It may be gray & gloomy outside today…
but on my kitchen windowsill I have a little burst of floral fun going on.
It’s a “re-bloom” of some miniature white orchids!!! So tiny. So cute.

On a freezing cold Chicago day, it’s great to see a hopefully burst of Spring. Thanks to Terri for sharing a picture of her yellow daffodils in one of my stamped porcelain ikebana vases.

Enjoying one of the many beautiful colors & textures of Christmas.

Always fun when fresh flowers arrive from a cousin just in time for the holidays. These stargazer lilies are kinda like candy canes… opening right on schedule. Thank you David & Tina.

Sure it might be cold outside… but I still have some colorful orchids blooming on my kitchen windowsill. A little “bright spot of warmth” on a chilly December day.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by my place yesterday
for the MUD & METAL Holiday Home Show. Me the MUD… Amy the METAL.

We had so much fun playing with so many great people!!! I love knowing that so many pieces are going to good homes, whether as holiday gifts to the loved ones on your list, or to yourselves!!! Special thanks to my friend & talented metalsmith Amy Taylor for joining me again this year. Her work is amazing, she’s so much fun to play with… and I came away with a few new pieces in my “Amy Collection”!!!

Flowering kale providing beautiful Fall colors & textures.

And since Allison is sharing pictures on Instagram…
I might as well show you the “other” orchid in my kitchen window…

And who says holiday poinsettias need to be red?
Not me… and not my decked out fireplace mantle.

While enjoying the Fall foliage, I also ran across a group of trees that had these wonderful pink flowers… with little red berried emerging from inside. It’s funny to see trees “blooming” this time of year?! I have no idea what kind of tree they are, but they kind of remind me of a bittesweet flower?! Anyone out there know what this is???