One girl's love affair with all things beautiful

Wildflowers & Champagne

This sounds too good to be true…but this is absolutely real! Saipua is one of my favorite blogs, and if I lived in Brooklyn I’m pretty sure I would be completely broke and living in a card board box that would be full of gorgeous flower arrangements from their store. The Author Sarah Ryhanen is funny and witty and her arrangements are spectacular. She gives lessons  on how to create these stunning arrangements your self  at the Little Flower School.

These images are from a past wildflower class they held earlier this month:

(all images via Little Flower School)

The cost of the workshop isn’t cheap at $250.00, but you do get to keep your beautiful arrangement and are gifted the flower clippers you use during the class. Best of all each class is ended with a champagne toast and delicious goodies.  While this might not be something I’d do on a random afternoon, I could see this being a really nice & memorable way to spend a special occasion such as a Birthday or even an upscale small Bridal shower. Why oh why doesn’t something like this exist in Boston!? Looks like I’ll be planning a trip to Brooklyn sometime in the near future!

A Lazy Sunday

I’m having one of those Sundays where I can’t seem to get anything done and I really wish those chores would start doing themselves! Instead of laundry and dishes and preparing for getting back to the grind tomorrow, Bowser and I have been soaking up some A/C and catching up on an HGTV Design Star marathon (obviously in sweats).

We really couldn’t seem to get off the couch! I have to admit though it has been a pretty glorious & lazy Sunday.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Cookbook Love

Yesterday I spent the better part of my afternoon crafting, drinking sangria, and shopping at Home Goods with one of my best friends (a perfect Saturday if you ask me!) While I was there, I happened to stumble upon Southern Living’s farmers market cookbook and let me tell you, this is one of the best cookbooks I’ve come across in a while! I highly recommend it.

The entire book is organized by season and provides recipes and beautiful photography to utilize produce from your local farmers market that is fresh and in season.  I love the idea of planning your meals based on what is actually growing that time of year. After all, why shouldn’t we be eating tree ripened peaches in the Summer when they are juicy and sweet and farm fresh acorn squash in the Fall?  Best of all, this cook book is FULL of stunning pictures which I absolutely love, it’s so much easier to mentally visualize a meal you might want to cook!

If the idea of cooking seasonally appeals to you, this book is a must have.

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