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A lovely summery, country style mix of royal blue, yellow and white for Joanna's wedding to Michael at the end of May. A church wedding followed by a reception at Rhinefield House. Joanna's bouquet in royal blue, yellow and white using a mix of delphiniums, cornflowers, white stocks, ivory roses, yellow solidago and a touch of eucalyptus. These delphiniums are a stunning choice for bride's looking for a dash of bright blue. Whilst they are a summer flower you can actually source them through most of the year. Bridesmaids' bouquets of roses, white stocks, blue cornflowers, yellow solidago and a little eucalyptus. Gorgeous for their bright blue dresses. Pretty wrist corsage with yellow,blue and white to match using lisianthus, cornflower and solidago.  Simple buttonhole of rose with single leaf backing for the men. Country style bouquets in yellow, blue and white for the bridesmaids, all boxed and ready to go. Yellow, blue and white flowers, these low table centres add a

On Saturday we had a really beautiful day. I wasn't working, Paul wasn't working and Lois was off school, so we spent it in the garden, and it was glorious. I felt as if I had been given a gift. I did'nt come in until 11.30, and went to bed tired and happy!  Lots of work got done....weeding, planting, staking, brushing, cleaning, dead-heading and loads of moving. Then there was feeding, watering, re-planting. I even managed to paint some more pots for the shop. There was also some eating, drinking, admiring, sitting, talking, relaxing. A very good day was had by all! The next little gift I receive will be spent fence painting, hopefully I won't have to wait too long. I hope you had a lovely weekend, and managed to have a little time in your garden or in the park, or on the beach, and if not, then it's your turn next! Much love to you all, and thanks for stopping by, Linda x.

On my way to the shop  I walked through the park and couldn't resist taking a couple of snaps, the cowparsley and bluebells were drawing me in! Toadflax in a crack in the wall...I love it, I love the name of it! It seems very English to me, but it's probably not. I painted some terracotta pots and planted them out, for the shop. My hubby planted some salad leaves a while ago and they are ready to eat, don't they look good? You can't beat a walk in the park, a session in the garden or some home produced goodies...it's the simple things in life that please me. Many thanks my dear readers for all your lovely comments on my last post. I will have some more things to show you soon, but didn't want to go on too much about the shop this week. All is going well, and I have another Furniture Painting Workshop this Friday, so it's pretty hectic around here...but there is still time to smell the lettuce! I wish you all a very happy and productive week, and I look forwa

A gorgeous summery scheme with a touch of vintage in dusky pinks and ivories  for Jayne. The stocks and freesias are a beautiful lilac-pink and helped make the bouquet smell as beautiful as it looked.  Summery vintage bouquet using dusky pink and ivory roses with pale pink stocks, freesias and a touch of mixed foliages. Ivory, pink and lilac summers bouquet for the bridesmaid using ivory and pink roses with pale pink stocks and freesias, lilac lisianthus and a touch of foliages.  Vintage - country styled bouquet in lilac, pink and ivory for the bridesmaid using roses, stocks, freesias and lisianthus. Ivory rose, pink freesias and foliages make a gorgeous pin on design for the ladies.  A summery wreath of pink and ivory roses, stocks, lisianthus and freesias around a central church candle made stunning table centres.  For the top table Jayne chose mixed wedding themed vase designs with tea lights for a really soft and pretty look. The empty vase is ready and waiting for Jayne's bouq

And now for something a little different, a very stylish black and white themed wedding at the East Horton Golf Club. I first met Tricia at East Horton Golf club while she was viewing the venue and I saw setting up another wedding. It would be fair to say that she wasn't a flower fan - until she saw what a difference they made. A year or so later and I was working on Tricia's flowers - featuring a fair few of a girls favourite things - roses and  gypsophila, a dash of sparkle and feathers.. Black and white wedding bouquet of Akito roses, lisianthus and diamante with a surround of mixed black feathers. Very vintage glamour.  Black and white buttonhole of rose, grasses and feather with black ribbon stem.  White rose and gypsophila posies with a dash of diamante for the bridesmaids who were in black. Black and white themed table centre of gypsophila and lisianthus in a tall trumpet vase with a black ostrich feather inside. The design is sat on a mirror plate sprinkled with table d

Hello my dear readers, I hope that I am not boring the pants off you, with my latest adventure, but it is so prevalent in my mind. Some of you expressed interest in seeing a some more details of what I am selling in 'The Potting Shed'. These are little felt brooches, for adults or children. The Westie, although named Wesley is based on our dog Sparky, a flower has landed on his nose and he's rather startled! Some tags I made out of clay that air dries. I thought the teapot might make a good fridge magnet, but I will need to source some magnets. Excuse this dreadful photo of my middle area,but it was to show you what the above items are. I have called them 'handy holster's', and they are pockets made out of tea-towels that you tie around your waist. I made one for wearing in the shop, as I always misplace my specs, scissors etc., and thought they would be good when cooking, cleaning or gardening. These are tissue packs for the car or your bag, made from Tilda and

The first of the early summer bouquets using all the season's favourites, Lauren was looking for a detailed mix of flowers in soft pinks, lavenders, mauve and purple with a dash of plum for the bridesmaids for her lavender themed wedding.  Pink peonies, purple Sweet peas, lavender, stocks, lisianthus and freesia make a wonderful early summer bouquet. This was actually a late April wedding but it includes a lot of the early summer favourites so would be equally fabulous for a June wedding. Soft, romantic and wonderfully scented, I was sorry to part with it ! Purple, pink, lavender and mauve bouquet with peonies, sweet peas, roses, stocks and lavender, perfect for a May- June wedding Co-ordinating country style buttonhole for the groom, lisianthus, lavender, eucalyptus and asparagus fern. The remaining men wore smaller designs without the lavender. Pink, plum and purple summer bouquet for the bridesmaids who were in plum dresses. A similar mix of flowers to the bride but plum lisiant