This past weekend, November 8th and 9th, we kicked off the holiday season by participating in the HopeSpring Holiday Tour of Homes. The tour featured five spectacular homes in the Waterloo Region, as well as the HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre’s Kitchener location. All the…
Our Easter table this year is very simple compared to last year’s Easter tablescape. This year we have several birthdays adding to the festivities of the weekend so I want to keep it simple and let the flowers speak for themselves. Helleborus blooms are one of my…
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about Rosemary for the holidays and shortbread cookies with Rosemary. Well a few people asked for a recipe, so here it is! Browned Butter & Rosemary Shortbread 1 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar (white or brown)…
I was a prepared flower girl this year and planted some paperwhite bulbs back the middle of November and now they are blooming just in time for the holidays. Our house smells heavenly and they sure do look pretty on the fireplace mantel. Paperwhites,…
Currently sitting up here in Canada dreaming of a white Christmas, the weatherman says it is not likely but I’m still hoping Mother Nature pulls through for us and delivers some snow. Christmas is a time of the year when all of our senses…
Imagine a stroll through the woods; walking amongst nature, smelling the earthy natural fragrance of the great outdoors, seeing lush textures of trees, branches, leaves and moss against a December sky. This was the inspiration for this outdoor decor: Ingredients: BC Cedar Boughs Birch Poles and…
With this weekend being one of the busiest shopping weekends of the holiday why not save yourself some major time, frustration and stress and shop from the comfort of your home or at one of the local galleries in Kitchener-Waterloo? Our tri-city is filled with fabulous artists who would…
This year I’m not really in the glamorous, sparkly kind of Christmas mood. Perhaps it is due to the crazy year we have been though? Buying a house, quitting my full time job, moving, renovating and decorating…this list goes on. Therefore to end this year my soul…
Hey fellow Canadians! Like so many this year I’m trying to by local and handmade goods for holiday gifts this year. There is nothing better than given something that was made with love and not mass produced on an assembly line in some far away country….
Well the holidays are finally upon us; it is now December, time for all the shopping, baking, parties and fun to start but I’m not even sure where to focus my attention right now. We are in the middle of a mini natural disaster in our basement due…
For me it is just not Christmas without an Amaryllis blooming in the house. Forget the traditional Poinsettias, they just don’t do it for me, it is Amaryllis all the way around here. The long-lasting blooms of the Amaryllis are strikingly beautiful and you can easily dress them…
Well, the holidays are in full swing here, just finished cleaning up from our first party and I’m exhausted. Despite the exhaustion, I still wanted to share today’s flowers with you. In keeping with last week’s theme, white and natural, I created another quick and easy…
Can you believe it, the holidays are only 4 weeks away! Yikes! I have so much to do, so today I started decorating the house. I like to keep it simple and fresh, while using product that will last from November until the beginning…
