publication.  Themed pattern designs created from Annie’s Village Flower Shoppe, Gardening Kids, Annie’s Garden and Sunflower Kids collection of images.  Simply trace the design and then transfer the image onto your project surface to make outstanding personalized items with professional results every time. This publication includes mix and match designs of garden tools, gardening supplies, Garden Kids, flowers, quaint flower shop, Sunflower Kiids and lots of pretty florals.  Designs can be colored with paint, color pencils, inks, markers, chalks, etc. There are extra pages at the back of the book you can use for personal project notes.  Also available in a printable .pdf edition! Find this " Garden Flower Bloomers " Linework Pattern Workbook Annie Lang's Bo