Vintage 1970s Craft Book - The Art of Handmade Flowers - Miyuki and Tomoko Iida - 1971 First Edition 1987 in the face

in the face

the present will be much easier

this book illustrates why and how telling the stories of Mississippi's old houses is so important to the conversation in our modern world

and a deeply satisfying

all these are possible

Vintage 1970s Craft Book - The Art of Handmade Flowers - Miyuki and Tomoko Iida - 1971 First Edition 1987 in the faceNo part of nature is more lovely than flowers, but since they fade and die, it is only natural that we should want to fix them in some enduring form. (From the Preface) {HISTORY} What started as an interest in dress decorations in the 1930s, bloomed (no pun intended!) into a passionate life long career for floral artist Miyuki Iida (1903 2007). Developing a way to arrange flowers made by hand from cloth, Miyuki evolved her personal dress accessories