Have you heard about the Daffodil Garden?

It's inspiring!

The Story of the Daffodil Garden as found on Blue Eyes and Biscotti

"The daffodil garden illustrates the God given potential that each one of us holds when we plant seeds one by one. Seeds of discipline, love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control—seeds that will blossom in our garden one day, a breath-taking garden that draws others to Christ."



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Share Our Garden shares this about The Daffodil Concept.

"The principle her daffodil garden teaches is one of the greatest principles of Life. Learning to let go, let God and how much just 'little you' can accomplish, one step at a time. Learning to love the journey, not the destination. Seeing the sights along the way. We can change our world."

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More ... FYI -

The garden has been closed for several years, but it certainly brought joy to many people and has taught many more a great lesson ... and it will live on.

You can find out a bit more about Gene Bauer here.

Mrs Bauer prepared a FUN FACT SHEET about her daffodil garden.

Click on the link to read about it.

That site has links to other great pages like The Legend of the Daffodil Garden,

About the Daffodil Garden, and (Alma) Gene & Dale BauerGarden Artists & Plant Managers Extraordinaire 

Another site here.

There is an illustrated book titled Daffodil Principle: One Woman, Two Hands, One Bulb at a Time encouraging us to

Start today, one step at a time, to change your world.

image from here

  

story by Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards, illustrated by Anne Marie Oborn -

and part of Jaroldeen's story is found at

 Living Beyond Better

where this encouragement is given

"Start tomorrow"

A Lovely Wedding Look

I think this Romantic Moscow Wedding from Ruffled is lovely!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pink, Gold, soft colors, beautiful flowers, lovely backdrop, pretty buffet display, ...

 

Sigh!!!!

 

 

 

 

Gold and Glitter, Flowers and Leaves

We have enjoyed seeing the beautiful colors of the leaves in Seattle this fall, but they are almost gone. 

Shimmering glittery gold or silver, bronze and copper look lovely on these leaves (pinned here).

A lovely look for fall.

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I saw this shiny bouquet(and pinned it) and wondered what it really would look like ..., it could be beautiful for fall or winter. 

Just spray baby's-breath gold or silver.

Lovely!

 

 

Lovely Flowers and More

This lovely bouquet from Style Me Pretty is beautiful by itself, but has strands of pink beads laying beside it that adds so much more loveliness.

Aren't the colors so beautiful - soft and lovely pinks and whites.

I found some more lovely flower arrangements at Green Wedding Shoes
I love the addition of fruits (figs, pomegranates, pears, peaches, and the berries of course).  I Really Do Love This Look!

These colors are awesome, the place setting is wonderful ...

Of course I love the bottles ...

The drinks are even lovely aren't they!!!
I don't know what their drink is, but I would love this look with a Cran-Raspberry juice.  I'd love the look and the taste with those fresh berries.

And the cake is great ...

And this swing is awesome too ...

 Gorgeous!!!

I've pinned a few other bouquets and arrangements on my Pinterest Board - Flowers, Bouquets ..., - take a look if you'd like.

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A Bloomin' Truck Load

I think this is so adorable.  I love this look.

This look comes from This Old House

 

 

 

Doesn't it make you smile?  I am almost giddy at how cute it is.

 

I have a few old toys I am waiting to use ..., somehow, somewhere, sometime.  They are a little more worse for wear, but I love them for the memories they help bring to my heart and soul.

 

 

 

I'll keep this dump truck flower pot look in mind!

 

You'll find several other fun ideas for using "junk" in the garden on that site too.

 

Paper Flowers

Paper flowers can be so pretty.  It's time consuming, but cheaper than real flowers. I guess it all depends on the look one wants.  Here are some great ideas for paper flowers.  I've probably showed flowers like these before, but they are worth showing again.

From Couponing as a Lifestyle

Pink and Yellow seem to always appeal to me, so maybe that is why I like these, but it's also the center part of the flower looking so unique and frilly.

 

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A multi-color flower can be found at digu.com

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Smaller paper flowers from Style Me Pretty

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Cupcake liner flowers from Martha Stewart

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Wedding Bee shares this beautiful crepe paper flower dusted with gold.

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Coffee filter flowers in great colors from Snowy Bliss

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Creative Stuff







image from A Curious Mind

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I like this look - 



It's a cute look from Creative Co-op.

 

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Wall Pockets!  have you heard of them before?  Repurpose jean pockets to make them --- from kidsomania

 

 

 

 

There are several other wall pocket ideas there too - 12 total.

 

 

 

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This is from decor8.
I thought the saying fit well here. 
The post says that it’s a quote taken from Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s book, “Wishes Fulfilled”.



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Need to cover up those springs again.  I liked this idea from facebook

 

Use Up Your Fabric Remnants

Fabric Remnants can hang around for a long time if you can't think of what to do with them. Sometimes it seems that throwing them away would be a good choice.  Here are a few ideas I came across and thought I'd save for a rainy day - just in case I need help remembering what to do with all of my scraps.

 Drawer pulls - made with fabric scraps.   I think they are pretty cute!  From Anna Maria

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A hand bag is another idea - patch together some pieces and then create a bag like this from Crafterholic.

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Tipnut has a post with 50 ideas for using fabric scraps.

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Another post from Tipnut shares 40 fabric flowers to make.

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One idea from The Art of Homemaking shares a fabric wreath.



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I have seen and created my own paper covered clothes pins, but here are some fabric covered pins - sure wouldn't take a very large piece of fabric.  Maybe we should keep some clothes pins on hand to make up some of these with the tiny scraps after our sewing projects are done.  Collect them in a pretty glass bowl or vase or bottle and give an assortment for gifts when the need arises.
These are from etsy

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Decorate your gift cards like these from Art and Blog.
These could be hearts, stars, flowers, or bear shapes, or any outline shape including a simple circle. How about a men's tie for Father's Day?

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Personalize a picture frame with scraps of fabric like this from Moda Bake Shop


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Or, leave the frame as it is and decorate the inside of the back board like this from Little Big Town Designs

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More Stuff

 

Coffee Filter Flowers from U-Create

Because I don't drink coffee, I don't use filters, and I don't know if this is an expensive or inexpensive thing to do, but it looks pretty.  The colors are great - if you like those colors ;) and I do.

 

 

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Look at these lovely poms created over paper lanterns.

From A Simple Kind of Life

 

 

 

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Claim your glass or dessert cups with sweet little tags tied with slim ribbon like these from The Party Dress.  I don't do wine, but I do use stemware, so this look would work.

I imagine using this type of tag when large groups of stemware (including dessert cups) are needed and borrowed from several owners.  These little tags add color and character (even some charm) to the finished look and could be used to designate which glass should be returned to which owner (by using pre-determined colors or numbers or letters, or words, of course). 

 

 

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Pretty Stuff

This pretty display is from Avant Couture Events Wedding Blog

Great pinterest boards too!  Check them out here.

Each board focuses on a color or a theme - lovely.

I have not yet clicked into any of the boards there because I know it will take a while to get thru them, but just looking at her page of boards is inspiring.

Not all of her boards are about weddings, but the majority are.  Take a look when you get a chance ..., I'm going to ..., more than once I'm sure!

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Another pretty display of hankies, from Style Me Pretty

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This is a pretty way to display a menu.
From Wedding Bells

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Find 20 of the Prettiest Spring Boutonnieres
from Chic Vintage Brides

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These hearts are so ...,  pretty!  Shabby Chic Pretty!
From Stitching Fingers

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Here is another lovely bouquet atop a suitcase.
From The Flower Bride

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A lovely bouquet with a beaded swag, from Project Wedding

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Pretty is an understatement for most of these images today.

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