Well I finally got with it and finished, as I said in yesterdays' post I just couldn't make myself work on these last two pages. Some of the BJP participants have said the same thing about avoiding ending the project. I  look at all the wonderful pages displayed on the BJP website and even though I know I shouldn't I compare my pages to others I do and they come up short in areas.  Most of my pages have no inner meaning, some have meanings that I am not prepared to discuss which makes me feel like a piker since some of the participant have shared their deepest feeling and have experienced healing from that sharing. I still  haven't decide about participating in 2008-2009 several members have already started planning their pages and have wonderful plans and themes in the works.  I see me changing size or shape, but if I sign up it will be as a month by month adventure.

So your here to see the pages and this is April.......

The trees in the wood were full of flowers this year, the orchard next door and the tree lined streets that I drove to work on each day.  And this is my tribute to SPRING which didn't come until late April this year.

And this is May......

These are the paper cabs that I made earlier this year. I wanted to use them for my April page, but I just couldn't figure out HOW????? Then I finally gave the idea up and went with the flowering tree branch. With that page in progress I was checking out the 2009 Bead-it-Forward  project on Jeanette Shanigan's website . I also found a free pattern for a Flower Power Brooch  and I knew right away that was what I wanted for my May BJP page.

The technique was easy and the page says just what I wanted from the start.....flowers live in our sole we use flowers to express joy, and grief, and all the emotions in-between. I am always amazed at the beauty and individuality of flowers........ and people.

I think this is a fitting end to a year long project of growth and insight........ at least for ME.