Flower Arranging

Do-It-Yourself Decorating

Fresh Flower Arrangement

Well, here's for a little diversion before I start in on some more poultry pictures. My mom and I have been taking a little class on arranging flowers, and here's one of my first projects. Well, the instructor actually did most of it, using this cute little china teapot. That's the lid in front, with a tiny butterfly on top! We learned how to cut down all the flower stems, strip the leaves off, and stick them into the foam in the middle of the vase. Those purple flowers are actually dried, and compliment the fresh daisies and lilies nicely.

I put this under DIY Decorating for now, since you can quickly (and cheaply) brighten up a room with a flower bouquet--even in coordinating colors! Silk flowers are coming soon!