Last January, my niece, Kiersten, contacted me and asked if I could do the flowers for her wedding. I, of course, said, "Yes!". I was thrilled. At our first official meeting a few weeks later, I met her fiancé, Chris. They were such a cute couple! So much fun! With that first meeting, the journey f…
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Since today is the first day of fall and I am beginning the process of doing the flowers for a wedding this weekend and am super busy, I thought I would re-post my foliage tour of my town from last year. I hope you don't mind. I'll be back "live" next week :). ______________________________________…
The last time I spoke about my shed it was last spring and it looked like this. I had written about the construction of the shed and how it would eventually be where I would do my floral designing and, hopefully, host parties and workshops. I also wrote about how I didn't want to call it a "she shed" b…
I am a little late in getting a post out this week. I think I may still be in summer mode or, perhaps, I am simply trying to catch up from the carefree schedule of summer. I think the latter is probably more correct. I've been doing laundry, cleaning up, trying to give SOME attention to my poor dismal garden. …
This is my final installment (until the professional photos appear) of the journey of the flowers for Keri and John's wedding on August 19, 2016 at The Commons 1854 in Topsfield, MA. You can see the other installments here and here . I am really excited about sharing these last photos of the reception ballro…
Christine
Hello! I'm Christine and am so glad you are here. I am a wife, a mother of three grown children, and a grandmother, as well as a floral designer. I am also someone who loves making a house a home. This space is my opportunity to share ideas on floral design, holiday decorating, entertaining, gardening and so much more! Please come and enjoy the journey with me!