Summer Reading – Revisiting Childhood Favourites
There is something about summer, and especially the beach, that brings out the kid in all of us. Maybe it’s the evocative nature of warm sunshine or the tang of salt in the air, but when I plop down into a beach chair to read, the last thing I want is a serious...
Flowers & Cupcakes – Behind the Scenes at a Fall Wedding
A floral and pastry extravaganza. Twelve centrepieces, ninety-six cupcakes and one Naked Carrot Cake Wedding Topper. It all started a year ago when my very close friend and former neighbour, Yvonne, asked me if I would do the flowers for her daughter’s wedding....
Giving Peonies and Hydrangeas Some Love
The peonies are coming! The buds are just on the edge of bursting into bloom in the garden and I can’t wait. It’s such a short season, I want to cherish every minute of it. Pink and White peonies together Fluffy Pink and White M. Jules Elie peony...
Lilacs & Gien Mures
It’s lilac season. Happy sigh. And while I have been a bit pouty about the continued chilly temperatures, the upside has been an extended season for blossoms. The perfumed air from the lilacs has been exceptional. A table featuring a combination of...
Turquoise Alabaster and Pansies
Pansies. I love pansies, particularly the yummy pastel-sorbet-coloured ones. A friend of mine had pots of them as centrepieces at her May wedding many years ago I’ve been smitten ever since. I bought a flat of them last week and left them overnight at the...Follow Us
