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The Annual 113 First Ladies Luncheon in D.C.
I had the most great and honorable opportunity to be on the floral design team for the 113th First Lady luncheon in Washington DC! How fortuitous it landed on the same year as our countries 250th birthday. I’m not sure how words and pictures can convey just how meaningful it was for me. But I’m gonna give it a try. A friend of mine, Kelly Shore of The Floral Source suggested I submit an application to join the team. And I am so glad she did. It was thrilling to be notified I had been chosen to be a floral design volunteer. I literally cried especially due to security reasons I couldn’t talk…
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10 years in flowers celebration highlights
Our 10 years in flowers celebration all summer was up and down, round and round during the worst weather flower season we’ve ever had. Alaskans are kiddingly calling it “8 days of Summer’. May we had wind, June hardly ever saw 50 degrees. August and September, rain, cold and more rain. We only had a handful of temps in the 70’s. Then early hard frost. I’m calling it the summer I lived in rubber boots which did my ankles no favor. I’m so thankful at least our two dinner tours the sun came out which was so nice. But hey, I’ll take a mild sunny October any day. It totally made for easy…
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Color of the year brought tears to my eyes
Who would’ve guessed that a color of the year announcement would evoke tears of deep personal emotion to my eyes and full body goosebumps. I resonated with how this color has been all around me, literally for over a decade? The exact 10 years I’ve been grieving my son. It’s also a hue I wear many shades of, color my hair with and often paint my toes with. A fun little thing I like do since I started designing with all the colors of the flowers I grow and researching for my book Flower Power is to predict what Pantone Color Institute color of year will be. I love color and how it…
