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Floral Friday: A Touch Of Tulips

~ Floral Friday

 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭25:11‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends and thank you for dropping by on a Friday. Posting on a Friday is unusual for me, so this must be some special occasion, right?  It most certainly is!  I am so excited to join with three sweet and very talented blogging friends for a brand new Friday series.  Floral Friday will publish the first and third Fridays of each month.  You all know my love for gardening, so when I was asked to participate, of course I said yes!  You will definitely want to stop in and see the beautiful designs by Lidy, Mary, and Shirley with their links at the bottom of my post.  A very special thank you to Shirley from Housepitality Designs for hosting Floral Friday!!  Let’s see how a touch of tulips can bring on spring!

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  When I think of spring flowers, my mind automatically goes to tulips…and any color works for me! I love that tulips are a wonderful stand alone flower.  They are confident in their own beautifully colored skin!

There isn’t much arranging when it comes to tulips, they are independent thinkers with a mind of their own!

Their beauty comes from their lovely color and their surprise element in the vase…

…they start by standing tall, but then they love to gently droop!

I can’t think of spring without thinking of all the birds that build their nest around my home.  Mockingbirds are already building in the Lady Banks Roses.  I have been monitoring their activity from my kitchen window, they are quite feisty!

All you need is a bouquet of tulips to add a little spring in your home!

A sweet doll chair (that my granddaughter uses for her baby dolls) was placed on the chest with a couple of antique books and dried limelight hydrangeas from last summer’s garden!

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The chair is wearing a leopard velvet fabric.

You might wonder what espresso and a raspberry macaron have to do with flowers?  Well, for starters, I love them both.  Also, this sweet little vintage cup and saucer by Victoria (Austria) has a pretty scattered floral spray pattern. You don’t have to look very hard to find flowers everywhere in our everyday living from lovely china patterns to…

…the Maitland Smith chest painted in floral design, and the marble lamp with small rosebuds and leaves.

Thank you all for stopping by our inaugural Floral Friday!  Be sure to visit the creative ladies that are listed below.  Their florals are truly stunning! 

French Garden House • French Country Spring

Home Is Where The Boat Is • Spring In Bloom On The Porch

 Housepitality Designs • Oriental Spring

  Linking with:
 Pieced Pastimes, Life on Lakeshore Drive,Coastal Charm, Dwellings-Heart of Your Home, Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, Stone Gable, Confessions of a Plate Addict, Worthing Court, Between Naps on the Porch, Cedar Hill Farmhouse, A Stroll Thru Life, The Charm of Home, Katherines Corner,Petit Haus, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,  Vintage Mama’s Cottage, Marilyn’s Treats Eclectic Red Barn, Share Your Cup,21 Rosemary Lane,The Vintage Nest, The Essence Of Home, Feathering My Empty Nest, Kingsbury Brook Farm,  The Red Painted Cottage, Love Of Home,My Soulful Home, Celebrating Everyday Life, Little Farmstead, Starfish Cottage, Rustic & Refined,The Freckled Rose, Life and Linda, DIY 180, Celebrate & Decorate, Sweet Sensations, The Dedicated House, Jodie Fitz, The Design Twins, Happy Nester, Modern Glam Home, Shabby Fufu, Desingthusiasm, Imparting Grace, Calypso in the Country

Comments

  1. Pam, You are so right that tulips with a mind of their own! There is nothing prettier than a vase or pitcher filled with tulips to usher in spring. I love your beautiful vignette with your handsome Maitland Smith floral painted chest, bird nest and pretty floral cup and saucer. Your petite leopard chair makes a perfect pedestal topped with books, to elevate the silver pitcher with dried hydrangeas blooms! It was a pleasure to join for Floral Friday.♥

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  2. I LOVE your floral vignette of tulips! Just isn’t Spring without those glorious flowers. As always, you have arranged them with such impeccable beauty on that gorgeous chest. And that small chair is quite the showstopper indeed giving a platform for your pretty silver pitcher of hydrangeas and the beautiful added texture and color of the books. Truly, truly a most gorgeous Spring vignette to usher in our First Floral Friday together!!! So happy that you and your talented self are a part of Floral Friday!! Have a great weekend Pam!!! xoxoxo’s
    P.S. A reader of mine told me that if you put 3 pennies in the water of a vase of tulips they last longer and I tried it and yes they do!!!

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  4. Pam, what a beautiful way to start this first Friday of March. Tulips and daffodils and crocus just speak spring. This is an amazing post and so are the others. I will be following all of you. Your photography is pure perfection.

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  5. That vignette just makes my heart sing! Every detail is exquisite. I would love to see more of that little chair. I came home with an armload of tulips from the grocery store, yellow tipped with red…God’s paintbrush.

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  7. I am so excited about your Floral Friday group Pam, what a treat these Fridays will be! I love tulips, a sure sign of Spring! Your vignette is simply stunning, I love the contrast that the leopard chair provides with the lovely lavender tulips…elegant simplicity!!
    Jenna

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  8. Thank you for the lovely post, sweet friend. Your vignette brought a smile to my face 🙂 And tulips….they are my mom’s favorite flower and I can’t help but think of her when I see them.

    Happy weekend to you, Pam. Hugs!

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  10. Tulips have their own own personality. Today I will have to throw some out but oh how I’ve enjoyed their sculptural shapes and changing bloom. Next trip to the grocery will bring home more.

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  11. Pam, this is so pretty! What a beautiful post and gorgeous vignette! I adore that Maitland Smith chest. It is stunning! You have inspired me to find some tulips to brighten things up around my house. Enjoy your weekend, sweet friend!

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  12. Pam, your tulips are just glorious! Tulips are the only flower I know of that actually grow in water once cut, it’s why I usually cut mine a little shorter at first. Your vignette is beautiful {I have the big sisters to your doll chair- oh, my, how I love yours!}

    It is such a thrill to know that we will be sharing Floral Friday’s together, friend. Wishing you a beautiful weekend,
    Xoxo Lidy

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  13. Beautiful flowers and beautiful joint venture with Shirley, Mary, and Lidy! Happy weekend, Pam!

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  16. Hello Pam, an excellent idea that you have carried out. It is very beautiful what you show us, the tulips are so beautiful …
    The place where you have located them is perfect. The furniture is very beautiful as well as the accessories.
    I’ve seen Lidy’s blog, now I see more …
    A hug
    Dolores

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      • Thank you very much. How very nice of you to let me know.

        As for comments … you are able at the end of each blog post.

        I have a hard time commenting on other people’s posts as well at times. Especially if they are not a WordPress forum.

        I hope one day you can stop by again and try. Sometimes if you click on the Blog Title… that will help bring up only that post and the comments section may appear more easily.

        Thank you once again for stopping by. I truly appreciate it!

  19. Your vignette is just gorgeous! Needs to be in a magazine! I love tulips because they are pretty all alone! Is that an antique Mora clock? I bought an antique Mora clock recently and love it.

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    • Thank you so much Nancy, you are so sweet. It is an antique clock that I have had for at least 40 years, not a Mora. I decided to paint it to resemble a Mora. I would rarely paint an antique, but I did the clock and I love it. What a treasure to have a Mora. I would love to see a photo of it.

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  23. Tulips always make me smile with memories of my father planting them with me. Each spring would how a special joy on discovering them popping up. I learned that if you add pennies to the vase they won’t droop as quickly. Thank you for sharing your lovely vignettes.

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  25. Pam, I am new to your blog today, thank you for inviting me in with this beautiful Spring Vignette. Your mirror is a stunning backdrop for this vignette! Oh how I love the sweet marble lamp and chair. My mother being Irish and father English I have always loved Tea Time at our home. I do love the delicate tea cups like yours. I have been looking for a small wall cabinet to display my collection but have not found a source. I do know I will enjoy your blog and look forward to the next one.

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  27. This time of the year I love seeing all the beautiful colors of tulips. Your tulips are fabulous. I plan on putting more into my garden this year. Thanks for sharing all the beauties.

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