Flower of the month: Lily of the Valley

May is here and with it comes the Lily of the Valley or the May Lily. I though it would be fun to start working on a flower of the month watercolor project starting with the May Lily.

I have a patch of these lovely delicate flowers on the shady side of my yard and enjoy seeing and smelling them when they come up every spring. And I thought could use my Lilies as reference… But they haven’t bloomed yet, maybe by the end of May they will be here.

Weird fact - did you know that Lily of the Valley are not really lilies, they are actually part of the asparagus family? The flower symbolizes modesty, chastity, purity, and signify the "return of happiness". That’s a lot of symbolism for such a tiny flower.

What type of flowers are you looking forward to seeing spring to life this May.

The Love Birds

Thanks to Cheryl for posting a link to this very cool app.

Sketch Book Sunday

SS Week 1 Strawberries and Lemons, originally uploaded by Sweet_Things_Design.

If you are looking for a way to jump start your creativity or just a way to while away the sumer days I have a great new group for you.

My friend Cheryl started a sketch book Sunday group that is open for anyone to join. Here are the basics, every Sunday she will list a new subject for the group to "sketch". She is using the term sketch loosely to allow for photography or whatever medium you are most comfortable in to allow for more people to join in on the fun.

Submit your entry into the Sketchbook Sunday flickr pool, images will be posted on her blog the following saturday.

Click here to get more specifics on the group.
Click here to join the flickr pool.

The group just started last week and the group challenge was to sketch your favorite summer fruit. This is my submission Strawberries and lemons. 

This weeks challenge is to sketch a trio of small items (3" or less) found in your drawer. I am thinking up my submission for this week Can't wait to share it with you all!