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& Out about weekend coast March 26, 2015 arts & entertainment 4 9 12 14 COASTAL LIFE Crafts for a rainy day: paper flowers Fine-feathered friends Celebrate spring this year with a flock of backyard chickens TRAVEL Naselle A Finnish village with history, character and hidden treasures FEATURE The Jane Barnes Revue ADHDA presents its fifth annual topsy-turvy fundraiser fashion show DINING Toast toppings 10 fresh ideas for turning toast into something exciting STEPPING OUT....... .............................................................. .5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................17 CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 18, 19 GRAB BAG ....... .......................................................................... 22 Find it all online and more! COASTWEEKEND.COM www.coastweekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword searches and easy sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. coastweekend.com | facebook.com/coastweekend | twitter.com/coastweekend on the cover Brad Blaser, of Fort George Brewery, left, and Larry Cary, owner of North Coast Distilling, right, practice their cross-dressing look for the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association’s Jane Barnes Revue. Photo by Joshua Bessex CONTRIBUTORS: MARILYN GILBUGH COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH MATT LOVE DWIGHT CASWELL RYAN HUME To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2015 COAST WEEKEND After a rather dry and sunny winter, the recent rainy weather drove me inside. Sometimes it’s nice to take a break and veg at home. But my hands were itch- ing to stay busy. Luckily, I found an easy, crafty activity that also served a purpose. My sister is getting married this spring, and I’m in charge of planning the bridal shower — and what’s a bridal shower without some home- made decorations? :KLOHUHDOÀRZHUVDUHRQWKH agenda, I also decided to make VRPHSDSHUÀRZHUV <RXFDQ¿QGORWVRIGLIIHUHQW tutorials online for making paper ÀRZHUV6RPHLQVWUXFW\RXWRFXW out individual petals, which can be time consuming. Others re- quire tools like stencils or special ÀRUDOWDSH:KLOHWKHUHVXOWVDUH impressive, I decided to go with DEDVLFURVHSHRQ\VKDSHGÀRZ- er that required simple items I al- UHDG\KDGDWKRPHFRIIHH¿OWHUV scissors and tape. )LUVWÀDWWHQWZRFRIIHH¿OWHUV on top of each other — using two ¿OWHUV JLYHV \RX D IXOOHU ÀRZHU with more petals. Then, cut a spiral from the out- side to the center of the filters. The outside start of the spiral will be the middle of the flower, and the center of the filters will be the outer petals. Fold down the end tip of your ¿OWHUV DQG VWDUW WR VORZO\ SOHDW DQGJDWKHUWKH¿OWHUVWULSDURXQG it. You can use a little tape on the bottom as you go, to help keep \RXUÀRZHUIURPXQUDYHOLQJ8VH a little tape at the end and voila! 6LQFHWKHVHÀRZHUVZHUHIRUD bridal shower, I kept most of them white. But I painted a few with watercolors for a little splash of FRORU<RXFDQSDLQW\RXUÀRZHUV after you make them, or dye the ZKROH FRIIHH ¿OWHUV ¿UVW DQG OHW them dry before you start cutting. You can make easy paper flowers with coffee filters. Photos by Rebecca Sedlak Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consideration must be submit- ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. To submit an item, contact Rebecca Sedlak See story on Page 12 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK NOTES FROM THE EDITOR Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced with- out consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. March 26, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 3