Vintage 1970s Craft Book - The Art of Handmade Flowers - Miyuki and Tomoko Iida - 1971 First Edition folk art As elegant as any cake

As elegant as any cake or pie could ever be

this bowl looks especially pretty with this vintage mixing bowl

which is beautifully built and meant for fun affairs like cocktail hour socializing and party-throwing

- Contains a collection of florals

Vintage 1970s Craft Book - The Art of Handmade Flowers - Miyuki and Tomoko Iida - 1971 First Edition folk art As elegant as any cakeNo 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