Heart Home

I am loving the cover of the Heart Home Summer 2013 edition, especially since we are in the depths of winter. Must remember for future florist purchases that a mass of only two types of flowers is so gorgeous.

White is Not The Mere Absence of Colour*

Such a beautiful cover and issue of Vogue Living (Apr 13). Gracing the cover is the home of Wendy Paterson (pg 114) and she has a love for beauty and words and decorating. She surrounds herself with beautiful quotes, 'mot de jours', like this one: "He who seeks beauty will find it": Bill Cunningham. 

When asked what she does in these rooms, she answers "...nothing. They have the luxury of having no obvious purpose except to be beautiful."  What a glorious luxury. She has a love of light, space and the idea of "visual silence" and like me, once she has read a novel, she passes it on, yet she can't seem to part with images "...pictures are like food to me."

We are renovating at the moment and our rooms have no obvious purpose either. They aren't beautiful (yet) either. We'll get there.

*Title is a quote by Gilbert K Chesterson quoted on pg 124 of VL Apr 13

So Beautiful

Isn't it? From here

One Fine Day

Lots of beautiful things and clever people in one inspirational space was One Fine Day wedding expo.

Cotton Bouquet

Parrot tulips, poppies & succulents or cotton and green tomatoes. So original. I adore real cotton balls. They're hard to come by, I remember searching for some for an old boss of mine for a first anniversay gift for the mrs (without luck).

Flowers (top and botttom) by Carissa Jones of JL Designs. Check out the rest of this amazing cottton loving post. Middle bouquet by Jennifer Lynne

Top 150 Makers' Blog List

Hello lovely readers - thank you for visiting me. Ms Evie let me know her list made the top 150 makers blog list - I'mnot sure why or how, but hey, I'm flattered any which way. Check out her blog and the list here.
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p.s. speaking of makers, have ypou seen Jen Causey's latest prject, The Makers Project? Bakers, florists, jewellers, the mpost amazing colours, check out her delicious images here.

Bouquets of Shells, Butterflies & Balls

I love an original bouquet. My latest love is a beautiful big magnolia in its own leaves as a bouquet. Yum!

p.s. what are those yellow ball flower - I looove them.

images middle and bottom are Martha Stewart and I don't remember where the top one is from- please leave a comment if you do so I can credit it. Thanking you. x

Spring Finally Springs

Country Style mag

Beautiful on The Inside

via Country Style.

Mauve Ribbon Roses

Images via Such pretty things / flickr.

We Like It Wild

I'm not sure whether I love the tattoo or the roses in the first pic, but I do know that I am besotted with the middle image of teaspoons of petals.

images from smallstump.

Love in A Jar

I just couldn't go past this stunningly original combination of black and apricot by Studio Choo using Charles Austin garden roses, peonies, black dahlias, chocolate cosmos, yarrow, and nigella.

Flowers and images by small stump & studio choo / Flickr / shop.

Black-Eyed Blooms

A delicious bunch of flowers by the super talented Poli.

Three Ways w/ Lilacs

Lilacs by Poli

Lilacs by Chelsea for Project Wedding

Lilacs by Jeska

There are some posts that just stick in my head and I can't move on until I have given them air and share them here. I loved each of these lilac posts. Why is it that I haven't seen lilacs in the florsists here in spring?