Christmas Time is Here!

Well, actually it technically February but it was Christmas when I made this. We were given glass cubes and then we could choose our own flowers and colors for the design based on what was available. I chose the basic red, green and white, with hints of gold because, well, I love gold. It was a little difficult at first to get the stems crossing in a way to hold everything in place, but it worked out alright. The cube design was probably one of my favorites and I hope to be doing a lot of similar designs in the future. I've already done a few on my own for my own home, but hopefully I can do more in the future. It's a easy and beautiful, making it a great gift in any season.

A Fragrant-not-Frightening Halloween

BOO!

Gottcha. Actually this week's design was more about adding color and beauty to a typical holiday accessory - a pumpkin, not a ghost. We brought hollowed-out pumpkins to class to use as our containers for our designs. After asking permission ahead of time, I was able to bring in two pumpkins for two designs so I could make one for my best friend who had just had surgery and was immobile. 

* Shout out to my crazy red head Natalie! * 

These designs are very similar but have some different colors between the two of them. I had to just use what was left over for the second one so I didn't quite get all the colors I wanted, but I made it work. Cuz I'm awesome like that. 

I thought these were fun designs to do because it gave a new feel to Halloween and it's a great way to make seasonal centerpieces or gifts - not just for Halloween but for the entire Fall season.  Fall is my second favorite season, but I love the colors about as much as I love the colors of summer, so this was quite enjoyable. If you're local and want something like this for your next Thanksgiving dinner centerpiece, I would love to make you one! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do. 

Double trouble, boil and bubble.
I don't know if that's how it actually goes, but sounds good to me!