Echo Prints Botanical Art

07/28/2026

Another week of Read Anything Book Club & making memories with my neighborhood friends! It threatened to rain on our parade again, but my young neighbor across the alley came by to help me move all the chairs under our small gazebo tent, and take the table OUT. We JUST fit three moms, eleven children, and me, under there! 😄 I took a photo of most of the books that were discussed this week…and a new nature journal that was proudly shown to us:) I love hearing the children talk about what they enjoyed about the books they read, or are currently reading! I’m really enjoying Magpie Murders-I was in the mood for a good mystery this week.🫆🕵️ I have been half listening to it (it’s free!) on Hoopla, and half reading it with my eyeballs. That’s my favorite way to read more than I can if it’s only a paper book. Go halfsies!!! 👌😁 Last week I really enjoyed Once Upon a Wardrobe, by Patti Callahan. ♥️What have you been reading this summer? I’d love to hear in the comments! 📚📖♥️ 🤭

07/08/2026

The Read Anything Book Club is back in full swing every Tuesday in my backyard! 😊 Some weeks there’s only a few of us, and other weeks we’re a full house! It’s pretty simple, everyone brings something they’ve been reading and tells a little about it (or shows a favorite picture in a picture book:) and then they tell us if they give it 1 👍(like it) , 2 👍👍 (love it!) or even a 👎(boo! None of these yet;) I do get a kick out of the 6 1/2 👍😮) We have a little snack on the table, bcs food is always a good idea, and we go around in a circle. (The grown ups go last, bcs we lose the little people talking about our grown up books;) After book club the kids play, moms talk, and my library is open for the borrowing! 📚📚📚😊
Without further ado, The Read Anything Book Club Recommends:
The Adventures of Tin Tin:
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Harry Potter and The Cursed Child 👍
The Boxcar Children 1 1/2;)
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The Secret Garden 👍👍
Ella Bella Ballerina & A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Pappy’s Hankerchief (6 1/2;) 👍👍👍👍👍👍🫰
Should I Share My Ice Cream? 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🫰
Man of The Family: 👍👍👍👍👍
Go Dog Go! 👍
Watch Me Throw The Ball!
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Silmarillan (Tolkien)👍👍(“Although it tests your attention span…”;)
Treasure Island 👍👍
In the Heart of the Rockies (Henty) 👍👍
The Pig Has to go to School 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🫰😂
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 👍👍
Stargirl 👍👍
The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse 👍👍
Project Hail Mary 👍👍
The Hiding Place 👍👍
The Spark of the Ever Flame
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06/21/2026

It was another fun day at Sweetwater Blooms Market! Looking forward to next month’s market, on July 18th.😊💐🌸Hope to see you there! 💗T

06/18/2026

Hello! So today I figured out how to make an Echo Prints YouTube channel. I feel so accomplished! 🥳🤭Please subscribe, like and share if you are so inspired. Thanks so much! 🌿💐Tracy

A little peek into the process! It takes two days, from start to fi...

06/14/2026

My attempt at an Echo Print commercial for bridal bouquets went slightly sideways today! 😂 After quite a few failed attempts, Lillie let the camera roll…and we decided to keep it, thunder and tears and all! ⛈️ I began to feel like the I Love Lucy Vitametavegamin commercial.🤣 For all yer bridal bouquet needs, I’m yer gurl…🥹💁‍♀️💐🖼️ But seriously-I am! Pittsburgh folks, I’d LOVE to talk to you about preserving your bridal arrangements in Echo Print form.💗💐

06/11/2026

Hi nature lovers! 🌿 I’m excited to tell you that my Echo Print cards are now available at ASWP Nature Store at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve! 🌿I’ve done a new collection of invasive and native species, especially for the store, and I hope you’ll pop in and check them out! ♥️ It’s such a GORGEOUS shop and the reserve is one of my favorite places to walk in nature…always something new to see. Today, the geese popping their black heads up over the the tall grasses near the pond, were a surprise to me! There was a nature camp going on, and I wished I was a part of it…☺️Local friends, do visit!

06/04/2026

Today was my last day as a crossing guard, and my wonderful daughter .desailes helped me commemorate it with this little video…all 100% true! 🤭🛑✋ In all seriousness, though, I sure am gonna miss all the kids, and aspects of this job. When I began this job back in September of ‘24, I didn’t know it would be a place where I would begin memorizing Psalms. But with my first post, I had a couple of very quiet hours each day and I had to have something to keep my brain busy! As it turned out, those 17 Psalms have been a lifeline during some challenging times over the past couple of years. God is so faithful!
My most recent post has been HUGELY different and very busy, crossing over 300 children in an hour…but those Psalms still played in the background and I pecked away more slowly. I intend to keep them and add more.
And…Bruno Mars also played in the background some afternoons! 😂💃
I have gotten used to seeing the same people at the same time each day, and have learned so many names…I’ll miss their sweet faces!
Okay-that’s all for now, but I did cry my last few minutes 🛑 in the middle of the crosswalk, when a graduated senior from my first year came by! Crazy how many memories I now have while standing on a sidewalk.♥️Who knows? Maybe I’ll take it up again in a few years;) xo Tracy

05/16/2026

Explaining how I make Echo Prints takes a whole lot of words~so I thought I’d show you the process in short video! (Thanks .desailes for your help in making it:) Sometimes I add a couple of different tweaks but this is the basic process, and it takes two days from start to finish, to complete a set of cards. Hope you enjoy watching! ~ 🌸Tracy
Ps. 💗Check my website ecoprints.net to visit me at my upcoming events this season! (Music credit-It’s Only a Paper Moon by The Blue Train Guitar Players)