Green Pepper Press = Four Leaf Clover

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To finish up GREEN week I’ll tell the origin of my company name. Cutting open a green pepper, dipping it into paint, and pressing to paper, makes for a great St. Patrick’s Day card when you are stamping for the first time with your young child (now 16 years old). Here are the keepsakes saved from a project Peter and I did together when he was 3. I love when there are secret meanings behind something…..so now you know this one. Green pepper’s pressed to paper make four leaf clovers, provided you’ve scouted out the best shaped ones. How cool is that?

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10 responses to “Green Pepper Press = Four Leaf Clover”

March 19, 2007

Maj

That is really cool! And sometimes, when you cut the stem, at the point where it burrows into the pepper, you will find the pattern of a little face. It does not happen very often, but with your clover finding luck, who knows? 😉

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March 19, 2007

Nicole Z.

Coll mate, love the thinking behind. 😉

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March 19, 2007

Monique

Very cool! so great you ve kept these all these years!Does your son remember making these?
Monique (NL)

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March 20, 2007

Ursula Clamer

That is very cool. Ux

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March 20, 2007

tricia

that is the coolest idea. i am going to try this with my six year old.
so happy to have found your blog. i will definitely be back to visit again. 🙂

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March 20, 2007

Kristen Robinson

Michelle this is so completely AWESOME I love this, and I love that you saved the artwork. I must try this with Conner he will get a kick out of it!
XO
Kristen

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March 21, 2007

tina

That is just too cool. I have never done anything like this so it is time to try;My son would love it too. How awesome and what a great story. Now we all know!!!

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March 24, 2007

audrey h.

Michelle…i have always loved your companys name and wondered how it came about. Now i know :o) Now what about the first thing you ever had published…….or did you blog about that already and i missed it.

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March 27, 2007

Sigrid

This is way cool! I love to know little secrets like that. And I have a three-year old son who loves to craft with me. I think I should give this green pepper press thing a go 🙂

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April 28, 2007

Julie

Michelle that is so cool. I never thought to print with a green pepper all the years I taught nursery school. I did the three paper hearts together to make 3 leaf clover / shamrocks.
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