Here comes the bride

This past weekend was the first big wedding of the season. I have two more to prepare for this summer. This was the biggest for me because I was a bridesmaid. I learned so much this weekend about being in a wedding. (One of them being, I will definitely boss a groom around :) but that's another post)

The first thing I learned was probably the best part of being in a wedding. You get to take your flowers home to enjoy! My wedding flowers were beautiful! And they are going to sit out in my house until they die!

The next thing I learned was more of a wedding tip. Bring comfortable shoes! Every moment I wasn't getting my picture taken or walking down the aisle, I had my Crocs on. I was worried at one point I might forget to change out of them.  And my feet thanked me at the end of the night!

The last lesson is definitely just a tip. This tip is for the wedding rehearsal. Make fun practice bouqets. Everyone love ribbon flowers! We saved all the bows from the bride's showers and used them to make practice bouquets. They make the rehearsal pictures super cute! I did them for my wedding and I made my friend do them for hers.

Summer must-have

I'm super excited about my little flower garden. We live in rental property so there isn't much we can do with our space. Mark won't let me do that much either since we won't be here permenantly. (We did paint our bathroom blue but don't tell our landlord!) So last summer I decided to fence in a little area around our patio and plant flowers there. I bought spring mums last spring. They were so little and cute with yellow blooms. Well all summer long I watered them with bloom booster. The little yellow spring blooms fell off and I kept watering the green plants left behind. All summer long a few times a week I watered those mums (and all the rest of my flowers) with bloom booster. I know the instructions tell you only 7 to 14 days but I couldn't resist. Then in the fall when the mums start to bloom again my little garden mums burst out with blooms! I have already started my blooming plans on the greenery that's popping up from the mulch!

Raising their heads

I was super excited today because while I was washing dishes I glanced up at my African Violet (who has been dormant all winter) and noticed little blooms popping their head up out of the leaves. I just check on it last week and saw no signs of blooms coming up. So I was super excited by these little signs of life.