I enjoyed meeting Karen Levy yesterday, a very good writer with “The Davis Enterprise,” for a tour of my florist business Keep On Blooming Boutique. Enjoy reading, and keep on blooming! Continue reading →

At a recent holiday gathering, I gave individually crafted envelope flower arrangements as messages of good cheer to three of my good friends. Judging from their happy smiles, the arrangements conveyed my intended feelings of affection, respect, and hope for shared happiness. As we talked and laughed together about things... Continue reading →

As my work has evolved and expanded over the last few years, I’ve discovered that both creating art pieces I love and designing unique floral arrangements for individual customers bring me joy, but in different ways. Creating art is a very personal kind of creativity, and in my work, I’m... Continue reading →

An intimate gathering of friends and family in a backyard wedding and reception venue is a personal way to commit your love to each other and celebrate joining your lives together. A backyard setting is familiar and the atmosphere relaxing. Thoughtfully created floral art can make the gathering even more... Continue reading →

The poets write eloquently about love, and beautiful music through the ages speaks to love in all its forms and stages. Among the many blessings a person can receive in life, perhaps the most important is enduring love, love that surrounds shared joy in happy times and remains unshaken when... Continue reading →

For many years I enjoyed working with live, flowering plants as a hobby. I have always been fascinated by their variety of colors, fragrances, shapes, and how flowers can be both very simple and amazingly complicated at the same time. Once at the end of a long and tiring day,... Continue reading →

New Year’s Eve and the beginning of the New Year can be a time of great joy and happy anticipation or a time of quiet reflection or even regret. For some, the new year arrives with hopes for the future – shared at the stroke of midnight with smiles and... Continue reading →

Flowers Say “Christmas Greetings” in All Languages. In the age of fast electronic communication and trivial social media chatter, some occasions call for a more meaningful message. The Christmas season is one of those times when a tangible expression of love, support, or simply good cheer can brighten someone’s day... Continue reading →

If you are graduating, then you’ve achieved something important that was not easy, required persistence and hard work, and has set the stage for good opportunities ahead. Now is the time to celebrate with classmates who were with you through both the difficult and enjoyable parts of the process and... Continue reading →

Mya and Bill had a beautiful wedding photo session at their favorite place in Yosemite. The flower varieties and colors were selected to blend well with the style of the bride’s wedding dress and the color of the groom’s suit, but more importantly, to tell a story to the happy... Continue reading →