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My design today is using dried, fresh, and unconventional materials. The packing material is one that has fascinated me for a while, so today when I came across some I
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This sweet Japanese vase was brought home to me today by Frederick, so I had to use it right away. It has a great white glaze with some greenish spots,
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It’s a quick short post with a small arrangement tonight. The miniature ikebana was done after sending most of my time working on a larger structure for later next week.
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Today I gather more of the winged euonymus to use in some designs, and I have placed with it some gypsophila and an anemone. Continuing the study of filler flowers
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With some dry time in between heavy rains today I was able to gather a few things in the neighborhood to make my arrangement. A couple of cherry branches, one
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This is what centered me, and helped provide some calm during a stressful day. It whispered to me “breathe”.
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Today I turned my exploration of materials towards filler flowers, the types of flowers that in western designs are used to cheaply take up space between more expensive showy blooms.
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Some days the ikebana arranging is not so easy, today was one of them. I worked on one design for about 90 minutes, and by the end it looked tortured.
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Something small today, not a miniature but not big either. Safari sunset protea and tulip magnolia branches in a vase that my partner Frederick bought at Miss Pixie’s yesterday. They
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After a very low energy day yesterday, I am hoping that this arrangement shows a more energetic day. Maybe the warmer weather and sunshine today helped. I had more open