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Home is where life is lived. This is where I love to show my creativity and individuality. Let’s make our homes as beautiful, interesting and comfy as they can be.
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HOLIDAYS

Celebrating holidays throughout the year brings joy to life. Bringing this joy to you by sharing ideas and visual concepts through this blog makes me happy!
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FLORAL DESIGN

Floral design is my art form. I love the look, the smell and feel of flowers and love mixing and matching flowers into gorgeous arrangements. I want to share all things flowers with you.
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Christmas Decorating Ideas and Vignettes from Seasons Past

Hey, all! Thanksgiving is approaching and I am thinking of getting out the Christmas boxes from the attic and starting to decorate the house...

How I Decorated the Sitting Room for Fall

Hi everyone! I thought I would share my fall-decorated sitting room with you all today before I moved onto Thanksgiving and/or Christmas....

How I Decorated the Family Room for Fall

Hi there! Try as I might I wanted to share a video of my fall family room with you today but, computer woes and technical ineptitude on my part...

Flower Pop-Up Shop Tomorrow!

Hey, all! I have been working on flower arrangements all day because I am hosting another pop-up shop tomorrow in my flower cart. I am...

Dreaming of a New Shed

Hey, all!! How's it going? I seem to be on a nostalgia tour lately. A few weeks ago, I shared some old floral creations of mine with you...

Showing posts from April, 2015

6:26 AM

Window Boxes of Newburyport

I had a very busy and enjoyable weekend. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston was hosting their annual Art-in-Bloom event this past weekend. My daughter, Brittany, and I try to go every year. Being that she is an art major and I am a floral designer, the Art-in-Bloom event is perfect for us. Even with our busy schedul…

9:21 AM

Spring Surprises!

Well, the very last bit of snow left my yard two days ago. It took that long for the snow pile in front of my kitchen window to finally melt away. That was where much of the snow that landed on my driveway was deposited by the plow. The bulk of the rest of the snow was completely gone last week, thank heavens! Fin…

5:11 PM

Burlap Wine Banner

I have been trying to think of new items to make for my Etsy Shop, DesignsandEvents , and since I have had success with my stenciled wine favor bags, I decided to make this burlap wine banner to coordinate with them. I wanted to make another banner with "Tasting" on it to match this banner for someone …

2:35 PM

My Trip to Arizona Continued

I wanted to follow-up on my trip to Arizona, as I said I would. Next week it will be back to business as usual. I promise. After staying in Scottsdale for the first part of our trip, we rented a car and drove two hours north to Sedona. We had reservations at the Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa, which defi…