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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!

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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6:14 PM

Christmas Wreaths and Other Decorating Ideas from 2019

Hey, everyone!  I am sorry I haven't checked in for awhile but, I thought I would take a few days to enjoy the season and spend time with my husband and our family.  I am happy to report that I have had a wonderful Christmas season!  Lots of celebration and fun! Today, in a tradition that I started last year ma…
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9:28 AM

A Christmas Decorated Foyer

Hey, there!  It is December 4th and we are digging out from a three-day long Nor'easter.  We got 18+ inches of snow! I am not ready for this yet even though I live in New England and I should be!  Tomorrow I will be co-hosting the holiday wreath workshop I have been talking about for a few weeks.  I am sure you ar…
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9:22 PM

A Christmas Time Wedding Trio

I would like to share some work I did a few days ago.  I enjoying working with flowers and playing around with them. (I guess that goes without saying given what I do!) So that is exactly what I did at the end of last week.  Unfortunately the flower supply was wanting, seemingly everywhere when I decided to do thi…
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12:24 PM

Getting R&R and Inspiration in Ogunquit Maine

Hey, everyone!  I think I mentioned in my last post that I would be doing the flowers for a wedding all last week and wouldn't be posting anything until this week.  Well, here I am!  My wedding ended up going very well and the flowers (I think) turned out beautifully but, I did have some unforeseen and last-minute…
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8:13 PM

Foraging for Fall Flowers

Hey, there!  I know it has been a while since I have been in touch but, September has been a very busy month for me!  I wasn't expecting it to be this way and I am a bit off-kilter.  Last year at the end of August I wrote about a visit I made to a local pick-your-own flower farm and subsequently shared the arra…
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5:30 PM

Announcing Some Exciting News!

Hey, Guys!  It has been very busy in my world lately with the end of summer and the approaching of fall.  Every day this week has been scheduled with something.  My garden club started up on Monday.  My mom had an eye appointment on Tuesday.  Yesterday was a trip into the flower market with a Boston Harbor Cr…
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6:56 AM

Decorating with Gourds and Pumpkins

Hey, everyone!  I hope you are enjoying September so far.  Life seems to have taken right off now that the summer is over with fall activities.  Before you know it, we will be doing some autumn decorating.  You can feel it in the air. As this week has progressed I have started thinking about buying mums and seas…
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6:16 PM

Blogs I Love to Follow

This week was one of those "getting back to reality" weeks for me.  There is one week (almost) of "real" summer left and I know that life as it has been over the summer with no schedules and no true commitments would have to come to an end at some point but, I am pretty sad about it.  However, what…
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5:57 PM

What You Can Do With $12 Worth of Grocery Store Flowers

Hey, Everyone!  Last week I shared my  Fun End of the Summer Tablescape with you.  While I was writing that post, I thought it would also be fun to share the making of the centerpiece from that tablescape.  Unfortunately for me, I came to that revelation after I had taken all of my photos and written that post.  …
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1:09 PM

A Fun End of the Summer Tablescape

Hey, Everyone!  Last week I shared my  Fun End of the Summer Tablescape with you.  While I was writing that post, I thought it would also be fun to share the making of the centerpiece from that tablescape.  Unfortunately for me, I came to that revelation after I had taken all of my photos and written that post.  …
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8:11 AM

Adding Touches of Spring to My Home

Hey, Everybody!  How is it going in your world?  Mine is going well but, I have to admit it hasn't felt like spring for me here in Massachusetts until this week.  For some 40+ days in April and May we were subjected to rain and/or cold weather.   However, this week has brought a number of beautiful sunny and warm…
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10:06 AM

Flowers for an April Wedding: Part Two

Hello, there!  I am sorry it has taken me this amount of time to finish posting about the wedding I did in April.  The month flew by and May is not exactly going at a snail's pace either.  However, I do have a few more photos to share with you from Katie and Andrew's wedding at the Ocean Edge Resort in Brewste…
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8:40 AM

Decorating for Easter!

Happy Easter Weekend, everyone!  I am about to head out the door to go to Cape Cod to take my mom out for an early Easter lunch.  Tomorrow some of my children and their families will meet at my house and then we will travel a few miles down the road to a restaurant in my town of Groton, Massachusetts to enjoy our Eas…
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7:26 AM

Making a Hoop Wreath

Hi, all!  How is it going?  Are you enjoying spring so far?  I definitely am.  With the warmer weather and the promise of bright, beautiful colors coming along with the onslaught of spring, I thought I would try my hand at a couple of hoop wreaths to put on the double front doors of the entry to my house.
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1:07 PM

My New Flower Cupcake Collection

Hey, there!  Earlier this week I mentioned that I have been working on a new product for my floral design business.  I also said that I wasn't exactly ready to announce the new idea quite yet. Well, although I am not totally ready, many of the photos associated with my new "reveal" are St. Patrick's …
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12:01 PM

Trial and Error: Painting Furniture

I can't believe how quickly this week is flying by.  I am in the middle of trying to launch a new product for my floral design business but, I am not quite ready to share it with the world yet.  I don't mean to be so mysterious.  It's not a big deal.  I just want to have all my ducks in a row before I shar…
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6:12 PM

A Not-So-Naked St.Patrick’s Day Cake

This past weekend we had two, yes two!, snowstorms predicted for our area of Massachusetts.  I knew I would probably go stir crazy by the end of the weekend so, I planned to make the best of it.  I decided to try my hand at a naked cake.
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5:21 PM

Looking to Find Some "Green" Inspiration!

I don't know about you but, I am starting to get sick of the bland and neutral landscape of winter.  I know there isn't anything we can do about it.  It is February (almost March) after all but, I am craving a bit of color at this point in the season and since St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, I…
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9:05 PM

All Greenery Boutonnieres

Hello, there! Are you guys in winter mode like I am?  Last week was Valentine's Day and I was very busy with all of that but, this week I just want to take it easy.  It is February school vacation here in Massachusetts and although I do not have children at home anymore, it just feels like a take-it-easy kind …
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6:43 AM

A Valentine Garland

Hey, there!  I hope you don't mind one more Valentine post for 2019.  I may have gone a bit overboard in that regard this year but, after all, I do love Valentine's Day! Anyway, today I am sharing the easiest tutorial for making a Valentine garland ever!
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1:53 PM

Valentine Floral Arrangements from the Past

Welcome!  I am continuing with my Valentine theme this week and sharing some of my past Valentine-inspired floral arrangements with you.  To be sure, I have some new ideas in my head for this Valentine's Day but, it is always fun to look back.  It is a good way for me to learn from the past and maybe even improve~…
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7:11 AM

Cabinet Styling for Valentine's Day

Hi there!  How are you doing?  Last weekend was all about getting ready for the Super Bowl and planting ourselves in front of the TV to watch it.  As you may know, we are all very excited here in New England with how it turned out :-).  With the results of the Super Bowl, the parade that followed and the warm beautifu…
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2:21 PM

A New Spin on Valentine Floral Arrangements

So, last week I was talking about transitioning my Christmas decorating to winter decorating.  Did you see the  post ?  Well just like that, I am over it!  I guess that shows that it took me too long to do my winter decorating in the first place because now I seem to be all about Valentine's Day.  I'm scatter-…
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3:22 PM

Winter Decorating

Hi, all!  How are you doing?  Are you making it through January OK?  I can’t believe it’s more than halfway through!  Part of my January has been spent getting my house into winter decorating mode.  Gone is the red and green of the holidays and now it is time for neutrals to reign in the house.
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6:15 PM

Some of My Favorite Designs from 2018

Welcome!  I am very slowly moving into 2019 but, while I painstakingly get my house into January mode, I wanted to look back at some of the designs I created last year to gain perspective as I move forward into a new year.  Looking back helps me to appreciate some of my achievements (something that is hard for me to d…
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6:29 PM

Top Posts of 2018

~ Happy 2019, everyone!  Before moving onto the new year with all of its promise, I thought I would reflect on what you all liked best last year when it came to this blog.  I find it therapeutic and informative to look back and, perhaps, learn a few things about you, as well as myself along the way. Some of your fa…
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