Celebrating another “Floral Friday” with a collection of bright blooms living their best life in one of my stamped & soda-fired vases. A fun addition to a shelf of rusty gears on my back porch!

Flowers from the Farmers Market always look better in a handmade pottery vase.
Just so happens I have “a few” to choose from!!!

More ART IN THE BARN art fair booth flowers hangin’ on
& living their best life in a square soda-fired vase.

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!!!

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!

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!!!

Celebrating another Floral Friday with a collection of flowers in one of my stamped & soda-fired vases. Fun orange & gold flowers with some seeded eucalyptus for added texture!

Last night at Lillstreet, someone brought in some free flowers for the taking… presumably from their garden. We were all so excited… I mean, who doesn’t like brightly colored flowers to brighten their day?! For FREE!!! I grabbed a bundle …and then got a couple more that were left behind. Sure, I could have put them in a big vase… but I thought a line-up of my drinking tumblers might be more fun!!! Thanks again to the anonymous flower fan… we all loved them!!!

Vibrant red flowers in a “scrolly” green square vase. Rich gerbera daisies, ruffled ranunculus flowers & seeded eucalyptus add texture & drama. Perfect for another Floral Friday!

After such an incredibly hot & sweaty weekend at the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR… I’m kinda surprised that my booth flowers are still looking so fresh?! So I re-cut the ends, gave ‘em some clean water & an oval vase to hang out in… and they’re still looking very happy! And so am I…