Right around this time last year I posted the flower projects below, which are some of my most favorites. We thought we'd re-post them, since, like clockwork, we're all hankering for those first signs of spring once again!

Above is another image from the same story, a handmade nest of made of dried grasses and branches. You can see the how-to at the end of this post.

If you're like me, this is the time of year for daydreaming of spring and those first bits of color and warm weather. Above are some crafts projects from a story I worked on a few years back that was inspired by the flowers and colors of early spring. We made paper snowdrops (shown above, decorating a chocolate cake dusted with 'snow') and crocuses, which didn't run in the story so I thought I'd share them!

These are so simple to make, and they look pretty just as they are in a small vase or bottle. I also like to stick them in bits of dried moss for a very lifelike little spring vignette! See the gallery below for a few more projects...and you can look at the rest of this story here.

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1 crepe paper crocuses ( and a tiny nest made of phyllo dough!)

2 crepe paper birds perched among a large arrangement of flowering branches

3 a detail of a paper bird, the eggs are quail eggs dyed with food coloring, and the nest is made with dried grape vine

4 the birds are made by starting with styrofoam forms... I loved making the gradations in color by tearing and glueing colored paper...