Love tulips? Enjoy them at home –

Love Tulips?  Enjoy them at home – you can create your own centerpiece with these easy steps. … Read More >>>

Choosing your bridal bouquet –

When choosing the design of your bridal bouquet, give careful consideration to your personal style, body shape, along with the lines of your dress. Discuss these details with your florist during consultation. Offer photos and magazine pages that you have collected illustrating design styles and color harmonies that you especially like. Think about your body shape   To achieve proper proportion, your height should be the first consideration. Give your … Read More >>>

First Flower

It was so much fun this Spring, to introduce my five-month-old granddaughter to her very first flower. Linley was captivated by the bright blue color of the delicate Siberian Iris. Lightly, she touched the soft petals with her sweet, chubby little fingers. She looked at me and smiled. Hopefully, that was the beginning of our sharing a love of nature and especially flowers together. Her mom is teaching Linley to … Read More >>>

Life is good –

Recently, I read an interesting quote on the Barefoot Contessa’s website about creating a home – “Something smells really good!” my husband, Jeffrey, exclaims every Friday night when he walks in the door. Most weeks, Jeffrey has been around the world and back and when he walks in that door, I want him to feel that he’s really home. What he doesn’t realize is that what feels very casual is, … Read More >>>