Naturally Striking Fall Arrangements

Naturally striking fall arrangements featuring the best of the season’s natural elements epitomize the true beauty and color of the season.

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Better Homes & Gardens – Photography by Edmund Barr

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Sweet Something Designs

Visit your lawn and garden, local produce market, hobby store, or better yet, drive out to areas of the local countryside flush with the season’s natural elements for fresh and/or faux items needed to create a foliage focal point or spot arrangement.

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Bittersweet

Foraging for seasonal leaves and branches serves a dual purpose – autumn treasure hunt and picnic opportunity.

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Photo by Stephanie Klepacki

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Southern Living Magazine – Photography by Robbie Caponetto

Particular decorating circumstances and seasonal flower arrangements reflect the more the merrier approach.

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New England Home

Green Waffle Daisy Pattern Butter Crock

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Photo by Bart Heird 

Still a favorite example of a simple yet elegant fall/autumn arrangement made possible by nature comes together with a vintage waffle weave daisy pattern crock, small ears of Indian corn, branches of berries.

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Better Homes and Gardens – Photography by Marty Baldwin

Holiday gatherings.

Weddings.

Corporate events.

There’s so much to be said for this lovely season, this fall of autumn spectacular where nature’s wonder beautifully serves as the principal decor accent and accessory.

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Midwest Living – Photography by Michael Partenio

In season veggies, fruits, and berries mixed and mingled among flowers of varied colors and types prove a fanciful focal point arrangement.

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S. B. Long Interiors

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Country Living Magazine – Photography by Ali Harper

Vintage pewter, silver, porcelain pitchers, sugar bowls, creamers, tole trays, and transferware bowls complement and add warmth to naturally striking fall arrangements.

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Good Housekeeping

Various shades green, red, amber, and brown set fall’s color wheel into decorating motion.

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Pinterest

Beauty abounds in simplicity, and practice and patience teaches me to never shy from taking the less is more route.

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Better Homes and Gardens

Some of the most striking seasonal arrangements are born out of simplicity “peared” with balance and placement.

Asian Pear Arrangement

Country Living

Clear cylinder vases filled with branch bouquets in their natural state or painted in tones of gold, silver, bronze, or copper become a simple yet elegant addition to your fall decor.

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Autumnal Berry Branches

Seasonal fruits, vegetables, foliage and nuts make wonderful ingredients for fall recipes, but boy, do they shine in fall arrangements and centerpieces.

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Country Living

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Southern Living Magazine – Photography by Robbie Caponetto

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Robyn’s French Nest

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Stunning sums up this DIY pumpkin centerpiece with roses, mums, and broom cob from Jenny Steffens.

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Victoria Magazine

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Martha Stewart

Pumpkins and apples make their debut in the beginning of fall, and these seasonal decorating essentials become quite the exquisite floral accompaniment to fresh seasonal flowers and cuttings.

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Naturally striking fall arrangements rich in seasonal color(s) and texture(s) make an impressive addition to your fall decor.

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Blooming Good Spring Finds

Signs of blooming good spring finds have arrived.

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Daylight savings time begins this weekend.

Pollen: the amber yellow tint beginning to cover the outdoor world.

Pretty little things for home, lawn and garden tickling your spring fancy.

Screen saver image switched out to reflect spring’s in full hydrangea blooms beauty.

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Back in stock and delivered to the door just in time for the season willow cloche is marked gorgeous for a garden decoration or tabletop accent.

 

22 in. H Willow Cloche Protector

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So Fine by Electric Light Orchestra providing spring (and summer) hum and buzz sweet inspiration.

♫ People walking hand in hand,
Everybody’s singing to the band
I want to be where the stars shine bright
And hear sweet music on a summer night ♫

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There’s nothing quite so delicious as the first bowl of extra large Louisiana strawberries to kick off the spring tasting season.

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Well, perhaps a fresh bunch of garden asparagus.

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The seasons of Louisiana vary from minute to hour to week.

Ice storm damage is throwing our planting into wait and see mode, but the warm days signal planting and patio time is near.

Nature awakens in color and bloom to remind us dark and barren times never last forever.

Burchett Outdoor Acacia Wood Club Chairs with Cushions (Set of 2) by Christopher Knight Home

The Burchett Outdoor Acacia Wood 4 Seater Chat Set with Cushions by Christopher Knight Home sold out faster than you can say Oprah Winfrey’s palace patio sit-down with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but here’s two other options from the line to pretty up your patio, porch or perch.

Linwood Outdoor Acacia Wood Club Chair with Wicker Accents (Set of 2) by Christopher Knight Home

Linwood Outdoor Acacia Wood Club Chair with Wicker Accents

“Peter Brady” is a mover and a shaker in the home furnishings business, and the line’s options offer a good look at a good price.

Aston Outdoor Modern Acacia Cushioned Club Chairs (Set of 2)

Aston Outdoor Modern Acacia Cushioned Club Chairs (Set of 2)

Flowers infuse color into our homes with all of the beauty and scents of the spring season.

Blooming Good Spring Finds

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“Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink”

– Lilly Pulitzer

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Harsh late winter storms combined with multiple days and nights of arctic freezing temperatures zapped the life out of many of my plants, buds and blooms- most notably the hydrangeas I’ve babied for the last three seasons.

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Jordan Manufacturing Lessandra Outdoor Square Toss Pillows Rosewood Set of 2

Jordan Manufacturing Lessandra Outdoor Square Toss Pillows Rosewood Set of 2

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Pressed Flower Blank Notecards, set of 6 Assorted 

Much to my surprise and joy I’ve proven to myself no formal florist skills are needed to create a seasonal floral arrangement.

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Blooms and greens from my lawn and garden or the clearance buckets perched in a local grocery store floral department display become the stars of the window seal or tabletop spring flower show.

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Better Homes & Gardens

Keeping it simple is the key to DIY flower arranging.

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It might be a dollar store glass container, vintage Mason jar, ironstone creamer pitcher, the antique rose bowl Dave the Builder gifted me with years ago, or these eye catching-soon to be in my buy now pickup later cart- pretty in pink vases that becomes the vessel of choice.

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Point is whatever you’ve got and whatever suits your floral arrangement fancy is perfect.

Fill vase with tepid water, add one teaspoon of vodka and one teaspoon granulated sugar.

Tepid water allows for quicker water absorption, and the vodka and sugar combination delays wilting.

Drop a copper penny in to the vase to help deter the growth of fungus or bacteria.

floral arrangement tips

Although the decorative post courier mailbox wall accent is not new to the home decor accent market, its popularity is ongoing.

Give it the wall pocket effect and fill it to the brim with your favorite spring floral and greenery stems.

Post Courier Mailbox Wall Accent by Ashland®

You know it’s spring finds time by the scents and sights of spring in full bloom.

How I do love a season that shows out.

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A Most Fetching Friday: Blooming with Beauty

Today’s A Most Fetching Friday is features images blooming with beauty, style and inspiration.  I don’t believe anyone would fault us for stepping back if for only a brief moment to admire objects of beauty, n’est-ce pas?

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The Berry

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Inside a Picture-Perfect Summer Garden Party in Charleston perfectly styled by Tara Guérard for One Kings Lane.

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Jill Sorensen 

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Suzanne Kasler 

Halvorson Farmhouse, front porch cover try

A summer scene from Southern Living- the magazine and the way of life.

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Elle Decor

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Lauren Conrad on Pinterest

Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Philippians 4:8

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