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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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    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 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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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!
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Heart-Shaped Floral Arrangement

Still continuing with my Valentine Sampler theme... today I am going to share my heart-shape floral design and the steps it took to make it with you.  I've been wanting to do this kind of arrangement for a long time now.  Originally, I was going to use only carnations in a very formal pattern but, decided again…

Valentine Sampler Print

As I  continue my Valentine Sampler, I wanted to share a photo of this handmade print with you.  It was created by my daughter while attending college and majoring in Art and Early Education.  I have always loved the prints she gave me at that time and this one reminded me of star-crossed lovers.  You know, like Ro…

Valentine Sampler Continued

It is yet another snowy day in Massachusetts and although I am trying to be positive about the winter and to focus on love and Valentine's Day, I have to admit I am starting to get some cabin fever! To take away the blues, here is  another Valentine photo for my evolving Valentine sampler. "If I …

Starting a Valentine Sampler

Since it is the dead of winter and Valentine's Day is only a little over a week away, I thought I would share a valentine photo vignette everyday or so, along with a quote about LOVE, before the big day.  Winter can be so long.  Why not focus on something as beautiful as love? "So, I love you because …

Hand Tied Flowers

I was going to have lunch with a couple of my girlfriends and wanted to bring a little gift for each one.  Nothing big, just a little something.  It's January and who doesn't like flowers? This is especially true since these friends were ones I had made through my garden club.   I loved the color o…

Christmas Design at the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City

My husband, Tom, and I decided to finish the holiday season by going to Quebec City on January 1, 2015.  We had never been to Quebec before but someone had strongly recommended it to Tom some time ago.  So, since we have been wanting to take a road trip for a while, we made reservations at the Chateau Fro…

Homemade Ice Sculpture

We have had arctic temperatures here in the Northeast, going down to as low as -5 degrees below zero in my area.  Not exactly going outside weather!  However, one thing these temperatures are good for is making ice.  Therefore, I decided to play around a bit and try to make an ice sculpture out of household items. …