Here it is the last day of April… what a strange month!  I’m sure we all have are own stories of oddities to share from the past few weeks.  It seems like each part of the country and each industry and even each person has been affected somehow, but differently, with all the sickness and […]

It’s been quite a year.  Moving your family to a new town is an adventure in and of itself.  Moving your business along with it adds a whole other dimension to the equation.   Our little farmhouse is charming, even without us doing anything to it.  But obviously I was itching to get my hands on […]

Easter sure is going to look different this year.  No big family gathering.  No big church breakfasts.  No sunrise services.  No connecting with others.  It seems so strange to think about celebrating alone. Visions of frilly Easter dresses and egg hunts have vanished.  The normal Easter baskets are going to be a little less stuffed.  […]

Yes, it’s techically April 1st and I’m just finishing up my March flower series.  But since we’re all at home in quarentine, who really knows what day it is anymore anyway???  Plus these flowers will spill beautifully into the month of April as well. My orginal plan was to create this arrangment (using my 5 […]

Coming here to write has been a little bit of a struggle.  With all the things happening in the world, chatting about flowers seems a little frivilous.  I mean, they’re just flowers… At the end of last week I watched videos of some of the California wholesalers having to dump product because their doors are […]

Colors I’m seeing a lot of this year aren’t too far off from what I’ve been working with in previous years.  Still lots of blush, which seems to morph a little more into mauve and blue.  Lots and lots of blue.  Now living by the lakeshore, I’m not sure that blues will ever completely fade […]

I had a vision for a wall in our dining room.  I wanted it to be bold and yet subtle.  A statement wall that didn’t speak too loudly.  I wanted a burst of color but am natrually drawn to neutrals.  It’s a wall of contridictions. On top of that, I wasn’t sure exactly what the […]

Another winter month in which the landscape seems a little desolate. There’s still too much white out there, not leaving much room for the colorful foliages and blooms I long to see as I look out the window.  But again, I’m thankful that the floral industry has evolved so that we can at least have […]

Last month I started something new, a series introducing 5 flowers that I’m loving at this moment – pretty close to real time, in season varieties.  It’s intended to be a project to begin cataloging flowers and reminding ourselves that 1. spring will come and 2. there are flowers available even if it is frigid […]

We’re 10 days away from Valentine’s Day.  Everything is pink and red in contrast to the white snow outside and the subject of love is in the air.  And this year, we’re offering Valentine’s bouquets. Our studio space is finally finished and we’ve hosted a few guests since it’s completion, but this will be the […]