tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post4163838023420161857..comments2024-03-27T11:52:23.308-04:00Comments on Thinking About Home: The Hidden Art of Homemaking {Chapter 7: Flower Arrangements}Cheryl http://www.blogger.com/profile/00063844335185525553noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-47806932007905056122013-06-21T17:44:25.408-04:002013-06-21T17:44:25.408-04:00Your Target story is hilarious!! Thank you for a ...Your Target story is hilarious!! Thank you for a smile for my Friday afternoon.............late..............<br />I do my own flower arrangements, and have plants all over the house..tooo many!! I do have a funny story for you though...I make the flower arrangements for our church and usually use silk flowers so that they will last a few weeks. <br />About 2 weeks ago I found a cute watering can in a nice sage green color at the local "junque" shop. I took it home, filled it with foam and arranged some twiggy stems in it with some flowering doo-dads and a few petunia look alikes close to the top of the can. It has been on the altar for a couple of Sundays...and last week a sweet little lady came up to me and told me how much she was enjoying my "tea pot" full of flowers. I wanted to laugh so badly, but I gave her a hug and thanked her. However, it is a mite hard to imagine a watering can as a tea pot :^)<br />Blessings to you,<br />JJaybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140775009986030091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-9947524031665362222013-06-10T14:59:15.096-04:002013-06-10T14:59:15.096-04:00What a stunning orange rose. The more I think abou...What a stunning orange rose. The more I think about I think I prefer a simple cut flower or three to a big bouquet. I esp like the herbs!Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-31404177237147117042013-06-08T15:38:03.088-04:002013-06-08T15:38:03.088-04:00I too, had a rosemary tree given to me - for Chris...I too, had a rosemary tree given to me - for Christmas - but it dried and died. In one house we rented I placed ferns and other moisture loving plants around the bathroom tub. They did fantastic because with the morning light through the window. When we moved from there to here I gave them all to my newly wed daughter who has an indoor green thumb.<br />But in this house it is faux bouquets that do best - with some cuttings from the garden and growers' market. <br />Your rose buds are beautiful and quite sweet.<br />Karen A. Karen Andreolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-40231864504480323912013-06-07T09:36:30.829-04:002013-06-07T09:36:30.829-04:00I'm no good with houseplants, either. And I ca...I'm no good with houseplants, either. And I cannot begin to count the number of live green beauties I've received from my Mother-in-law-with-a-very-green-thumb, only to bury them soon after.<br />Maybe that's why I enjoy cut flowers so much, at least no one expects them to live very long.<br />Love the beautiful arrangements you shared with us - each one is so lovely and special! What a blessing your daughter-in-law is to you, to inspire you the way she did.hsmominmohttp://apronstringsotherthings.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-11052786899024068422013-06-06T10:46:40.267-04:002013-06-06T10:46:40.267-04:00You are so funny! I am no better with house plant...You are so funny! I am no better with house plants -- I have a totally dead fern sitting on my back porch right now. For awhile I was buying myself some inexpensive flowers when I bought groceries, but these past few months I have really been in a homemaking funk and have not done any of your wonderful suggestions:( I need to get my head back on straight and put some more effort into things.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718137744623626322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-39420989975165533152013-06-06T10:06:25.674-04:002013-06-06T10:06:25.674-04:00I do believe that Mrs. Schaefer would agree that a...I do believe that Mrs. Schaefer would agree that a single bloom is enough. In fact I think that she would argue that when the meal is for two, a single bloom can be stunning.<br /><br />Goodness your story was great. I want to say that everyone can somehow relate but probably that would just be to make me feel better. I'm so glad there is at least another paranoid contraband thrower out there! Somehow I can always count on you Cheryl. :)<br /><br />Blessings, Debbie no spring chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772761727295689298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-89008421919817566472013-06-05T18:56:07.829-04:002013-06-05T18:56:07.829-04:00I'm catching up on your wonderful, summery po...I'm catching up on your wonderful, summery posts that I have missed. I think the simplest of flowers can bring sunlight to a table ... I am enjoying the bits of flowers in our garden and right now many of them are small so little baby food jars (at least baby food used to come in these jars) work just right! Your flowers, arrangements, thoughts and table settings you show here are all lovely!podsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880888514207597761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-29235799275723789542013-06-05T13:02:41.093-04:002013-06-05T13:02:41.093-04:00I think I have tossed quite a few plants over the ...I think I have tossed quite a few plants over the fence too, Cheryl!Your table setting is beautiful. I try and have fresh flowers inside especially during the spring and summer, Dh brings me flowers all during the winter from Audi's.Your plants look wonderful, and what a beautiful arrangement your DIL had for you all. Enjoy your day, I am taking a noon day break from the garden, blogging and trying to stay cool. ~smile~<br />SueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843762646877115013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-61245303857330106272013-06-05T11:51:48.426-04:002013-06-05T11:51:48.426-04:00You chucked it? That is so funny! I really enjoy s...You chucked it? That is so funny! I really enjoy simple things like fresh flowers in the house even in winter. My budget is limited to $5 during the months of January through March and I am no carnation snob. Ha! Those rose bouquets are marvelous. The daffodil arrangement is delightful. The single coral rose...such beauty! (I am seriously considering a faux fern, though, the real ones only last a couple of days.)Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-61101712500752987932013-06-05T11:18:57.412-04:002013-06-05T11:18:57.412-04:00I love to:) but again, as you've said, I too a...I love to:) but again, as you've said, I too am in the learning process! Loved your post:) SarahGeorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04275795394510819106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-39841764730496682642013-06-05T10:22:19.029-04:002013-06-05T10:22:19.029-04:00I, too, manage to kill all living plants inside my...I, too, manage to kill all living plants inside my home. I bought an ivy topiary from TJ's just before Easter....and ivy is so hardy and tough! Nope, this one dried up and turned brown, so I had to toss it. You girls did a wonderful job with the mini roses for the baby shower. xoBarbara F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05650730931602700042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596988245744679027.post-24224586954930145832013-06-05T10:05:42.143-04:002013-06-05T10:05:42.143-04:00Cheryl, LOL!
I am always careful when throwing th...Cheryl, LOL!<br /><br />I am always careful when throwing things over fences as my mom once tried to throw a Gatorade over the fence to the dugout and it fell back towards her and broke her nose. She had to be taken to the hospital but my dad and son kept on playing baseball :) <br /><br />Your pictures are really, really lovely. Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11240353902995298142noreply@blogger.com