My Design

I created this vase of flowers that are actually made of wood and vines for a sweet friend of mine. It came out so well that I am going to have to reproduce one for myself! I really like using natural elements.

Now - an interesting find - a while back I noticed that when reading others' blogs there were either NO or only a few pictures and had heard many of you talking about using Writer's Live a windows based program. I investigated WL and realized how much more "user friendly" it is to post especially when it comes to adding pictures. I started using it as well and when my post would publish not all of my pictures would show up, but they showed up on my MAC laptop. Crazy. I finally figured out it was because I use Mozilla Firefox as the main browser on my desktop (not a MAC)...when I logged into Internet Explorer...voila...all the pictures posted. My last post on pretty paper still had some glitches...on the MAC the pictures did not display as I had entered them on the Writer's Live. Am I the only one having these problems? It is hard to get the full meaning of a post when the pictures are not there....so frustrating. By the way, posting using Blogger displays fine on Mozilla. Any of you have any of these types of problems OR any words of advice for this not so tech savvy person?

Can't Wait for Spring!

I was raised for the most part in southern California and did not experience
"seasons." In much of my adult life I have been able to melt in the heat
along the gulf coast or be cold in the north of Alaska! One thing I am ready for
now is Spring! I love flowers and how the yards bloom with many
variations and colors.

I adore fresh greenery, here the eucalyptus, trachelium and moss
mix so well in the beautiful silver vase. I love most anything silver.
Wouldn't this be beautiful on your dining room table?

Hydrangeas make the base of this burst of color and the silver
urn is....well....I want it!

Green hydrangeas and cream roses are beautifully held in
place by green crabapples . The cut pomegranate is an interesting
piece in this arrangement, I would add more greenery loosely
placed in different directions.

One of the joys of the cooler weather just before spring is
when the tulips start popping up! They, along with
sunflowers and hydrangeas are my favorite flower.

I need to start working my soil to produce these beautiful colors
to have a display as lovely as this.

This is the color I had last season, still pretty but I want
those deep rich vibrant hues!

How about doing a small arrangement at each place
setting for your next gathering? Or group all different
sized vases and make an arrangement in each to make
one big arrangement?

Simplistic, cut from your garden, put in a glass container
with small pebbles in the bottom!