May is Mothers Day in the USA and what better way to show love than with {Flowers}. That is certainly my favorite way. I love flowers.

In the past few years I have had four occasions to really show love to my family in ways that speak to me.

The first was when my son and his wife got married and I agreed to do the flower arrangements. First we had the rehearsal dinner and then the wedding. We went with a black and white theme for the rehearsal dinner. We also did a lot of furniture juggling to fit 22 people around the table in our living room. Sadly with this wedding there was so much going on that I did not take a lot of photos.

The second occasion we had was when Amy and Daniel decided to get married. Amy had lived out of the country for a number of years, and Daniel’s family all lived overseas so the wedding was small and intimate. This time I opted to go for simplicity and we chose the color theme of peach roses and orange lily. We kind of did things back to front. They wanted a rehearsal dinner, and then to get married the next day. We should really have had the wedding and one big dinner in the evening. So the night before was a sit down dinner for 12.

The next morning was a quick set up for a late morning wedding and then lunch at a restaurant. Setting up for 12 was simple. We moved the chairs (already made up) from the previous night out into the garden. While I was doing other things, Richard and my brother moved the arch out onto the deck and ran the runner down. I moved the flowers out and we were ready for a wedding.

The third occasion was at Luka’s baby shower where my daughter chose to go with a “Baby in Bloom” theme. I topped it off with cacti, moss and stones and some yellow flowers as well. Luka was our first grandchild and I could not be more in love than I was, with his impending arrival.

Roll on to February 2025 and our second grandchild came along. This time around we were expecting a little girl and my daughter chose the theme “Wildflowers and butterflies”. For this theme Amy did not want traditional pink, so we went with purples, lilacs and lavender. Everything I worked towards encompassed butterflies and flowers, including the invitations, table decorations, a seeder butterfly, butterflies on the wine glasses, thank you notes with butterflies etc. I tried to find as much in the line of wildflowers as possible and lots of baby’s breath and intermingled them with silk butterflies. This was one of the prettiest tables I have created.

As you may guess, firstly my family is the core of who I am and the babies have stolen my heart. Secondly my love language is flowers. Lastly, I love creating occasions for my family that they will remember when I am no longer around. Remember when mom created…… like every Christmas table.

Flowers create a mood. They encompass the beauty of creation. I love seeing them laid out in a table arrangement . They bring color to my life. They make me smile.

This is a circle blog and as I mentioned, we have some very talented artists in the group. Take some time to follow the links and see what they have for you this month. My incredibly talented friend Liz of Elizabeth Willson Photography up next. She is super talented with Lensbaby optics. Her photos are dreamy and stunning. I can’t wait to see what she has to share. You can see more of her work by clicking on her Instagram page.

Until next time, stay well.