Unique Vessels: Wooden Terrarium
Pottery Barn was kind enough to send me this wonderful little wooden terrarium, and I thought that it would look lovely with a selection of white vases and brightly colored flowers. One might usually...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Spice Jars
If you are familiar with Persian cuisine, you know that many aromatic spices are used in preparing the various dishes. One in particular is saffron, which I use all of the time. As a result, I have...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Magazine Rack
Happy Labor Day to all of my American readers, and to everyone else, happy Monday! I don’t know how many of you have experienced this, but I lost some of the photos from one of my recent shoots,...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Mustard Bucket
Last week I bought some French mustard that came in the cutest bucket. So of course, a flower arrangement in the bucket was a must. I picked some flowers and greens that I had available in the garden...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Farm Fresh Toolbox
The other day one of the lovely SF Flower Mart vendors had these beautiful wild artichokes and I thought it would be fun to do an arrangement in a wooden toolbox with a farm-fresh feel. I wanted to do...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Halloween Serving Dishes
It’s been a while since I have done a “Unique Vessels” post. Today I want to show you two ways you could use serving dishes as vessels for some festive Halloween fun! I decided that this Pottery Barn...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Roses in Pumpkins
Autumn is pumpkin season and in my opinion, pumpkins of any size, shape, or color are lovely. I happened to have these wonderful garden roses and I wondered how they would look if I stuck them inside...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: A Gaggle of Geese
The other evening my beautiful friend gifted me with these delightful and totally wintery measuring cup geese. Well, I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t try to put flowers in them, and so I did. The one cup...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: French Onion Soup Bowl
It has been a little while since I’ve done a Unique Vessels post. The other day as I made french onion soup for dinner and took out my special bowls, I decided that they would be pretty with flowers in...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Navajo Pottery
It is always so fun to bring something back from a place you have visited. When we were on our road trip to Texas a few weeks ago, we stopped in New Mexico to check out some Navajo art at one of the...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Love Mug Centerpiece
It’s that time of year when commercialism and corporate greed strongly suggests that we buy expensive and unnecessary things for our lovers. Yes indeed, Valentine’s Day is nearly here. While it isn’t...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: English Storage Jar
During my trip to London last month, I didn’t have much time to wander about, but I did manage to spend a Saturday going to Oxford Circus to look around and do a little shopping before heading to Hyde...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Edie Vase
Even though New York-based potter and designer Jonathan Adler has been a star in the ceramics world for many years, I just recently became aware of his work. This Edie Vase is one of my favorites, and...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Vintage Campfire Ladle
A couple of months ago I went antiquing with my mother-in-law and found some wonderful vessels. It is always so much fun to see what’s out there. There were two vessels in particular that I thought...
View ArticleUnique Vessels: Floral in Floral
I went back to school shopping for my kids the other day and found this super sweet tool caddy at Target. You often find things you really don’t need (but want) when you are shopping for something...
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