This post contains affiliate links. I took a floral arranging class as a university student. I often say that that class and my public speaking class are the two most practical classes I attended. Floral arrangement styles have changed over the years. I follow several florists on Instagram (who have styles I love but that…
It’s in the upper-80’s here (about 30º C) and I’m spending every possible minute outside, working in the garden. I am working to make a more abundant garden this year, with more food and flowers than ever before. While the front yard is a white garden, the backyard is where I plant flowers of several…
A low floral arrangement works well at a meal, so that you can see over it to converse with the people across from you. I started with a wide-mouthed pint-sized canning jar. You can use anything you have–an old jar that used to have food in it, a short glass–just something wide enough that it…
Have a wonderful first day of May!
It was another windy week, though there were some still hours in which I managed to get outside to do some work in the garden. I picked mulberries from my neighbor’s tree. The wind and birds had aleady claimed quite a few. It was too windy to risk picking on the extension ladder, so I…
About a year and a half ago, I found a beautiful piece of fabric on Black Friday. It was just a little bit (a yard and 3/8) and there was enough to make a dress for Ivory if I made it while she was young. This piece of fabric became my theme for her party–blue…
I had a chance to peruse a Pottery Barn catalog recently. I know that a lot of bloggers have been making their own version of Pottery Barn offerings, so I looked at it with that in mind, wondering what new projects I would see online soon. I noticed that it wasn’t always the products that…
The tulips are up in the white garden. They bloomed just in time for the garden tour last Saturday. The tulips take all the attention, but the edibles are thriving in the white garden too. If you didn’t notice them in the first picture, you’re not alone. My garden tour attendees didn’t…
I brought this orchid to church on Sunday as part of an object lesson. Women and men stopped me in the halls and in classes to ask me about it, “Is it real?”, “Do you cultivate orchids?”, and more. Everyone was fascinated by such a beautiful fresh flower. I love fresh flowers. I love having…