Monthly Archives: August 2015

As I Am

August 25, 2015

Cool Crayon Mix Zinnia

We were recently in Maine on a few days vacation to celebrate my birthday. It was as a hostess was seating us at our table one morning that I noticed the tattoo on her foot: ‘As I am’. I thought it was a powerful statement. A statement not of complacency, but of a strong belief in one’s self and a reminder to myself to have acceptance of where I’m at this moment. Maybe it’s a strong, bra...

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A BOUQUET FROM MY CUTTING GARDEN

August 18, 2015

Cool Crayon Mix Zinnia

I have a big smile on my face as I write this post, as I just came in from picking my first bouquet of flowers from my cutting garden! I’m delightfully surprised with how this first bouquet came together. It’s not a bouquet of a florist design and high-end flowers by any means, but it is a bouquet of simplicity and delight, as all I had to do was walk out my back door with my Felco cutters and...

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LOGOS AND ICONS

August 11, 2015

Tropical Hydrangea Pinkball

It’s amazing how much can go into creating a logo for a business. I have experienced it many times as I have designed logos for other businesses including our company, M30 Productions, as well as for Floating Petals. In designing the logo for Floating Petals, I wanted to include an icon of a flower, but at the time I didn’t realize what a significant role that icon would play.  ...

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SUMMER FLOWER TIDBITS

August 03, 2015

Lisianthus Echo Champagne

I recently came across some notes I’ve been putting together with some interesting tidbits on summer flowers, and I thought I would start to share them with you today. If you have any interesting flower tidbits, I would love it if you would share it down below in the discussion.   1. Following the sun Shasta Daisies and Sunflowers are both heliotropic, which means they trac...

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