Over the Memorial Day weekend we visited our family. We were at the farm where my husband grew up and lilacs were blooming everywhere. I admired this deep rich purple one but there is only one bush so we only cut one small branch. I'm going to keep it watered until some roots pop out and plant it up here at our home.
They smell heavenly too!
So I'm staring at it thinking I should use it for
a tablescape- can't let the flowers go to waste!
This new octagon steeple shaped artifact had a bit
to do with my cottage inspiration!
I made a trip to the garden in between the
downpours of rain and snipped a couple of tulips.
I dressed the bottom of this steeple
piece with a hedge of silk hydrangeas.
Bear with my imagination- I raised the vase
with the lilac so it would be high like a tree and
the flowers are the garden.
Blur your eyes and visualize!!
The creamy white fleur-de-lis mugs go well
with my cottage garden theme.
I love these dishes because they remind me of
iron garden gates.
These dishes have a very understated purple accent on them and worked well with the placemats and the lilacs.
The favorite standby white chargers from Pier 1 make another appearance. I chose creamy white, olive green, and purple for my color theme. Indulge me with the red tulip....I'm a big fan of red!
We're cheating and having some take home tonight!
I hope this rain clears up so I can get out in the
real garden!
I'll be joining a couple of parties
this week
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