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A pretty pink angel, with moonbeams in a little jar. So sorry for my absence dear friends, I have been having too good a time as the 'maker of things'. The shop where I have a little booth, had a couple of Open Days and I had to get my act together and get some stuff made. I do buy in some things, but try as much as possible to make a variety of things, so that my space is ever changing and different. It is labour intensive, and frustrating at times, but I love the variety of it. Hand painted stockings. A rosy wreath. A hessian wreath complete with toadstools, and a very tired Mr. and Mrs. Claus. A little nutcracker decoration, minus the scary teeth! The hessian wreaths, I have been admiring for a while on Pinterest, so I thought I would have a go, they are really quite easy to make, and are a change from silk or fresh ones. I added my own little touch with some toadstools and dried hydrangea. Irish Blessing Cushion. You have seen this little fella before, but now it's fini

How about this for a firework with a difference? Interflora , who are always looking for new ways to use flowers, developed fireworks containing real flower petals. I rather like this idea, and wonder if they are silent or noisy.                        I don't particularly like fireworks, because of the noise. Having grown up in war torn Belfast in the 1970's, they remind me of gun shots and explosions. In fact they were banned over here for a few years. I also dislike the effect the noise has on our pets, our own little dog gets quite distressed when he hears them. However, I am not such a killjoy that I would ban them outright, as I know they can be very beautiful and give a lot of pleasure to young and old alike, but feel there should be restrictions on the times they can be used. If you have time, click on this link to watch Interflora's lovely video of exploding flowers  here . How do you feel about fireworks in general? Do you like the look of flower petal fireworks?

A bright and beautiful autumn wedding at Rhinefield House. Laura chose a lovely blend of pinks and purples with a touch of lime for her flowers. Style wise the flowers needed to look very natural but also elegant. That was the brief and now here are the flowers ; Shower bouquet of hot pink roses, purple lisianthus, pink freesias, a touch of blue eryngium and mixed autumnal foliages for the bride. Corsage of pink freesias, eryngium and eucalyptus for Laura's mum. For the groom's mum, corsage of pink freesia and sword fern. Laura with her shower bouquet, I absolutely love this image kindly provided by  www.kevindrakephotography.co.uk   Thank you Kevin, such a beautiful portrait of a beautiful bride.  Ceremony table flowers, mini fishbowls of purple lisianthus with scattered hot pink rose petals. Trailing pedestal design using hot pink roses, purple lisianthus, purple clematis and pink freesias with mixed foliages. One for either side of the ceremony table. Tall table centre in La