Find Valentine’s Day table and centerpiece inspiration for celebrating with your sweetheart, family or girlfriends. Tips for creating edible centerpieces, candy vase floral arrangements, rose petal ice cubes, an Alice in Wonderland-inspired tea party and more! I love putting together a table or centerpiece to add some fun and whimsy to celebrate the holidays, and…
Are you staying warm and cozy? Like a lot of the US, we’re bracing for Arctic blast of cold air and a wintry mix today. Perfect weather to stay indoors and enjoy some winter nesting! I set a table to enjoy the glow of our Winter Nesting Tree. It’s decorated with sparkling snowflakes, icy branches…
Create a ‘Winter Nesting’ Centerpiece for your table or home. This nesting-vase method is a decorative and easy way to hide your floral stems when using a glass vase for a flower arrangement. Customize your arrangement with the ‘filler’ or decorative material of your choice to match your decor or tablesetting. Welcome to Monday Morning…
Thank you for all your visits, comments, shares and Pins in 2018. I’m still surprised and humbled you find the time to visit my little blog and Potting Shed! We built my Potting Shed in 2012, before I’d ever heard of the concept or term, ‘She Shed’. You see that first post, HERE. While I don’t actually…
December has flown by, it’s hard to believe that Christmas is next week! I couldn’t resist having a little dish fun, sharing one last table that’s merry and bright, while enjoying the twinkle of the Christmas tree. A pair of Christmas plaid plates provided the table inspiration, appropriate for a season of red and green,…
Happy Friday! Are you in need of some flower therapy? If so, you’re in luck, as my Floral Friday friends and I are gathering together to send some floral inspiration your way. You’ll find my blogging friends’ links to their floral creations at the bottom of this post. It’s been a very wet, cold and…
We’ve enjoyed some beautiful fall weather the last couple of weeks, perfect for alfresco dining! Table inspiration came from a blue plaid throw with a narrow pumpkin stripe, which tops a matelasse coverlet as a tablecloth. . . And the pretty flower basket details of Royal Staffordshire Clarice Cliff ‘Charlotte’. Brown transferware and ironstone sing…
Whoooo can believe that October 31st is next week? October seems to have flown by but there’s still time to dust off your broom, polish your shoes and buy a new hat! <|:>) I pulled together some Halloween tablescapes from the archives for some spooktacular fun and inspiration! Click on the links in red to…
Halloween is next week~ the perfect time (or excuse ;) to celebrate with a Hallowine and Halloween candy pairing! I scared up some spooky bottles of Hallowine at World Market and Trader Joe’s. And found this handy Halloween candy and wine pairing chart last year from Vivino. Since it’s all about the candy on Halloween,…
Welcome to Hawthorne Gardens Wicked Beautiful Flowers. . .aka, the Potting Shed. Established in 1831, specializing in black roses. . . dead or alive. A murder of crows have flown in and await your arrival on October 31st. . . Our best specimens and warty pumpkins were scared up for this haunted tableau . .…
