Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Thursday, June 4, 2015

A Little of This, A Little of That

Since the rain won't seem to go away, I thought I'd take a few minutes and post what's been going on the last few weeks (and months) since my last post.  This is a hodge podge of pictures I thought I'd share, no theme to speak of, just a little of this and a little of that.

The first picture is of the spring wreath I made for the front door.  It's mostly pink, and I guess the neighbors might think I'm wishing for a baby girl, but I liked the colors.


My children came home for Easter, and we had dinner in the dining room.  I used a garden bunny in the centerpiece, with pink tulips on each side.
It was nice having just the four of us, and we certainly had a lovely time being together!
For teacher appreciation week, I helped my cousin do the tables for a teacher luncheon.  We used decorated mason jars with cut flowers from the yard, big pieces of chalk tied with twine, and apples as our centerpieces.  Simple, but cute!

When the flowers finally bloomed for spring, they were magnificent.



We opened the pool and set the tents up.
Flowers were planted in all the pots.
Now we are ready to enjoy the outside, if the weather will cooperate!
Instead of going out to a restaurant for our anniversary as we usually do, we decided to go to our lake where we cooked dinner outside, and enjoyed the view.  Nothing fancy on the table--but with this view it wasn't needed.

Our dinner consisted of salad with fruit, walnuts, and feta with strawberry blush vinaigrette, fillets, roasted squash and zucchini, and sauteed mushrooms with onions.  We enjoyed being outside and cooking together.

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Spring, Wherefore Art Thou?

Waiting for spring is really trying my patience.  I am tired of the cold.  I'm sure everyone else is tired of the cold.  If spring doesn't arrive soon, I am going to scream.  Loud.  So I pulled out some spring flowers, dishes with happy colors, and put together a little simple table for four--dreaming that soon flowers will be blooming and the sun's warmth will bring the world alive again.
Using materials I found in my stash, I put together three spring florals.
I pulled a spring runner from the closet and used greenery down the center.
A nest of eggs is the focal point in each arrangement.
White tapers fill in the spots between each of the florals.
A dainty porcelain napkin ring holds each sage green dinner napkin.
Candleholders are vintage with a delicate silver overlay.
Dishes are sage green and  pink.  I believe they came from HomeGoods or TJ Maxx.
Silver flatware is simple as well, nothing too fancy here.
The fleur-de-lis glasses match the pink plates, and the pattern on the stems reminds me of dogwood.
The runner has a basket of spring flowers at each end, you've probably seen these in the stores.
Bird's eye view!!
At least it's a sunny day, even though you can't hardly open the door because of the frigid temperatures.  This does not feel a bit like Virginia weather.
I think this has cheered me up a bit.  Stay warm, my friends, and let's hope spring arrives soon!!

Thanks for visiting!  

~Betsy