Welcome! I put together a few Christmas photo collages to join the phone at Melissa’s Christmas Home Tours. As I looked at each grouping I realized that this year I decorated with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. There’s a theme for each area, but they are all different. Wanna […]
Make an Easy Bow with ‘Cheater Loops’
How To Make an Easy Bow For Wreaths & Garlands My video tutorial for making a Florist bow got a wide range of comments. Everything from Yeah right to Thanks for breaking it down into steps. If you’ve ever tried making a big loopy florist bow and had a lessthangreat result, I have a super […]
How To Make A Florist Bow (Video)
I suppose you’re completely done with your Christmas decorating by now, right? Or, are you like me and about halfway nearly finished? Lemme ask you a question: do you use ribbon to decorate? Of course you do! Ok, maybe you’re not like me and have ribbon-bedecked wreaths, garlands, centerpieces and trees (yes, treeze, plural), but […]
How To Make A Fall Floral Wreath
I wrote this post a while back but the floral design tutorial is pretty comprehensive so I wanted to share it again this year. Many, many moons ago I owned a flower shop. Note I didn’t say I was a ‘florist’. That skill set didn’t come until years later. Let me explain. First Husband wanted […]
My Flower Shop – The Final Parting
The final chapter of the story of the first funeral I did as a florist – and why you shouldn’t open a business with absolutely no experience.
Where is THAT gonna go. . . aka Space Planning
That seems to be the question nowadays. For everything. Where is this chair gonna go? Where is this dresser gonna go? Where, where, where? Ok. This is my little tutorial in space planning. My Disclaimer: I’m not an interior designer. I’ve never taken mechanical drawing pictures. I took two college interior design classes. Two! Don’t […]
Behind the Scenes – The Final Part
This is my last post about my two day adventure of working on a project that will air on that TV network that has Home and Garden in its title. One of the creative projects was this ramp from the 2nd story to the playhouse. It didn’t look like too much at this point. […]
Behind The Scenes – Part 4
Yesterday I wrote about the fabulous snowmen sculpted out of styrofoam. If you have snowmen, don’t you have to have snow? Have you tried using fiberfill batting on trees? It really looks like snow, doesn’t it? But this project was for national television, so Theresa had bigger ideas in store. No, that’s not white paint. […]