green canopy

photograph by kristen bach

Jeruselum Rice

there were so many highlights from our beauty day and we have loved sharing our recipes, arrangements, and overall inspiration from the day!

one of my highlights of the day was spending the day in the kitchen, cooking up fresh and beautiful food with a group of talented ladies! i spend a lot of time in the kitchen but not a whole day, it was a big treat for me! 

many of the attendees asked for this rice recipe and i promised to share, it comes from the Jerusalem cookbook by yotam ottolenghi.

here is a link to the original recipe, i of course had to add some of my own touches!
while this recipe is about as perfect as they come, i wanted to add some spring bounty to the mix since we have so many wonderful herbs and vegetables growing right now. 

we added loads of fresh chives, grated carrots, spring onions, and a little bit of cilantro. we topped the beautiful salad with some chive blossoms for presentation.  give it a try and add some locally grown goodness to the mix!  and enjoy!

photos and words by kristen bach

two daffodils

photograph by rinne allen

spring beauty day!

we are excited to announce that we are hosting a creative workshop, in celebration of spring and flowers and beauty...it will be saturday, april 30, 2016 at sweet olive farm, just outside athens...with our friends from mandy from moonflower design, photographer paige french, wild food, & our very own rebecca wood...it will be a refreshing and rejuvenating day!

read below for more info,
and please, join us!
click here to sign up!

saturday, april 30, 2016 . from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at sweet olive farm outside athens, georgia

spend the day with us, noticing and learning about the beauty around us on the grounds of sweet olive farm animal rescue in winterville, georgia, just outside of athens. we will walk the woods and the fields, gathering ingredients that we will use throughout the day as we learn new things from our friends: flower farmer & floral designer mandy o’shea of moonflower design, photographer paige french, the ladies from Wild Food, and artist rebecca wood of r.wood studio. no experience is necessary, just an open mind and a willingness to try something new and creative.

each participant will also receive a copy of our book, beauty everyday.

sweet olive farm is an animal rescue farm and event venue just outside of athens, georgia. in addition to their animals, they have a restored barn, victorian home and cottage, and woods and fields for roaming.  

flow for the day:

9 a.m. to 10 a.m.: welcome coffee & nibbles

10 a.m.: foraging walk and flower arranging lesson with mandy o’shea of moonflower design

noon: color & composition: photographing flowers & arrangements with paige french

1 p.m.: a healthy, fresh lunch using some foraged ingredients and other local goodies with the ladies of beauty everyday and Wild Food

2 p.m.: drawing from nature with rebecca wood: looking at flowers and learning to sketch them, simply

3:30-4 p.m.: closing

please join us!

spring green

photo by kristen bach

bluebells

photograph by rinne allen

dew

photo by kristen bach

japanese maple

photograph by rinne allen

buds

photograph by rinne allen

pink spring

photograph by kristin karch

bulbs

photograph by rinne allen

white tulips

photograph and words by rinne allen

early spring

photograph by rebecca wood

last of winter

photograph by kristin karch

dried amaryllis

photograph by rinne allen

forsythia

photographs and words by rinne allen

bulb planting time

photograph by rinne allen

golden hellebores

spring is coming on strong around here, but still, in the garden, the main thing blooming are our hellebores...here are some from an arrangement for a special dinner, with a tint of gold...

arrangement and photographs by rinne allen

cornflower

photograph by rinne allen