Recycled...

I've been scooping up the fun dress shirts at Salvation Army and Goodwill lately.  Here's another one of the recycled men's shirt aprons that I love so much. It's all about the little details...the logo tags and stitches, the hang-it-up loops, the shirt front pockets. I try to keep as many of them as I can...I think it's still cool to be able to tell it was made from an old shirt!

 

Anyone Else Have This Problem?

These little metal guys hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night...in the dark.

They seem to come out by the bucketful when there is nothing else to do. I appreciate the collecting...really I do. Each of my boys has their favourites. There is usually some swapping, mabye fighting going on before everyone gets their own pile and the fun begins. However....why do they never get cleaned back up???

They were quite excited to get up in the morning and find this little message waiting for them :)

Floral Inspiration!

Happy March!

I love looking through my blog list...almost daily. And I especially love HouseMartin: http://housemartin.typepad.com/housemartin/

I guess having worked in a few flower shops myself, I can relate to many of her posts. Her shop looks beautiful, and she uses many different and unusual flowers. The arrangement below is from her Valentines Day post.

 

I love the colours in this simple glass square. Orchids and Muscari, Trachelium and Lysianthus.

 

Ranuclus is one of my favourite flowers. They are rose like in their petals, but softer, with quirky fat stems...and come in a beautiful array of colours.

Sewin' Up a Travel Bag.

I've had the sewing machine out again this week. I've been needing to sew up a new make up/travel bag...mine is in terrible shape. I wanted to try lining it in vinyl so it would be easy to wipe out...I've never done that before. I wondered if my machine would even sew through it. But it did a really nice job and I had no problems. Another easy pattern to follow from French General.

Just Incase You Were Wondering...

I've always wondered when it was okay to pick it up and eat it, and when it's not. So now I know!

A Muskoka Wedding.

Last fall I was fortunate enough to do the flowers through eventdecorator.com for a beautiful Muskoka wedding. This was a piece I created for the head table. For more gorgeous photos...head to their blog.

eventdecorator.com has just finished it's bridal shows for the year...and their booths were stunning. They really do stand out as being extremely creative in their field. I can take no credit for this, but check out their last booth at Carlu , downtown Toronto here.

A little red and white inspiration.

I love the RED and WHITE colour combo. It's very fresh and fun!
All photos found at this very inspiring site.