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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Flowers Say “Christmas Greetings” in All Languages. In the age of fast electronic communication and trivial social media chatter, some occasions call for a...

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...

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...

"There is in all this cold and hollow world, no fount of deep, strong, deathless love: save that within a mother's heart." ―Felicia Dorothea Hemans Browne...

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. – Hal Borland Easter is almost here, and soon children will be biting the ears off chocolate bunnies and...

I was seduced by succulents several years ago and ended up with a greenhouse full of them and gained a lot of fascinating new insights into this exotic part...

Traditional flower arrangements made in memory or honor of a person who has died are often made with white roses, carnations, or white lilies. They are used...

“Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature, and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.” -...

An important starting point in the creation of floral art is consideration of the desired form of the finished work. With this concept in mind, the flower,...

I have many custom arrangements on my website, each created for a specific customer as a one-of-a-kind work of floral art. Each can be almost but not quite...

A floral message sent by way of a striking tropical flower arrangement can be exciting, startling, or calming – but should always be memorable. The boldness...

Would you like to impress your better half – or your potential better half? This Valentine’s Day send a romantic floral message that speaks from your heart...

Creating floral fine art and inspirational sculptures “A flower arrangement is more than just a handful of flowers in a vase, and an inspired, creative...