Friday Flower-1/14/11

 I had some new followers before the holidays,

but wasn't able to highlight them.

Thank you for being patient.

These beautiful white roses are dedicated
to the second half of my followers
from December.

Cherry Kay at Entertaining Women  Cherry's blog is full of beautiful tablescapes.

Kelly at My Simple Walk   Kelly has wonderful crafts, tutorials, and  how-to videos on her blog.

George's Mum at  Evie-George   This is how George's Mum describes herself: "Earl Grey Tea Drinker. Mother. Wife. Big Sister. one time Countdown Contestant (yes, really.) TALL.

Brunette. Crafter. Reader. Dreamer. Typewriter Collecter. Cake Baker. Messy. Pun Maker. Graduate. Sleepy. Addicted to fonts. Lover of Letterpress. Eternal Romantic. Pyjama Wearer. Scrabble Player. Anagram Solver. Hater of Monopoly."

Beautiful blog!  Let's just start with the fact that she starts her list with Earl Grey! 

Aledia at Plum Perfect   Aledia has great tablescapes and pretty decorating.

Gena at The House on Lavender Hill  Gena's blog is full of her 1850's Victorian house, house projects, decorating, and yarn art.

Thank you for following me!

Please join Laura at A Place for Tea
for more Friday Flower.
She has some beautiful pink tulips dedicated
to those who are affected by
the Queensland Australia flood.

Friday Flower-12/16/10

Isn't this gorgeous?

It's called a Cyclamen.

Just look at those variegated leaves

and that rich red color!
Look at all those blooms!

I have 11 new followers!

I will feature six today and

five on another Friday Flower.

Clarice at Storybook Woods-Clarice has great decorating, beautiful things to make, and delicious food to prepare on her blog. She is also an author and her recent book, Wren Bay, is on my wish list.

Nita Stacy at Mod Vintage Life- Nita's blog is filled with her wonderful decorating projects as she restores her home. Beautiful! It is also filled with another great love of mine-dachshunds! I can't get enough of her little family of doxies. I'm putting her button here because I think it's just too cute!

Patty at Olla-Polrida- Patty is a fabulous cook! How do I know? I've tried some of the recipes she's posted on her site! Really, really good stuff! Patty's Etsy shop is pretty cool, as well.

Martha at Martha's Favorites-Martha's site is filled with many of my favorite things...teacups, china, and an English garden!  Martha has an Etsy shop and an e-Bay shop.  (There were quite a few things I wanted in her eBay shop.) She co-hosts Teacup Tuesday with Terri, who is my next follower.

Terri at Artful Afirmations-Terri's blog is filled with all sorts of delightful things.  She is very knowledgeable about china and such.  I have learned many new things by reading her blog.  You really need to check out her free video tutorials in her sidebar on her blog!

Heather at Life and Love at Leadora-Heather also has an old house and enjoys "crafting, sewing, baking, cooking, and decorating."  Those are all things I also enjoy:)

Please join Laura at A Place For Tea and Melissa at Miss Sew & So for more Friday Flowers.

It's a Friday Flower Tradition-12/03/10

I apologize for being a little late with this Friday Flower. My husband plays in a jazz trio and all my "blogging time" on Friday was spent getting ready for and enjoying his gig.

It's become a bit of a tradition for me to dedicate my flowers to my new followers. Blogging has added something new to my life and I'm really enjoying it! It's so fun to share the beauty that is around all of us with each other. It has made me slow down and take a closer look at things. Light has become important to me.

These are white carnations that I arranged in my favorite December tea cup. It was a gift from my mom and step-father several years ago. I took the whole thing outside and photographed them in the snow. I thought it felt whimsical and, because I have a new follower in Australia and one in Georgia (USA), I thought I would send them some snow with their flowers!

My new followers:

Kathy at A Delightsome Life. She writes about many lovely things including Victoria Magazine. I find that we enjoy many of the same blogs. She will be hosting a blog Christmas party on December 6.

Saminda at Ferns By the Fireside is in Australia. I enjoy reading about her family and life in Australia. After perusing her blog, I find that we have many similar interests.

Melissa K at Hand Made Me. Melissa K's blog says "I'm an Aussie currently living in Cumbria, in the north west of England. I'm passionate about beautiful homewares, sewing, textiles, drawing and photography." She has some beautiful handmade things on her page! I look forward to exploring it some more!

Carol at Our Sears Kit Home. Carol inspired this post about my home. She has been so helpful to me and I plan to do more research on the origins of my home in the new year. She has wonderful pictures of her home, kitties, and other vintage goodies.

Simone at Dobermans by the Sea. She recently ran a series about German traditions that I really enjoyed. She is also hosting a Christmas blog party.

Thank you all for following me!

I'm joining Laura at A Place For Tea and Melissa at Miss Sew & So for Friday Flower. Stop over and look at their lovely, lovely flowers.

Friday Flower 11/26/10

Today's Friday Flower is dedicated to my fourth follower, Carolyn at Aiken House & Gardens. Aiken House & Gardens is one of the first blogs I ever started reading. I've read it for years, but just only recently started to comment. I absolutely love, love, love Carolyn's blog. She is so welcoming. Her house and cottages are beautifully decorated. The blog is filled with beautiful photography of china, teacups, and flowers.

I also love to flower garden, so I find her garden posts very inspirational and educational.

Aiken House and Gardens feels special to me for two reasons.

One, my grandma was born and raised in Canada. She loved beautiful dishes. Carolyn generously posts many pictures of her beautiful collection.

Two, L. M. Montgomery, who wrote the Anne of Green Gables series, was one of my grandma's favorite authors. Many of L. M. Montgomery's works were set in Prince Edward Island. Aiken House and Garden is on Prince Edward Island.

So, thank you, Carolyn, for your beautiful blog and for following mine.

Please join Laura at A Place for Tea and Melissa at Miss Sew and So for Friday Flower. You won't be sorry.

Yellow Roses For Friendship

Today's Friday flowers are dedicated to

my two new followers,

Laura from A Place For Tea and

Brenda from Cozy Little House.

It's so fun to have followers!

Thank you!

You can join Friday Flower

by visiting A Place For Tea and

Miss Sew & So.

Happy Friday, Everyone!