Tuesday, August 25, 2015

New Blog Location

We have moved our blog over to our website in order to keep everything more fluid and organized :)
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Succulents & Air Plants.

About a year ago I took over the responsibility of the house gardener. Sarah and our plants really weren't getting along and the relationship was a strain on everyone (especially the plants.) I began watering the plants weekly and rotating them around the house to make sure they got enough light. 







I stumbled across a blog where I learned how to grow my own succulents, all I needed to do was pluck off a leaf or cut off a branch and the both parts would keep on growing! Imagine Sarah’s face when she saw me plucking off leaves and cutting off branches! To her (and my) surprise, in a week or so, my new little plants started growing leaves and roots of their own!



I loved the ease of caring for succulents and I bought some more species online from Florida, California, and Hawaii. There are so many colors and shapes of succulents and they are so easy to care for. I water them once a week and I will spray them with fertilizer about once a month. I keep the ones I am growing in a shelf I built in our laundry room window and I rotate some around our house. I occasionally will cut off a branch or pluck a leaf and I will simply leave the new plant laying on the shelf until it begins to grow roots and then I will place it in a pot.






I also grow air plants, which are very different but equally easy to care for. Air plants are unique because they do not need dirt to flourish. Natural growing air plants attach themselves to an object and get their nutrients from the air and rain water. They may grow roots but the roots only secure them in place and do not gather water like a traditional plant. 


 Also, you cannot cut apart air plants, they actually sprout a new plant and then you can pluck off the new plant and grow it separately. 
I occasionally put some of my plants in Pastiche at Main to sell and I also will custom make you a plant/box if you are interested :)







Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Wedding Exits. What's right for your wedding!?

Now that the holidays are here you may have some time off work or will be spending a lot of time in the car traveling to one place or another you may be able to settle down and start making decisions for your big day! Whether small or big there are a lot of things to think about when it comes to planning a wedding.  One of those things is your exit. In my opinion the exit can be some of the most fun pictures of the entire day! When choosing an exit consider what time of day your exit will take place. If you are doing your exit before dark you more than likely want to choose something besides sparklers since they won’t be as noticeable in pictures before dark.

With that being said there are plenty of different types of exits you can choose from. Below are a few examples to get some ideas flowing for you! 




Sprinkles!? As a cupcake/cake lover I was pretty excited about this one! {Just don't get hit in the eye ;)}


Balloons are a perfect choice for a mid-day exit! 


Birdseed is classic and timeless. 



LOVE the flower petal exit! This may be one of my favorites from 2014! 




I will never tire of a good sparkler exit. The trick is to make sure you purchase the 3ft. sparklers. If not they burn out too quickly and don't make as great of an impact in photos {the small ones are often very smoky too}. And if you give us an extra 5 minutes we can get some super magical shots like the one above! Doesn't that remind you of Cinderella!?