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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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9:47 AM

Top Ten Posts of 2020

Hey there! Well, here it is almost the end of 2020 and I feel I have to say along with most of you, "Good Riddance"!  However, as I look over my year through the scope of my blog I realize 2020 wasn't all  bad.  I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for following me and reading this blog…
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9:40 PM

The After Christmas Christmas Tour

Hi folks!  Well, as it turned out I wasn't able to post a pre-Christmas house tour as I had hoped.  So like I have done in the past, I am publishing an After Christmas tour today.  2020 has been a very rough year for all of us but the last few weeks have been especially hard for my husband and me, as well as our …
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10:52 AM

Obsessed With Plaid Ribbon This Season

Welcome!  The holiday season is speeding by and, as usual, I am behind in almost every area of the holidays.  While I am wrestling through, I wanted to show you my fascination with a particular black-and-white plaid ribbon I found at Michael's.  It is showing up in all areas of my home.
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1:10 PM

Offering Flower Subscriptions as Gifts

Hey, there!  I am happy to announce I am now offering gift flower subscriptions for the months of January and/or February.  The flower subscriptions will mean, depending on what option you go for, that I will deliver a stylish flower arrangement to you or the person you are giving the flower subscription to in the mo…
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6:39 PM

Frosted Glass Christmas Votive Holder

Hi Everyone!  How are you doing today?  It is definitely feeling like November here in the Northeast.  We have cleaned up the yard and put away any leftover deck furniture.  It was time to do those chores.  I have one more week of thinking about fall and fall colors but after that, I will be moving onto Christmas.  I…
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9:41 AM

November Pick Me Up Arrangement Information

Hey, Everyone!  My goal was to tell you about my November Pick Me Up offering before now.  Unfortunately, unforeseen events have happened and things were delayed a bit.  I also hoped to have all the technical stuff in place to make the ordering and paying much easier for you.  I am still working on that.  I hope to ha…
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5:54 PM

Pick Me Up Bouquets

Hi Everybody!  Believe it or not it is snowing in my neck of the woods!  I think it has added up to about 5" so far.  It is late in the afternoon and it looks like it might actually be slowing down a bit. The weatherman told us we might get 2".  Not funny, Mr. Weatherman! Now that I am done complaining abou…
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4:46 PM

Vignettes of Autumn Around the Home

Hey, all!  It's Friday!  The weekend is almost here! And it is almost the end of October so for two reasons, I wanted to share some of my fall decorating around the home, inside and out, with you.  The first reason is that the squirrels, chipmunks and bear(s) (yes bear(s)!) are attacking the pumpkins I have place…
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2:28 PM

Decorating the Fire Pit Area for Fall

Hi Everyone!  How is it going? I honestly cannot believe where the time has gone.  It is already the middle of October!  How can that be?  I am finally finishing up my fall decorating. I am truly ashamed that it has taken me this long.  With Thanksgiving and Christmas fast approaching I thought I would share some of …
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12:29 PM

A Foraged Wedding Boutonniere

Hey, there! Are you enjoying wonderful weather like we are here in Massachusetts?  I spent last weekend at the beach on Cape Cod and you would have thought it was still August.  It was great!  I hope you all had a good weekend, as well!
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4:09 PM

A Floral Recipe for a Fall Planter

Hey there!  How are you all doing?  You know how some weeks are better than others?  Well, last week was not the best for me and my family.  I don't really want to get into the particulars because I am not one to share a lot of my personal life but, suffice to say, it was a week of loss and sadness.  We are slow…
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10:54 AM

Making a Wreath from Roadside Plants

A little over a week ago I decided to create something from almost nothing.  I noticed some plants growing in abundance on the side of the road.  I would call them weeds but that has gotten me into trouble. (I will explain that later.)  There were some of these "plants" growing on my property and they remind…
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8:53 PM

The Micro Weddings I Did in the Age of the Coronavirus

Hi, Everyone!  Can you believe summer is winding down so quickly?  I cannot. Since things are fairly quiet for me I felt as though now might be a good time to share with you some of the experiences I have had doing the flowers for micro weddings in this age of the coronavirus.  As you may know, weddings were pretty mu…
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1:01 PM

A Year of Floral Designs and More

Hey there! How are you all doing? As many of you may know, this has been an especially hard year for wedding and special events.  Therefore, it has been an especially hard year for folks such as myself, namely floral designers.  It has been a year of very small weddings and no real events going on.  Therefore, I have …
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11:09 AM

Iced Tea Time on a Very Hot Day!

I don't know about those of you who live in other states but here in Massachusetts we are still under some pretty strict rules concerning the coronavirus.  Our social gatherings are still supposed to be held to a small number.  So, much of what I do and plan for is for two, maybe four.
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2:57 PM

Creating a Beach Themed Tablescape in the Country

Hi, Everyone!  I am back from a very nice vacation although the weather was not perfect.  It was great to get away and relax for a while.  I suppose the cloudy days helped in that respect, now that I think of it.  I have been rejuvenated just as I had hoped and am ready to share some new ideas and designs with you!���…
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8:23 PM

Taking a Little Break to Rejuvenate

Hi, All! I hope you are all doing well.  I am signing in today to tell you that Designs and Events is going to take a few weeks off from its blogging schedule.  Even though the pandemic in Massachusetts has abated quite a bit, which is wonderful, the whole experience has taken a toll, at least on me.  I am sure it …
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8:58 PM

Making a Front Entry Summer Ready

Hi, Everyone!  Summer has officially started and with that I am now realizing that my spring planters on the front porch are beginning to look a bit bedraggled.  They looked pretty good a few weeks ago ↓ but, what often happens with pansies is now happening with my pansies.  They are getting "leggy" and li…
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8:01 AM

Finding "New" Spaces Around the House During the Shutdown

Hi there!  Sorry I missed you last week.  It was a busy week for me.  It was a week of celebration and catch up.  We celebrated my daughter and husband's birthdays and we finally caught up on some appointments that had to be put on the back burner due to the coronavirus.  One of which was an appointment to th…
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10:09 AM

My Garden Thus Far

Hi, there!  It is the end of another week in semi-shutdown mode.  Massachusetts is slowly starting to open.  Yay!  I have an actual hair appointment in about ten days.  I am so excited!  It is great to have some things slowly trying to get back to normal.  However, for the most part, I am still in shutdown status…
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3:28 PM

An Easter Dessert Table for Two

You know, I am starting to lose track of time but, I think it was a week or so ago I decided to put together a little tablescape for Easter.  At that time, I already knew Easter was going to be just my husband and myself because of the coronavirus situation.
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8:38 PM

Favorite Designs of 2019

Hi, Guys!  I know I keep saying that I need to move forward into 2020 but I wanted to publish one more post to remember 2019 one more time .  I had so much fun creating these designs that I wanted to share some of my favorites with you before I officially turn the page into the new year. So, please indulge me one mo…
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