Author Archives: cathyboettner

This arrangement is a combination of flowers from my flower subscription this week, and some from last week, and some from my garden. I was going for an orange/yellow/red look. I used a flower pot with a mason jar in it to protect from water leakage. I love the color and texture of this pot–gotContinue reading “Subscription Flowers”

We are celebrating Father’s Day with my father in law and I put together a super colorful arrangement with flowers that I had in my yard. This is what I picked. I started with the boxwood greenery that I cut from in front of the house. Then I added some hosta flowers that just startedContinue reading “Use What You Have Bouquet–A Riot of Color”

Our niece and her family came in to town and it coincided with her birthday, so we had a get together to celebrate her. I wanted to do something that was really cheerful and summery, so I started with a great Williams-Sonoma tablecloth that I found last year at the consignment store–even the right size!Continue reading “Summer Garden Birthday Party”

My husband loves Peace Tea Raspberry Tea, but I don’t like spending that much on something that has so many “fake” ingredients. I decided to see if I could make something that gave him the same taste, but with much better ingredients. I decided that I would use white grape juice for at least partContinue reading “Raspberry Iced Tea”

If you’ve been following along, you’ll recognize my thrifted tureen full of yellow kalanchoe, which I just love. I added my favorite bunnies and my metal frog and some green glass lanterns. These items bring out colors that are in the salad plates–Albertina by Villeroy and Boch. I also used some vintage goblets–Savannah by Sears,Continue reading “Sweet Animals Table”

We were celebrating my FIL’s birthday at our house and I noticed that my gladioulus were starting to bloom so I picked them. While I was in the cutting garden, I also picked some Nigella stems that were full of seed pods, and some dahlias. I grabbed a few oakleaf hydrangeas and then I wentContinue reading “BIG Bouquet from the Garden”

My jumping off point for this table was the adorable margarita glasses I found while thrifting. It’s a little guy napping in front of a cactus–for $1/each, they had to come home. I also found the striped dinner plates for less than $1/each–Lemon Zest by Dansk. If I were going to do this for real,Continue reading “Tacos and Margaritas”