easter happenings

my easter weekend started out with friends and flowers. I spent most of the day with my friend chandra and her son ethan (and soon to be hatched son carsten!). we shopped and ate zips french fries with tartar sauce and had a lovely time catching up. she has started a flower arranging/wedding consulting business on the side and was finishing up her easter centerpiece orders. she helped me make something for my sister and our easter table and I think it turned out really nice.

what do you think?


here was our inspiration but we didn't want it to be as big nor could we have afforded that many flowers! the pussy willows on the magazine were my favorite but we didn't have any fresh and the fake stuff looked, so, well, fake. just wouldn't work.

after we finished shopping and headed back to chandra's house, angie and the girls came over and abby was my little helper. making sure all the tulips were placed just so and cutting all the bits of wire for the outside of the "nest".

chandra has the coolest little corner set up in her garage for her flower work. we even got to just throw the trash on the floor like real flower shops. isn't that cool? she taught me how to cut the stems with a knife and not cut myself...and lots more very useful flower data.

thanks for the fun day chan!