Friday, March 23, 2012

Friday flowers

from the garden
{from the garden}

The very first white dahlias from my mom's garden. We had thought about planting dahlias to use for our wedding and then quickly lost steam (so much advanced planning!). But my mom sweetly ordered a plant anyway, knowing that I love them and they'll always go to good use. And apparently they grow like weeds.

garden flowers
{garden flowers}

The roses and the rosemary were also plucked straight from the garden. I'm going to use the rosemary for cooking, but in the meantime it has been happily pretending to be part of a flower arrangement.

By contrast, I have managed to kill off my entire little herb garden and finally admitted that I need to start over. Hope springs eternal, I guess. I can usually manage to keep it going for a season or two before I get distracted and forget to water.

Looking forward to a busy weekend and a little party to celebrate Em's upcoming wedding. I didn't want to share any of the details beforehand because I like secrets. I will tell you this - I've gone seriously overboard with the dessert and I'm completely unapologetic about it. If you can't do it for something like this, when can you? You have to take these opportunities as they come.

33 comments:

  1. Rosemary from the garden floods me with nostalgia. My mom had a bunch growing in our front yard, too.

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    1. I think it's so beautiful (and of course, I also love the smell and the taste, so it has everything going for it!).

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  2. The rosemary adds such a wonderful look to the bunch! Not something that is normal :) LOVE IT! My sister wanted to use dahlias in her wedding last year and we ended up planting a ton for it (and yes, LOTS of planning ahead...) but because it was such a weird summre on the west coast, none bloomed in time and we had to order them anyway!

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    1. This is what I was afraid of! If you miss the timing by even a week, the whole thing is blown! But at least you had a lovely garden later on, right?

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  3. the rosemary's a brilliant touch; i love how the leaves' shape echoes the dahlia's petals. i hope you indulge us with big, sexy pictures of em's dessert after the shower - have fun this weekend!

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    1. Pictures will be forthcoming, promise.

      Currently trying to decide if I should go maximalist with everything (how much gold is too much gold?) or try to tone myself down a bit.

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    2. WWJBD (what would james bond do)?

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  4. Lovely, I used Dahlia's for my wedding last September (yellow and white)...my mom bought a few buckets (along with dragon-snaps and various greenery) from our friends garden stand. It was insanely cheap! My grandma is a florist too so she did all of the bouquets, and arrangements (in mason jars). It was so fresh and Summery looking...siiiigh.

    xx -b.

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    1. Beautiful! Dahlias are one of my favorite flowers.

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  5. Gorgeous! I love the touch of rosemary, and the dahlia is beautiful.

    I wish I was good at growing things. I always over-water or forget to water or forget everything entirely. :\

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    1. Yeah, the green thumb definitely skipped over me. I just get distracted and forget about them and I don't have enough patience to troubleshoot anything else, so I give up quickly if problems arise.

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  6. just so pretty. i love the touch the rosemary adds. i'll have to remember this.

    have a great weekend!

    meg ;)

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  7. How sweet! I love Dahlia's and love knowing that they grow like weeds. I can't wait to have my own garden!

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  8. I just started a new herb garden too. Last year's were victim to an aphid intrusion. This year I hope I'm more prepared. Good luck with your new herb garden.

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  9. wow, that dahlia is particularly stunning. i love herbs in arrangements.

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  10. Mmm, beautiful flowers. Hello spring! Good luck with the herbs :)
    -Charlotte

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  11. Lovely photos! Nothing like a bunch of pretty flowers to brighten up your day.

    Kate {Something Fabulous}
    http://thesomethingfabulous.blogspot.com

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  12. Yes! I am the girl who made five kinds of cupcakes and five kinds of frosting the day before a labmate's wedding (literally. 8 am to 4 am). And I was nuts to make two of the frostings swiss buttercreams, one of them a cherry swiss buttercream that took five tries to get right, but they were both just so. good. I am always looking for an excuse to do something ridiculous and fun, for the sake of it.

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  13. What an adorable little arrangement! I'm ready for spring :)

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  14. wow what a beautiful and creative arrangement! would never have thought to combine those flowers!

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  15. must smell fantastic!

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  16. Those are beautiful! I had dahlias in my wedding bouquet and love, love, love them.

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  17. These are beautiful! I wish I could garden so I can have fresh flowers everyday!

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  18. what a pretty arrangement - I love throwing rosemary into vases, it makes the whole room smell good

    PS saw the cake on Emily's blog - RIDICULOUS!

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  19. these are so pretty! and i love that you added fresh herbs to them

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  20. i adore your blog, and i also daily check cupcakeandcashmere (emily) blog i think it is soo great to have friends that blog aswell, and you both have an amazing eye!

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  21. so beautiful!

    bitterblondblog.blogspot.com

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  22. Yet another reason to live in SoCal: dahlias in SPRING! We have to wait until fall here in BK! Just catching up around here and sending you big hugs, m'lady. May your rosemary sprout roots and start the next generation of der herenb garten;)

    xo

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  24. went to the farmers market today and spotted some beautiful flowers- first thing i thought of was your 'friday flowers' posts- thanks for the sweet inspiration. had to tell you!

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