Friday, September 4, 2009

Friday flowers

baby's breath

Whole Foods calls this million star, which is much more attractive than baby's breath. Unless they are actually different plants. I don't know these things.

baby's breath

I do know that they look lovely in the late afternoon light. They're sitting in some brown glass bottles that I love. They're chemical bottles from my lab, and when I'm finished with them I soak them and scrub them and bring them home. I never get tired of labware.

We have a long weekend here, so I'll be crafting and lounging and hopefully not melting into a puddle from all the heat. I'll see you all on Tuesday, my dears.

40 comments:

  1. what lovely afternoon light! and what a great stack of ribbon!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gorgeous light. Labware is too cool. And the fact that you're a scientist. That's rad, too.

    ReplyDelete
  3. it's funny what a big difference a name can make...million star sounds so whimsical and pretty. oh and i love how you balanced out such a delicate flower with tough labware. very cool.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Baby's breath is a common name that people call them. It's Gypsophila and million star is its variety, a much prettier name for it I think :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. I'm a glass nut - bottles of all kinds. so I really love those. beautiful shots - enjoy the weekend.

    ReplyDelete
  6. whatever they're called, they're beautiful. i like the juxtaposition of their little cuteness with the big heavy bottles.

    ReplyDelete
  7. So beautiful! Have an equally gorgeous weekend Rachel!

    ReplyDelete
  8. beautiful! have a nice long weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Beautiful shot. And yes that's a much better name than 'Baby's Breath'.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Million star is the variety of baby's breath with the tiny blossoms. Can I buy some lab bottles from you? They are beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  11. i thought they were beer bottles at first sight but lab bottles are equally cool.

    ReplyDelete
  12. such a lovely amber colour in the light. and the bottle do look great with the blooms...somehow gyp looks so sweet on it's own like that. have a wonderful long weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Here in Denmark we call these flowers "Bridal Veil" which I think is so perfect for their resemblance to a flowery lace :-)
    Love your blog btw, just discovered it :-)

    ReplyDelete
  14. beautiful! simple and elegant. thanks for the great idea!

    ReplyDelete
  15. I LOVE the name that WF gave these flowers! Beautiful! Have a lovely, enjoyable long weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Million stars is infinetly better than babys breath. And I love using simple bottles like that for flowers. It makes everything so simple and almost magical. =D

    ReplyDelete
  17. Sweet flowers and I love the lab bottles as vases what a neat idea. They look lovely glowing in the light. Enjoy your long weekend and the lovely heat - so lucky to have the sun still!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Gorgeous flowers and photos! Who would have known labware could look so fantastic with flowers?

    Happy weekend to you Rachel!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Wow, you make such simple objects look absolutely fab together. Gorgeous setting!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Those are GORGEOUS! I am definetly going to Whole Foods tomorrow and getting some million star (i like saying that, it sounds pretty).

    ReplyDelete
  21. Oooo... ready access to labware? Awesome!

    After seeing all the different vessels you save and use as vases, I've finally been doing that lately too with all the glass bottles we accumulate. The best are the more traditional-looking glass milk bottles from a local creamery we buy from, which does not have a bottle return program. Sweet!

    ReplyDelete
  22. million star is sooo much better than baby's breath! and those lab bottles totally glam the blooms up a bit. who knew a "filler" flower could look so chic? :)

    happy labor day weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  23. Love these!! The million star looks so cute in the brown bottles... I'm an extreme bottle saver too...

    ReplyDelete
  24. Million Starts is such a great name.. I'm declaring the person who thought that up as brilliant!

    Great blog and I love the flower posts. I have fallen deeper and deeper in love with flowers this year so I love a great photo of what others are doing with them. Not to mention the lab bottles are pretty spectacular.

    ReplyDelete
  25. I love the lab bottles! Especially with those flowers in them. So pretty.

    ReplyDelete
  26. In Sweden too, we call those flowers Bride's veil. Love your pictures, and love the light, always so amazing.

    ReplyDelete
  27. Those photos are really beautiful. I love all the ribbon.

    ReplyDelete
  28. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who steals unwanted glassware from lab and uses it at home...

    ReplyDelete
  29. Light Years
    There are more
    than one million stars in a single
    exhalation of
    the baby's breath I can still
    recall from a universe away but still
    warm and as close as my own
    milky nipple, in the same milky way
    poetry gives two sounds to the same
    unspeakably beautiful
    perfume

    ReplyDelete
  30. Lab stuff is so very awesome. Happy long weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  31. Amazing shot you got there of the lovely little flowers in that brown lab bottle. With the help of a little creeping natural light... it looks so nice.

    ReplyDelete
  32. those bottles are fabulous! as is million star, whatever that may be..

    ReplyDelete
  33. Oh wow! I just love the way the softness of those flowers looks in the bottles--so genius!

    ReplyDelete
  34. love love love old jars. I think fresh flowers look so romantic when they are strewn around rooms in jars like your pictures. great blog!

    ReplyDelete

Trying captchas this time - better or worse than having to log in to comment? Let me know! Sorry for all the hoops but the spam has been terrible lately!