One very common activity in the Victorian period ,was that of assembling an herbarium - a collection of plant materials. As well as being a method of showing one's "gentility", herbariums could serve several other purposes:
Sentiment -
I've decided I'd like to combine the creation of an herbarium with another of my major interests - beading. Here is the beginning of an ongoing project: I'll be creating beaded pages based on photos of plants I've taken in all the seasons here on Mackinac. I'm starting with winter and my first subject is a winter worn remnant of Queen Ann's Lace covered with frost, my version of
"Frost Flowers":
And here's the inspiration photo:
I'll keep updating with new herbarium pages as I manage to create them between other projects.
Really nice pics. Love the bottom one. Don't think I'll ever be a "botonizing" woman - but it's fun to read about it.
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