About a year ago, Adriana bought herself a grow your own Venus Fly Trap kit, that needless to say, didn't grow. She was so sad, so Ray went and bought her a small plant. So we've had this crazy plant in our kitchen that does indeed eat flies, it's kind of picky, but does a pretty good job of feeding itself (which actually works perfectly for me...) So the other day it started spouting this thing, oh no, I thought, what has Ray fed it? But then it kept growing upward, and I realized it was going to flower, how exciting! I read online happy, healthy plants flower annually, so I took this as a fabulous sign that our creepy plant was happy. As soon as the flower bloomed, all I wanted to do was pick it, I waited for a few days, and today couldn't stand it one more minute (perhaps it was the 'off with her head' theme) and off it came. My brother in law Joe, bought me a microwave flower press that at the time I thought I probably would never use... couldn't have been more wrong, have pressed so many different flowers in it over the years, and now it's pressed a Venus Fly Trap flower, way cool. And I like the fact I only have to wait a minute and a half instead of three weeks!!!
Thought you needed to see front & back, as I love the illustration from an old dictionary on the back... Adriana loves the Greek gods, so she was a little concerned that it was Venus as the goddess of love, thus the title... I love the fact it's goddess of spring, beauty and love, perfect timing as it's almost spring!
I can't believe that's the blossom ...such a treat from such an ugly plant (I'm glad it's a happy ugly plant, by the way!) I love this, Sarah. It feels victorian with the big ribbon and the collage elements are just right...thanks for showing us the backside, too. For a minute I thought your we're stepping us up to two pieces a day and I got a little stressed!
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