Coriander Girl

We are super excited to be shooting Alison and Tyler's wedding this summer.  Alison is the one and only Coriander Girl.  These sweet flowers are from her adorable shop in Parkdale.  Thanks Ali!

Coriander Girl

We adore the super beautiful flowers by Coriander Girl!  Here's her sweet post about Jenny + Lee.

String-Garden

look what i have found. string gardens!! and don't even tell me that this is not the best idea EVER. it works for 3 main reasons that I can think of off the top of my head... ::

1. you have cats. you can just suspend these guys up and the cats can't ruin your plants [which as of late, would have been great].
2. if you don't have tons of space for a huge plant in the corner.
3. if you just like to make your apartment/home unique looking.

let me know what you think! ♥

Sunshine *

Recap...

sorry for my little 3-day hiatus. i needed a break from the internet, for reallllll. the past few days have been awesome (and exhausting). i had a huge exam in art history 2 on friday morning and i hate having to try and study for it. that class is the bane of my existence. i didnt go to class thursday morning but the rest of the day was spent running errands and we shot a few outfit photos. i was very sloppy on thursday so i apologize for my appearance.

Thursday's Outfit Details:

Dress: Converse ($35)

Cardigan: Charlotte Russe ($25)

Tights: Walmart ($10)

Headband: Charlotte Russe ($4)

Flats: Ross ($12)

Mike's Outfit Details for Thursday:

Undershirt: Forever 21 ($15)

Buttonup Shirt: Forever 21 ($26)

Jeans: Courtesy of me

Shoes: Journeys ($45)

Friday was the test and I was just happy to have it over with. Later in the day mike and i ran errands, grabbed lunch, had an impromptu picnic in Pinkerton Park (where we took all of the following photos) and then we went to see Valentine's Day at the theater. (it was SOOOO good! i totally recommend it to anyone! i was laughing, crying, etc! such a great cast. i will OWNNN that movie when it comes out!)

Friday's Outfit Details:

Dress: Charlotte Russe ($35. NEW FAVORITE! i fell in LOVE!)
Cardigan: Charlotte Russe ($18 though its a size or two too big :()

Tights: Walmart ($10)
Shoes: Ross ($12)

Headband: Charlotte Russe ($4 altered)

this is his angry/frustrated face haha awww

Mike's Outfit Details for Friday:

Undershirt: Forever 21 ($15)

Button Up Shirt: Forever 21 ($24)

Pants: Courtesy of me again.

Shoes: Journeys ($45)

Oh, I forgot to mention we took up a new hobby. We were bored so we took up candlemaking. Yep... you read it. Heres a few silly pictures of our less-than-stellar candles!

Oh oh oh! On Friday, Mike was going to surprise me with carnations on my car as I came out of class... but I foiled his plan by leaving class earlier than he had expected. I was still thrilled to come home to some beautiful flowers! How precious!

There's currently some ~controversy going around on my formspring about a certain female and her knack for saying rude/malicious things about me. I'm going to post on that later (well, less on her and more on body image, etc) But for now, I have to get ready for work. I left my makeup there last night so I'm going bare faced with dirty dirty hair and a gross outfit. I just dont feel like getting all spiffed up tonight.

Tomorrow Mike and I are going to clean our cars (yay!) and start some spring cleaning as well. At least I am haha So excited for it to be 60 degrees! I better not get TOO attached... the high will be 31 Thursday! Gah, Tennessee! You're killing me!

xo

A Carpet of Flowers for Pink Saturday...

This Pink Saturday posts definitely has lots of that lovely color, pink, as well as quite a few other colors. Have you ever heard of the Grote Markt or Grand Place? The Grand Place is the central market square of Brussels and it is one of the world's most beautiful squares. Every two years it is made even more beautiful in the most amazing fashion. Feast your eyes on the following pics...click on them to enlarge.

Every two years, the Belgians cover the square with a carpet of flowers. Over 300 square meters are covered with close to 1 million begonias! Think about that for a moment...1 MILLION begonias! WOW! The pattern this year (2008) was based on a medieval carpet design. The first Carpet of Flowers was created in 1971 as a way to promote begonias.

The blooms have to be kept fresh for four days in the scorching August heat. This is helped by the fountains that are designed within the pattern of the carpet. The caption for this pic reads, "Craftsman arrange the carpet by hand directly onto the square cobblestones without any soil. Grass and tree bark were also used to provide color."

The beautiful carpet forms a stunning centerpiece to the square. It often includes scenes from Belgian folklore and myth mixed into its intricate designs. For a bird's eye view, one can pay a small fee to take a look from the first floor of the town hall. Isn't this simply amazing?! :-)
Please visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for the links to lots more wonderful Pink Saturday posts.

PLAYING IN THE GARDEN...

How about a little garden tour as the long, hot summer days are winding down. The iris spill into the path...it's their sneaky way of saying, "hey, what's the rush, come play a while in the garden." Ok, they talked me into it...

I walk down the garden paths,
And all the daffodils
Are blowing, and the bright blue squills.
I walk down the patterned garden paths
In my stiff, brocaded gown.
I too am a rare pattern.
As I wander down the garden paths. Amy Lowell, Patterns

Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed. ~Lewis Gannit

2003 Perennial Plant of the Year: Leucanthemum 'Becky', Shasta Daisy It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not. ~W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, Garden Rubbish, 1936

Phlox paniculata 'Common Purple'

"Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart." ~Russell Page

Achillea Oertel's Rose : Yarrow, & Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro' Daylily

Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~Lou Erickson

Annual Planter with Geranium, Petunias & Ivy When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown

Spiderwort (Tradescantia) Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a man gives his heart. ~Karel Čapek, The Gardener's Year, translated by M. and R. Weatherall, 1931

Spanish Lavender, sometimes called French Lavender because it grows wild in France. The Japanese Maple is 'Waterfall'.

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. ~Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden, 1871

Rose Campion

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse, too. - William Cowper (I think Tootsie would agree!)

A garden pretty :-)

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. ~Douglas William Jerrold, about Australia, A Land of Plenty

Dianthus, 'Bath's Pink' named after Jane Bath who lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia

In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. ~Abram L. Urban

Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern Magnolia

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) often called "Tully" for short

Gerbera Daisy

"No two gardens are the same. No two days are the same in one garden." ~Hugh Johnson

Puple phlox and 'Becky' daisys down front, with tall yellow Rudbeckia 'Herbstsonne' in back

I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and a large Garden. ~Abraham Cowley, The Garden, 1666

Remember these...from the porch?

Here's the source. This gardenia bush grows right beside the entrance to the garage, so I get to enjoy the wonderful fragrance each day during the long blooming period. :-)

Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. ~H.E. Bates, A Love of Flowers

One of the last blooms of the spring foxgloves...

Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made by singing: -"Oh, how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade.~Rudyard Kipling, "The Glory of the Garden"

More 'Stella de Oro'

'Black Eyed Stella' Daylily with a replica of the "Bird Girl" shown on the cover of the book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth.~Dorothy Frances Gurney, "Garden Thoughts