Birthday Flowers in Transferware

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello Everyone and Happy Wednesday!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow is my sweet friend's Birthday and I have a special gift for her.  We both like the same things so I knew when I found this awesome Transferware Tureen </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that she would love it too.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And who doesn't love flowers?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I combined the two and came up with this!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s1600/IMG_6025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s640/IMG_6025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tureen is white with a pretty green pattern.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know it looks blue in some of the photos.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtTRjN1iAt7yE6bJi7uLLySCZGgD9iDbXVmshbIjwwLws3GDvsaIer7PWqm9lyzrpKo2GHp59TVu4H9K50OlgeoPuZQ_8EbcrNHcuFxBc0R-Enh60CATJYgMC1OQIis_ziugSgsqJstU/s1600/IMG_5998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtTRjN1iAt7yE6bJi7uLLySCZGgD9iDbXVmshbIjwwLws3GDvsaIer7PWqm9lyzrpKo2GHp59TVu4H9K50OlgeoPuZQ_8EbcrNHcuFxBc0R-Enh60CATJYgMC1OQIis_ziugSgsqJstU/s640/IMG_5998.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The lid has a raised pattern on it that I adore.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, there are no chips in it at all.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQK4BWI7W5F4XBFwut1i9luTsrJFU4xWKzHWNdfSm8P2E1ZBojlHnyOtpJ6M16OD1_kM1QDL1dsNyeZyABtAmYrOi2YIuxBToFUCtsxvHrBXxgDwlbnnbGOUWthXmm0T-5-AmvjtRDo/s1600/IMG_6000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQK4BWI7W5F4XBFwut1i9luTsrJFU4xWKzHWNdfSm8P2E1ZBojlHnyOtpJ6M16OD1_kM1QDL1dsNyeZyABtAmYrOi2YIuxBToFUCtsxvHrBXxgDwlbnnbGOUWthXmm0T-5-AmvjtRDo/s640/IMG_6000.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So let's start this tutorial!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's what you'll need:  Flowers (mine are from Costco), apples, floral foam, picks or skewers, ribbon, extra greenery if needed,  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryJCFQcXK-6Lg9wMbsrwvwMLKPsD9AOREl84BnZdSFtOT1v1NcXyc1oKyDGRCW1MMVm8tcTIZBlD4CAkMnj0xeRyCjRGcTPZlF4Sx5mgRHl3rhP2es1GJvmJptLNOSJz7J4gf0Majt4o/s1600/IMG_5997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryJCFQcXK-6Lg9wMbsrwvwMLKPsD9AOREl84BnZdSFtOT1v1NcXyc1oKyDGRCW1MMVm8tcTIZBlD4CAkMnj0xeRyCjRGcTPZlF4Sx5mgRHl3rhP2es1GJvmJptLNOSJz7J4gf0Majt4o/s640/IMG_5997.jpg" width="568" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">   I put some wet floral foam in the bottom and taped it down.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGLIIH56d4soj8CIyjhzBAdjwptRHxUGUIRxAyjG5h_DlWoqo415rfRF_p0tUAV0febRY5Lul82cypkVT1_c_44Cta9OfmCy_4wZqvhMsknOlJZYvyKKilnuB5e1oZ4EFkEnQI0CoDI4/s1600/IMG_6002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGLIIH56d4soj8CIyjhzBAdjwptRHxUGUIRxAyjG5h_DlWoqo415rfRF_p0tUAV0febRY5Lul82cypkVT1_c_44Cta9OfmCy_4wZqvhMsknOlJZYvyKKilnuB5e1oZ4EFkEnQI0CoDI4/s640/IMG_6002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to use apples because they always remind me of fall.  I put them on skewers and placed them in the bowl.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuTGDshuBNFP8wOPeXAu1381mJrZRBJMGo62qLmN5iCq5iZgVGNBzRVnHT7UO8kN1W1cXLje2Pg5pCI6DU4uK3Bc2H3JcHKx9-730X3wdYWfzcRtlAqXTNo3j8L1Lhil9_jEOgSe7G24/s1600/IMG_6003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuTGDshuBNFP8wOPeXAu1381mJrZRBJMGo62qLmN5iCq5iZgVGNBzRVnHT7UO8kN1W1cXLje2Pg5pCI6DU4uK3Bc2H3JcHKx9-730X3wdYWfzcRtlAqXTNo3j8L1Lhil9_jEOgSe7G24/s640/IMG_6003.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now here comes the tricky part.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to incorporate the lid also, since it is part of the gift.  I set it sideways on top of the handle and the apples and wired it tightly.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Mg6d-BsgLAu_iULtrVmDCV7-W2wiGOZQ8PgXHl19KhUYSoRRXS0XBlCERZL8XWvJZp2ILQb-LkbBkVjFOYbTClFtGF4wcPKGxLjPnpHZGmGXCKAyD0j0tbmbviKL2fGCdlxQwKrSP8/s1600/IMG_6005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Mg6d-BsgLAu_iULtrVmDCV7-W2wiGOZQ8PgXHl19KhUYSoRRXS0XBlCERZL8XWvJZp2ILQb-LkbBkVjFOYbTClFtGF4wcPKGxLjPnpHZGmGXCKAyD0j0tbmbviKL2fGCdlxQwKrSP8/s640/IMG_6005.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry, by the time we are done the wires won't show.  <b>Promise!</b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_2CzIHtnGmzj5EFlqT2feUNjkwXPOMRPGd67JMWx-1NnCDiJ_wctAnZu0NpRrqCgFm-PUw2sgRKRLfMot0-lLMqVkx55A_Wla9WGxM1BDBDRa2qWXuzMQuznVmZl_7tfhgEeweaoa5o/s1600/IMG_6006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_2CzIHtnGmzj5EFlqT2feUNjkwXPOMRPGd67JMWx-1NnCDiJ_wctAnZu0NpRrqCgFm-PUw2sgRKRLfMot0-lLMqVkx55A_Wla9WGxM1BDBDRa2qWXuzMQuznVmZl_7tfhgEeweaoa5o/s640/IMG_6006.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like to separate my flowers so that I know what I have to work with.  I usually start with the largest and work my way down.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGWC1H2zWYYskHJS0z1DcBjtIpMmy0hpyx8faYCEkIES0vRKWII0WFjxQzZ4ZF4camDkpdoqTAKl1i-k7JuQ3JBFOh7EPYksSbsHf_d9xnQkAp_8I6cSjTg_VsKg6hHS0gEBOOwmnEYI/s1600/IMG_6007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGWC1H2zWYYskHJS0z1DcBjtIpMmy0hpyx8faYCEkIES0vRKWII0WFjxQzZ4ZF4camDkpdoqTAKl1i-k7JuQ3JBFOh7EPYksSbsHf_d9xnQkAp_8I6cSjTg_VsKg6hHS0gEBOOwmnEYI/s640/IMG_6007.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The large gold spider Mums go in first.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like to work with threes for the larger impact flowers.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWh5Hdjv5qUmbW7Q3zhHxIWAWWUqHSw3klUUvfcEonur-u_GSrJXqzj3tyQiAWvi-JbtGaxfXEAYXuNC7CXdgO7yBia4uxR5ZWIOyX_WJSQFKfibC67y0NmWlMc6CmXYdxIucGyEaDOI/s1600/IMG_6008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWh5Hdjv5qUmbW7Q3zhHxIWAWWUqHSw3klUUvfcEonur-u_GSrJXqzj3tyQiAWvi-JbtGaxfXEAYXuNC7CXdgO7yBia4uxR5ZWIOyX_WJSQFKfibC67y0NmWlMc6CmXYdxIucGyEaDOI/s640/IMG_6008.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Then the pretty red roses are added.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EaiP8RnV1UWpr6n7l712w5z3VD6oHnIcR2usr8XMUS-X1zEDICvTXP7DgShwEQIddLyhPZEsgzYZ7c0i0Q3WdWgHaMhbVRif3xfVeLiGzmT931zfUYrvDzCFBchgehGYmT2bCf-qwMg/s1600/IMG_6010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EaiP8RnV1UWpr6n7l712w5z3VD6oHnIcR2usr8XMUS-X1zEDICvTXP7DgShwEQIddLyhPZEsgzYZ7c0i0Q3WdWgHaMhbVRif3xfVeLiGzmT931zfUYrvDzCFBchgehGYmT2bCf-qwMg/s640/IMG_6010.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I placed the large cattails in next and then started filling in with the smaller flowers.  The greenery will fill in any holes.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Gtqjco-j6sgFXIHGXAorr2BKflfk3Z1LFngy9VPQXfbzaVscaRJT-Z51NpTsIjVmQucQjpcWbB73gqXZYbyfr5W9EEveNaBtSO-OrXYgIqSS15z9qiovSekVV7v5kBEWokqanj5XoM/s1600/IMG_6011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Gtqjco-j6sgFXIHGXAorr2BKflfk3Z1LFngy9VPQXfbzaVscaRJT-Z51NpTsIjVmQucQjpcWbB73gqXZYbyfr5W9EEveNaBtSO-OrXYgIqSS15z9qiovSekVV7v5kBEWokqanj5XoM/s640/IMG_6011.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I filled in all of the spaces and arranged a large bunch of what looks like wheat over the handle.  I made a bow with some sparkly ribbon and put it on top of the handle but I didn't like it.  It was too much.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnz_J2q98eSa-i3cDv-3a7xR1CqvNmRrw3qpX4kiH9ne5HMcUaJD_8ZL0wljG-3JWSjlnhH2NFi_BPt8HoiN0VXxheyd0apzFXqj2ynW5iGRaZmezehSRUljTVB0bbENZxA4zDQTvaGU/s1600/IMG_6013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnz_J2q98eSa-i3cDv-3a7xR1CqvNmRrw3qpX4kiH9ne5HMcUaJD_8ZL0wljG-3JWSjlnhH2NFi_BPt8HoiN0VXxheyd0apzFXqj2ynW5iGRaZmezehSRUljTVB0bbENZxA4zDQTvaGU/s640/IMG_6013.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I tied some raffia on with a maroon ribbon.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nope!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still don't like it.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuozAXk5nKQsjtWYJtHTeO2B8iF0SqePYLtBBomueqhEayqnNXlf6g7j6lxgKSlQ5n7MOfavibvwlSJvHSIQhuuUmJG342GB6GeNW2N8miK0Zxg8DXO8tuhavm5dvMkDK4g9N8g_Qm6s/s1600/IMG_6019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuozAXk5nKQsjtWYJtHTeO2B8iF0SqePYLtBBomueqhEayqnNXlf6g7j6lxgKSlQ5n7MOfavibvwlSJvHSIQhuuUmJG342GB6GeNW2N8miK0Zxg8DXO8tuhavm5dvMkDK4g9N8g_Qm6s/s640/IMG_6019.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I ended up just tying a simple ribbon around the wheat.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think it's perfect.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwVEVAkiL_mBCN4LlIfiFH-dRQvsrTOnTVhuInLCCJEuLihge4jhxS1X1ggLJnnBC_A_TwVMvHBteTYAACyy3ApTJtq2WiUUsgZIx9ZDlruZt0zrZd4Noo00sz8KCx1kfNfRYFBiZpdo/s1600/IMG_6029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwVEVAkiL_mBCN4LlIfiFH-dRQvsrTOnTVhuInLCCJEuLihge4jhxS1X1ggLJnnBC_A_TwVMvHBteTYAACyy3ApTJtq2WiUUsgZIx9ZDlruZt0zrZd4Noo00sz8KCx1kfNfRYFBiZpdo/s640/IMG_6029.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Very Fall!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s1600/IMG_6025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s640/IMG_6025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope she likes it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By The Way, Today is my beautiful Mother's Birthday!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She lives too far away to give these to but I sent her some!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I Love You Mom!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are the BEST! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div 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Birthday Flowers in Transferware

Hello Everyone and Happy Wednesday!   Tomorrow is my sweet friend's Birthday and I have a special gift for her.  We both like the same t...

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