Same Tulip, Different Day

Betsy Alert!

Check out Rachel's blog to see what Betsy is up to these days! http://rachljones.blogspot.com/

Mama's Forsythia

I can't wait til mine looks like this!

Spring!

Pine Knot hellebores

Handtied Bouquet

Cascade Bouquet

Sweet Peas

Hyacinths

Isn't this great?! I've found a couple of really nice bulb gardens at True Colors this spring. They do beautiful work.

Grandma's Garden

Change Proportion

We made pew arrangements in class last week. But I like it in this nice vase.

Bybee

V and I found this on one of our antique mall excursions. I wonder how it got to Springfield. . .

Flower Jewelry

Bracelet and ring from last week's class.

Beautiful Weekend

Here's another reason why Mark is the best husband in the whole world. He tilled the garden for me!

Sunday Betsy

This shot of Betsy and my mom makes me smile. Look at those bright eyes!

Friday!

Wednesday Betsy Pictures

Did I say that we had a good time? Such an understatement!

Rachel

with Zoe and Lucas. I'm going through hundreds of Betsy pictures, but I had to post this one right away. We had such a good time.

Smiling and Waving

We can't wait to see you!

Wednesday Garden

Green

Anenomes

Bouts & Bridal Bouquet

Cindy's Favorite

One of Amy's Competititors

More Again From the State Conference

Party Foam

More from the State Conference

A Couple of Fun Favorites

How Cute Is This?!

ISFA hands-on class

Taught by the Best

Amy Steiner, AIFD, is our instructor. She took second with her design in the Lincoln Cup competition. Of course, we thought hers was the very best!

Get Well Zone

I'm going to show you my design for the student competition before I start posting all the other fabulous flowers at the Illinois State Florists' Association Convention. The theme of the student competition was Get Well Zone. And this one was truly a get well arrangement, since I'm recovering from a particularly nasty bout of the flu.

Yea!

It was nearly 70 degrees here yesterday and I looked the yard over for any daffs coming through. They weren't there yesterday, but I went out to check this morning, and there they were. (Although I probably shouldn't get too excited--there's a winter storm watch in effect.) These came from Mark's grandparents' farm and no telling how old they are. They were in a field, probably where an old farm house stood in years past.

Practice Piece

This was made with leftover flowers from class the other night. I like using the stems!