Salad Dressing Vase

Do you use salad dressing in your house? Save the container, because you can make it into a great little vase. Now that the holidays are over, I am really looking forward to the Spring season. Even though my Christmas decorations are still up, I have visions of warm sunlight streaming into the windows and vases and vases of flowers from the garden and woods. I can almost smell the flowers right now. My favorites are the wild flowers, those volunteer beauties that can be gathered in informal bunches that make their own organic arrangements. I plan on having them … Continue reading

Flower Arranging Tips

Whether you grow your own flowers or buy them from a florist, or even if you just pick up some pretty things on a nature walk, the beauty of flowers can be enhanced by an artful arrangement. But don’t worry, you won’t need a degree in floral design to create some professional looking displays. Just use the following tips to help you arrange your nature as a professional might. One really easy way to arrange your flowers with style is to recreate the shape that they take when they are growing outside in nature. For example, left a branch of … Continue reading