Tuesday, December 13, 2011

MFP December blog hop - Pucker up


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For my project I made a topper for a bag of lemon jelly beans. I used yellow gingham and the lovely lemon.





Growing up in Arizona, my grandparents had citrus trees in their yard and we had a lemon tree in ours. I loved getting fresh fruit off of the trees. We made what we called "battery acid". It was a combination of all the citrus fruits that we had picked, grapefruit, oranges, lemons... My folks have a lime tree in their yard now. I loved that juice mixture chilled over ice. I also have fond memories of when the lemons and orange trees would be in bloom. That is one of my favorites smells. When I saw this set the song "Lemon Tree" Sung by Peter Paul and Mary was going through my head. I was listening to it as I was making my project and thought I would share a link to it on youtube.




Oh and Happy 20th birthday to my daughter Johanna!!!!! I made this little candy bag for her, for her birthday.

23 comments:

  1. Great project! love the candies and lovely treat holder.

    Luanne
    myfootahead at gmail dot com
    craftersreference.blogspot.com

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  2. I'd say you win the prize for creativity, MariLynn! Love your lemon drops and song.

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  3. What a terrific creation for your dd and HB to her!

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  4. Great use of this image and what a nice idea!
    Connie

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  5. Ohh I love LEMON DROPS! WHat a Cute way to wrap up a package!

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  6. Fun project, love the candy topper!

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  7. Oh I just love your candy bag topper!!!! Sweet!!! I LOVE Peter, Paul and Mary!!!! That takes me back!!!!

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  8. What a great idea to make a topper for lemon jellybeans...........my fav! You can just send them right to me!! Anne (jdmommy)

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  9. Oh! I love the Lemon Tree song...even though it is soooo sad! haha...I"m going to go bring it up on Pandora radio! thanks for the fun!

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  10. wow what a fab idea i love this xx

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  11. WOW!!!! I love this!!! Great inspiration!!!

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  12. Great project MariLynn, and I love the way that you have painted the lemon.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  13. What a great idea for a project. Beautiful coloring.

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  14. Love your lemon candy bag decor!

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  15. Cute gift idea. Lemon with lemon jellies!

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  16. What a fun project with the wonderful new lemon images - a cute package with lemon drops. I haven't had those in, well, forever! Thanks for sharing your cute project.

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