Friday Flowers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinykAjlyYZUJZIyHULmZPqvAuQj-l6FHuyAEEYDwanlNOQGXSxa8CyJ0fWguTaTY5xIuFmImXVS9pswX_OdN9HhzywWn7BAXsGuOrHNttfSNKue2ab5in1hX7x7DH6dBk06DqIpEluU7U/s1600/IMG_6297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinykAjlyYZUJZIyHULmZPqvAuQj-l6FHuyAEEYDwanlNOQGXSxa8CyJ0fWguTaTY5xIuFmImXVS9pswX_OdN9HhzywWn7BAXsGuOrHNttfSNKue2ab5in1hX7x7DH6dBk06DqIpEluU7U/s640/IMG_6297.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While I was changing around my <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-entry-vignette.html" target="_blank">Entry Hall</a> I made this Champagne Bucket arrangement with </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">white roses and greenery.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I promised you a short tutorial on this </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">flower arrangement this week.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You will love how simple and quick this is!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRaJZjD8Vp9Nmb-WnytmolYv4_13IHKmfmW20stwSTzt5g5yVXNnzBXUAQMXUKVjJlVyBxI1sYKyhDIyDpKAK2efUD5PObGDwoqketKsmciAqvFF44XmggzSv6oTYaT2D7u1ExBGsd3s/s1600/IMG_6278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRaJZjD8Vp9Nmb-WnytmolYv4_13IHKmfmW20stwSTzt5g5yVXNnzBXUAQMXUKVjJlVyBxI1sYKyhDIyDpKAK2efUD5PObGDwoqketKsmciAqvFF44XmggzSv6oTYaT2D7u1ExBGsd3s/s640/IMG_6278.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I started with two dozen white roses from Costco.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They sell them for $16.50 for two dozen.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I picked up a bunch of greenery too while I was there.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I keep these buckets in my Laundry Room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and when I come home I can just dump the flowers in them with some water until I am ready to create.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuNHcpqxeWH9J6ggM1ur3swflnSLC0i2AZ_3STBjEnYQ0LYpRSc-8ylIXxCOHK_dEFQKYYHwBgF0deofI6H6SRZeIZGU9U3PPVZu17hC_I1AvUIO6ZnNBT7F9H1gwclBkSoFfs4PVfwU/s1600/IMG_6280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuNHcpqxeWH9J6ggM1ur3swflnSLC0i2AZ_3STBjEnYQ0LYpRSc-8ylIXxCOHK_dEFQKYYHwBgF0deofI6H6SRZeIZGU9U3PPVZu17hC_I1AvUIO6ZnNBT7F9H1gwclBkSoFfs4PVfwU/s640/IMG_6280.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My idea was to have a mass of white roses in the center and to have the greens all around the edge.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I placed some wet floral foam into the cooler portion of the champagne bucket and </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">started placing the roses in the middle.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOXLV9zHTJPjlBgqo6OzhVJyFFeMXY-KQfZeodw6BsuLJwkEHI8__ziciMAqh8gOwEineUAGaBE79YLzRYDfuGJSisGa9mOajeZMMa_2mY387Zl1e2BU2vOy8sS29z3L_2wYS129gqq8/s1600/IMG_6281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOXLV9zHTJPjlBgqo6OzhVJyFFeMXY-KQfZeodw6BsuLJwkEHI8__ziciMAqh8gOwEineUAGaBE79YLzRYDfuGJSisGa9mOajeZMMa_2mY387Zl1e2BU2vOy8sS29z3L_2wYS129gqq8/s640/IMG_6281.jpg" width="496" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember to take all of the leaves off of the roses </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">as you are working with them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once I had them all in the bucket </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">it was time to add the greenery.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvDb_qxYPJJ7P_o079et0bSy_U_DyxlJnpR9cCBywML2mEDG7zOolwptFm1btm8yYJq-1C67xbPwI-Zugr-pkKYNqpW0R5OZmGE11ruDklKh5VUfhAK4gdlv_8UQc9Q0JjxpwRo_V0fI/s1600/IMG_6282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvDb_qxYPJJ7P_o079et0bSy_U_DyxlJnpR9cCBywML2mEDG7zOolwptFm1btm8yYJq-1C67xbPwI-Zugr-pkKYNqpW0R5OZmGE11ruDklKh5VUfhAK4gdlv_8UQc9Q0JjxpwRo_V0fI/s640/IMG_6282.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I snipped a bunch of evergreen branches </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from my backyard to fill in </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and mix with the other greens.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtWTdc6-0z8blYrpLsBYH0gyjAPx2kvyYDnXOc8tYq-aCgEtbL4G0ZTgbsVuzTH-T5D1hxvzesG7ka72dpGXLVhvfGN7IsiLqW7Y8-kt88Nr5D_g5IQjDhi2vBuACSq1xA6X-WanvCnk/s1600/IMG_6283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtWTdc6-0z8blYrpLsBYH0gyjAPx2kvyYDnXOc8tYq-aCgEtbL4G0ZTgbsVuzTH-T5D1hxvzesG7ka72dpGXLVhvfGN7IsiLqW7Y8-kt88Nr5D_g5IQjDhi2vBuACSq1xA6X-WanvCnk/s640/IMG_6283.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For easy clean up I spread out the clear cellophane </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that the flowers are wrapped in </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and use it to put all of my clippings onto.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once I am done I can just wrap it all up and throw it away!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhtWTaqVy5AgQXvuGsyuMDW9ZgrO7FMsSQGjwGO-ZNcLIHVDQ-9v2kjj_ML91Xn3PX9nNAvnWom0pHA05S1G2LY-cwE9EMB5nl03NiTNB-DiIXU9LNVSj84-GwJCKSNlae2PzS9aJFWk/s1600/IMG_6285.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhtWTaqVy5AgQXvuGsyuMDW9ZgrO7FMsSQGjwGO-ZNcLIHVDQ-9v2kjj_ML91Xn3PX9nNAvnWom0pHA05S1G2LY-cwE9EMB5nl03NiTNB-DiIXU9LNVSj84-GwJCKSNlae2PzS9aJFWk/s640/IMG_6285.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just love green and white together during the winter.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Red would look pretty too.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I took little snips of the evergreen and placed them all throughout the roses to hide any holes.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ_NjgYmR0xOCBCJ4J2o-xlFlpuzgoGtsLYMMoDEwwLsbdnA3swsmA05TgHPkFFBuAljqx4mMi7GNURxQMvHQxlwgkfkjNb5HvF33vsRH3YMzT1d8lW_iCjs7PmIuXY17WA3mRK_PIBo/s1600/IMG_6286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ_NjgYmR0xOCBCJ4J2o-xlFlpuzgoGtsLYMMoDEwwLsbdnA3swsmA05TgHPkFFBuAljqx4mMi7GNURxQMvHQxlwgkfkjNb5HvF33vsRH3YMzT1d8lW_iCjs7PmIuXY17WA3mRK_PIBo/s640/IMG_6286.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It really didn't take me more than 10 minutes </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to make this arrangement.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I spritzed it with some water to freshen it up and they usually will last at least a good week or so.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXma3HJTqgiaUkorvWslinoiEvNR_S98WDM3Q0csRbQ1FMEra1lF7qHPa-C5uQK0z-gt8mX3KwcLRJIf6T1vNS95MiztV8KtvPHS7ZFMfVHAZhba8C1E-GJ-QIvkuIpcJmFiDdLTkR1K4/s1600/IMG_6285a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXma3HJTqgiaUkorvWslinoiEvNR_S98WDM3Q0csRbQ1FMEra1lF7qHPa-C5uQK0z-gt8mX3KwcLRJIf6T1vNS95MiztV8KtvPHS7ZFMfVHAZhba8C1E-GJ-QIvkuIpcJmFiDdLTkR1K4/s640/IMG_6285a.jpg" width="600" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have A Really Great Weekend!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:</span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></i></span> </span></span></i></span></div>

Friday Flowers

While I was changing around my Entry Hall I made this Champagne Bucket arrangement with  white roses and greenery.   I promised you a short...

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