A week later… and my ART IN THE BARN booth flowers are still looking good!
Snip the ends, change the water & put them in a nice vase. I hear they like handmade vases best!!!

Another dahlia almost there…

Looks like Patty is enjoying a colorful morning inside while it’s gray & gloomy outside! Some fresh-picked zinnias along with a morning coffee can brighten any rainy day. Thanks for sharing Patty!

My art fair morning started early… with a surprise bucket of zinnias, marigolds & purple hyacinth bean vine from my pal Cory McCrory’s garden! A great accent in my booth for the wall pocket vases, ikebanas & vases! So pretty… so thoughtful. Thanks Cory!

The flowers turned out great in my soda firing! Now they just need to “grow” some metal stems in time for ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend! Cute as little plant stakes… or an ever-blooming bouquet in a sweet vase. I mean… everyone could use more flowers in their life, right?!

I love dahlia season! Such amazing flowers in a wide range of colors, sizes & petal formations. Thankful for Farmer’s Markets with fresh-cut flowers… and having the “perfect” vase to put them in!!!

Lots of pots… plus ornaments & flowers… all loaded into the soda kiln!!!

A hundred & fourteen flowers… but who’s counting?
Now ready for soda-firing this weekend with glaze inlaid in the textures
& colored flashing slips for a “pop” of color!!!

Okay, so when I started making these flowers… I only expected to make “a few.” But you know me… I’m all in!!! No time for a sample. No time for a prototype. Instead… I just went crazy & made over a hundred flowers!!! Let’s hope this “plan” works out for ART IN THE GARDEN!!!