anemones from mandy

for this seasonal bloom, we are featuring anemones that just bloomed last week, in mandy & steve's hoop house. their hoop houses allow them to have veggies and flowers in almost every season. their hard work is paying off and soon mandy will launch her sister business that is totally devoted to flowers…we can't wait!

words and photographs by rinne allen

first daffodils

it is always a treat when the daffodils start opening up...they are like sunshine!

words and photographs by rinne allen

hazel, chinaberry, etc

photograph by rinne allen

glittered magnolias

all of us here at beauty everyday have other work that we do, in addition to this blog, our books, etc...rebecca runs a pottery studio, i am a photographer, and kristen owns a sweet shop in town, treehouse. there was a great article about kristen's shop in our local paper recently, that focused on a class that our friend hope hilton leads there, called "Craft, Inc". hope has a great group of talented pre-teens who are creative *and* have a good sense of the business side of things. for the holiday markets they made different things to sell. one of the things they made were these glittered magnolia leaves and i love them. this is another good way to bring something from the outside in the wintertime...just paint on some glue and then sprinkle with glitter and let dry- instant sparkle! {addendum: treehouse teacher lindsay troutman originally introduced the glittered magnolia craft to everyone at treehouse...here is a link to her tutorial on how to make them. enjoy!}

words & photographs by rinne allen

kumquats

we were in charleston the other week and there was a kumquat tree in full fruit where we were staying...i had to bring a few clusters home with me. now, they are sitting by my window in one of my sweet vases from these ladies.

words & photographs by rinne allen

burnished

last week, my sister lucy and i did a tablescape for design*sponge. we loved the little flower/feather arrangements we did, and i added more to mine after the shoot was over. i love the burnished golds....and it will last forever!

arrangement and photographs by rinne allen

r.wood at mandy's

rebecca went out to mandy's recently to do some flower arranging, and whoa! look how pretty...

fall foliage and dahlias

photo and arrangement by rebecca wood