Can you smell them from here?!? I wouldn't be surprised if you could, their heavenly scent is pretty strong.
I've shared how I love home grown roses, but I also love making arrangements. I like to play "pretend florist" on occasion, and take my time vs. cutting and tossing into a vase. This morning I decided to pick some flowers from the garden with the specific intention of arranging them into a tin I had sitting on the counter. {Do you remember when I made these flower arrangements in tins? Man, that feels like a thousand years ago! Well, it was April 2006, that is a long, long time ago. (Blog years are more like dog years than people years, don't you think?) That post also makes me miss my old garden...those flowers! I need to give our current home and garden more of my time and attention.} Back to the tin as vase for today...
Pretty, right? Or is it mostly just me? I was pretty crazy about how worn it was when I stumbled upon it somewhere, with just a little bit of color and pattern left. Although, I'm sure I'd love it if I saw the previous graphics, it's just what I don't know is missing, I don't miss. Here's a close up of that little bit on the side there:
Ya, on second thought, I probably would have loved the graphics. I do love the inside:
All that beauty for a mustard container. And my, what a lot of mustard it held, it's about the size of 5 of today's typical mustard jars I'd say...
Before I grabbed my garden shears and sunhat and headed outside, I put 3 glasses inside to hold the water which also help hold the stems in place too. Using assorted glasses instead of florist foam seemed so much simpler than lining the tin against leaks and cutting the messy floral foam to fit.
Now the collecting of flowers and arranging in the cups could begin.
No matter what I do, I tend to make a mess...someday I should learn to clean up as I go! (Also, those $5.00 garden shoes from Target were such a good purchase last summer.)
No advanced arranging skills employed here! Went for a somewhat loose, compact cluster of color style.
Oh um, I should mention, if you don't care for flower photos and you haven't clicked away by now...it's not going to get any better from here. Fair warning, I like take photos of flowers as much as I enjoy arranging them.
One small arrangement, at least an hour of fun! xo
