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    How to Make an Everlasting Mini Wreath

    Last year I took an everlasting wreath class at a local flower farm. It was my first time working with dried flowers and I was surprised by the colors and variety to choose from. Shortly after taking the class I went to a flower farm and cut many varieties of flowers to dry at home – strawflowers, gomphrena, celosia, amaranth, paper daisies, poppy pods, craspedia, dusty miller, etc. I also pick up small pine cones and pine branches while I am out walking my dogs. I made mini everlasting wreaths for each place setting for our family Thanksgiving meal and some extras to add to small gift bags for hostess…

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    Tallulah Rose Flower School: My Immersion Course

    I spent the past week participating in a 5 day immersion course with Tallulah Rose Flower School hosted at a local flower farm, Petal and Pitchfork. My inspiration for taking the course was to explore floral design & try a variety of arrangements to help me determine if this is something I would consider pursuing as a secondary or side career in the future. Floral design has always brought me so much joy and I love to bring the beauty of nature indoors. This post will summarize my experience and what we did each day as part of the immersion course. Day One Introductions: We started the course off with…

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    Easter Flowers

    Easter is a special occasion that symbolizes rebirth, forgiveness, new beginnings and a fresh spiritual outlook, and is a time to be with family. Every year my Mom would buy my daughter a beautiful Easter Sunday dress for our church service and family gathering – this made my daughter feel so special and loved and it became “their” holiday. The loving presence of my Mom will be with us this Easter as we gain a clearer view of who we are as God’s perfect beloved sons and daughters. For the Easter bouquets I chose peony double tulips – there are two small white flowers nestled beneath a larger pink peony…

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    Friday Flowers 3.12.2021

    Hooray for Friday Flowers! This week I freshened up last weeks flowers, added in flowers and greens from my own garden, and also added in white lisianthus from the store. I like to use simple vases like mason jars or small white vases and then scatter them around the house so each room has a touch of nature’s beauty. As a busy full-time working mama and now teacher to my teen daughter (homeschooling due to the pandemic) taking the time to make floral arrangements is one of the few things I do for myself. It brings me a sense of calm and peace and then satisfaction as I see them…

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