Find a roundup of celebratory recipes and party inspiration for Cinco de Mayo, The Kentucky Derby, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. Happy May! May is my favorite spring month as it brings beautiful May flowers here in North Carolina. . . And is the month when pretty-in-pink Knock Out Roses and Peonies bloom. May Flowers…
Happy May 1st! May is my favorite spring month as it brings beautiful May flowers here in North Carolina. . . And is the month when pretty-in-pink Knock Out Roses and Peonies bloom. May Flowers Around the Potting Shed With the arrival of May comes celebrations and holidays. . . Cinco de Mayo, The Kentucky Derby,…
Happy May 1st! I’m sharing a May Day Basket on our dock, a nod to the charming and forgotten tradition of filling a basket with flowers to leave on your neighbor’s or friend’s door on the first day of May. My basket is filled with wildflowers blooming, free-for-the-picking, Bachelor Buttons and Ox-eye Daisies. May is my favorite…
Happy May 1st! I’m celebrating with a May Day Basket, a nod to the charming and forgotten tradition of filling a basket with flowers to leave on your neighbor’s or friend’s door on the first day of May. My basket is filled with wildflowers blooming, free-for-the-picking, Bachelor Buttons and Ox-eye Daisies. The month of May brings with…
In anticipation of Mother’s Day this Sunday, I set a flower-filled table outdoors! Floral print napkins and napkin rings with dainty sprays of roses, are paired with white embossed fruit and flower plates. . . Set on a quilted coverlet as a tablecloth with delicate embroidered flowers. I pulled out some vintage blooming flatware to add some additional flowers…
Sending you Flowers for Mother’s Day . . . In the form of my husband’s grandmother’s china and Oakleaf Hydrangeas from my Mother-in-Law’s garden. A field of quilted flowers, alongside blooming napkins, blossoming flatware & napkin rings. A mosaic urn, with a little floral relief and shards of flowering china, purchased many years ago, is…