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  This… is perhaps my favorite area.  Interesting items found in my travels across our great country.  Some made in New York, and some made nationwide, some by hidden artists I stumbled on ,and other by our Native Americans on the reservations I visit.   I hope you enjoy these found’ objects’, and appreciate the […]

There is something …about a wreath, it literally has a never ending appeal.   The Greek translation is diadema and were given as miliary, athletic, and royal merit.  The Latin translation is corona and were given for reward and royalty; eventually leading to the crown. Native Americans believe them a sacred circle of fire, while the Polynesian translation is a

Happiness By Season                Seasons change and so do the flowers or rather, they are supposed to.  Traditionally, the only floral decorations of years gone by in the cooler times were those that were grown in local greenhouses or bits & pieces of nature gathered from the outdoors.  

Abundance and opulence; with details that mattered and…. were expected.  The way all flowers were and should still be arranged, decorated, and presented.  Beautiful containers from vase to wire basket would hold large & small designs but always with every stem an intent.      

Sweet flowers alone can say what passion fears revealing Thomas Hood poem, The Language of Flowers           Tussie Mussie Express yourself with the Language of flowers. As it is written……while in 1718 Turkey, a certain Lady Mary Wortley Montagu filled her letters home with fascinating tales of an ancient, Turkish selam

Rutgers University studies proved flowers play an integral role in the state of mind; and during a time of loss this is of the utmost.  Thus our designs take traditional offerings and transform them into an artistic expression.  Pleasing not just the scenses but to the soul; as only Nature can do.   There are

        I must have flowers always, and always. *Claude Monet No better words ever written… we all need the wildflowers!