Tag: clover

Four-leaf clover preservation charms

On By CarynIn Craft

I’m trying to forever preserve some of my clover from my four and five leaf clover patch in the yard. I selected one five-leaf clover and four four-leaf clovers and pressed them between layers of wax paper for a couple weeks. I purchased round bevels with loops and put an initial layer of clear two-part epoxy resin down inside.

Photo description: 5 gold plated bevel cups half filled with 2 part expoxy

When the epoxy set, I used Modge Podge to attach the pressed clover to the epoxy, then put another sealing coat on top of the leaves.

Photo description: five-leaf clover decoupaged to an epoxy base in a gold plated bevel cup

Once the glue had dried, I put a final layer of epoxy on top.

Photo description: real pressed clover preserved in epoxy resin in gold plated bevel cups

I chose gold plated bevels because I think four-leaf clovers should be on gold, but also because epoxy resin tends to have a yellow tint. That yellow blends in with the gold, mitigating the problem.

Unusual clover

On By CarynIn Flora, Garden
Photo description: three-leaf clover with almost hour-glass shaped leaves

In looking for four-leaf clover, I found a different kind of leaf in another patch in the front yard that has inverted curves on the sides of the leaf, which make the leaves look hour-glass shaped. Clover is a good nitrogen fixer for soil and good companion for grass. And makes for interesting discoveries.

Clover

On By CarynIn Flora

Here is another opportunity for finding four-leaf clovers! My answer in the second picture.

Photo description: patch of clover in my front yard
Photo description: same patch of clover with seven purple circles on four-leaf clovers

Clover gazing

On By CarynIn Flora

Here are two more opportunities for clover gazing. (Hint, think squares instead of triangles when looking for four-leaf clovers.)

Photo description: closeup of a patch of clover
Photo description: same patch of clover as above, with a five-leaf clover circled in red, and a four leaf clover circled in blue

Let’s go again.

Photo description: same patch of clover a couple days later
Photo description: same picture as above with the five-leaf clover circled in red, and four-leaf clovers circled in blue, purple, and yellow

Happy gazing.

I’m looking over…

On By CarynIn Flora

A five leaf clover. Five leaves. Five.

Photo description: five leaf clover held in my fingers

I was doing my usual scan for four-leaf clover in a clover patch in my front yard, and spotted something new. I thought maybe it was a couple of separate clovers intertwined, but no, the patch produced a five-leaf clover. As this is my first sighting, and the specimen was pristine, I did pick it from the patch and put it in a press for posterity.

Five!

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