Good Eggs..

Things rarely end up where you think they will at the start; inspiration is no different... there is inspiration, imitation and pastiche - but, inspiration is where it all starts. When doing an arrangement, I always start out with an inspiring image or flower - I rarely have a fully formed design in mind when i start.   It ALWAYS starts with inspiration..

the elegant egg arrangement above is from justsomethingimade.com and is where this year's easter table arrangement gathered it's spring inspiration.  All those beautiful eggs needed was a nest.... hmmm, now where did i just look at something that reminded me of a nest?...

oh, right that ginormous wreath hanging on my front door... ok, they'd have to be ostrich eggs (hmmm, i wonder where i could get - nevermind..), but that wreath (or as my dad always liked to joke - wreaf!!) had promise.  yes, indeed..

so here it is, wait, what did you say? did you just say, "really?"

well, i agree, from this distance, you might just say, really, but..............

but look closer......

closer...

closer....

there, see them nestled in there, those beautiful blue eggs and that lovely spring green...

Over the years, by commission, I have done everything from weddings, to showers, holidays, to birthdays, anniversaries and proms with the occasional holy communion crown sprinkled in...  Lo, that I had actually bothered to take pictures, but I didn't... who knew this internet thing would actually take off.  That Al Gore, he really got it right with that one... didn't he? Who knew that in the bluster and whirlwind of creating, there might actually be a reason to take a few photos... live and learn. Don't get me wrong, I have a few photos, but I never thought I was taking them for anyone but myself, so I didn't do a great job documenting for posterity - or, let's be honest, original blog content.   So from here on out, I promise, to be a better... what.... better historian, documentarian, photographer (sigh),.... blogger? How about just better...  So, like i said, things (and people for that matter) rarely wind up where you think, but that's what keeps life interesting isn't it?..

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