{"id":1711,"date":"2023-07-16T16:22:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2023-07-16T16:22:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:22:48","slug":"flower-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1711","title":{"rendered":"Flower Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A Friend is a Flower in the Garden of Life<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little recycle\/upcycle fun craft created with discarded candelabra bulbs covered with tissue paper painted with acrylic paints. A styrofoam ball cut in half with a polymer clay face added and paper petals. Wire cover with tissue and painted create some arms holding paper flowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for visiting! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"306\" data-attachment-id=\"1710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?attachment_id=1710\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1339&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1339\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.73&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 6a&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1689352766&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04169&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL_20230714_203926178\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C306&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-1024x536.jpg?resize=584%2C306\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C804&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1071&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C262&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230714_203926178-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flower Friends! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Friend is a Flower in the Garden of Life A little recycle\/upcycle fun craft created with discarded candelabra bulbs covered with tissue paper painted with acrylic paints. A styrofoam ball cut in half with a polymer clay face added &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1711\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[40,46],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-flowers","tag-fun-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jXmy-rB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1590,"url":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1590","url_meta":{"origin":1711,"position":0},"title":"Carnevale di Venezia !","author":"Debra","date":"November 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Carnevale di Venezia ! 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