From the category archives:

flowers

Fall Comes Knockin’

October 7, 2008

First things first…there’s a giveaway going on over at The Restyled Home for 20 copies of Matthew Mead’s latest book, Entertaining Simple. From what I hear, this is a fantastic book filled with great ideas for entertaining on a budget and also with a lot of style. She’s also giving away TEN Homegoods giftcards valued [...]

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Spring in Alabama

April 15, 2008

Clematis on my mailbox As is usual this time of year, Spring has arrived in the South. Last week was just about peek and I took a walk through my neighborhood to show you what is blooming around here. In spite of our severe drought last year, it doesn’t seem to have affected the show [...]

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Wedding Florals

April 1, 2008

What’s a wedding without beautiful flowers? My friend, Angie, has been a floral designer for many years and now mainly doing weddings. She works out of her house and does several weddings a year. She asked me if I’d be interested in helping her out with some of her weddings, so it looks like I [...]

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Plants: Real vs. Faux

September 24, 2007

Florals in my livingroom, sofa table off the foyer. Click to enlarge all pics. I’m glad you all enjoyed my yardsale finds for this week! It’s always fun to share them with you…and ya’ll really appreciate a good bargain, I can just tell! LOL Over the years, I’ve been involved in many decorating boards & [...]

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Treasures for the week

August 6, 2007

I was going to take a break this week from yardsaling. Really, I was! There was one little sale I checked out at a church on Friday & then I wasn’t going to go to anymore Saturday a.m. But, after going to the gym & running some errands, it was already after 10:30 & I [...]

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Drying Hydrangeas

August 4, 2007

It’s that time of year, when hydrangeas are in full bloom & we can start thinking about drying them very soon….at least, they are close to ready down here in the South. Rememer my Endless Summer hydrangea that was a pretty shade of blue back in June? Well, this is the same one, after the [...]

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Blooms & Yardsale Finds

June 25, 2007

I think I mentioned how pretty my hibiscus are every year and this year is no exception! They are really bustin’ out right now & we just had a pretty good rain one day this week, so they are loving the water. These were only planted a year ago in February & they bloomed & [...]

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June Garden Blooms

June 1, 2007

My Endless Summer hydrangea is really doing well. I just planted this one last year and it was pink then…now, with our soil, it has turned a nice shade of blue, which I don’t mind at all. This little hydrangea is supposed to bloom all summer, so I can’t wait to see how it does. [...]

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A Welcome Wall Pocket

April 25, 2007

Here’s the wall pocket I found yardsaling ($3) a couple weeks ago. I decided since it’s black & the door’s black, I needed a pop of color to really bring this area alive, so I got some pretty faux red orchid stems & a really pretty yellowy lily, added a few other fillers & here [...]

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Native Azaleas are beautiful!

March 26, 2007

At least I think that’s what these are…if anyone knows any different, please tell me, since I’m under the assumption that these beautiful pink blossoms are indeed, native wild azaleas. We are surrounded by woods in our neighborhood & I was walking down the park road which borders our neighborhood. Out in the edge of [...]

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Rocks….I really like rocks!

March 17, 2007

Rocks….I really do like rocks! Since I was a kid growing up as a tomboy, (I loved being outside more than anything!) I picked up rocks & was facinated by them. I had a rock collection that I kept in a shoebox for the longest time. Wish I’d kept those for the long haul…whenever I’d [...]

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