Simplicity

About a year ago, I fell in love with a small hydrangea display in Ethan Allen. It was a vibrant blue silk bloom in a simple silver container, perfect for our cottagy white mirror and shelf. Needless to say, when I saw the horrifying $65 price tag that dear little item was left in the store.

Here is my inexpensive Autumnal substitute, every bit as beautiful to my eyes. The silver container was a craft store bargain for less than five dollars (try to look past the fingerprints--inevitable adornments to everything in our house), and the single silk rose and dried hydrangea (picked for me by Patrick in the garden because I am "so pwetty") make me smile every time I pass them by. Best of all, they may be changed seasonally--already, I am dreaming about a fistfull of blue buds for May!

The silver Holy Family, a gift from a dear friend, is the perfect compliment to make a plain corner of the cottage bloom and sparkle all at the same time!

Comments

[leticia]

I can't believe your garden has such a gorgeous rose this time of year!

[Karen E.]

The fingerprints make it all the lovelier. :-)

[Cay G.]

Indeed...the fingerprints give it the perfect "touch". :)

[Cheryl]

very, very pwetty :))

[Dawn]

Perfectly lovely!

[Beck]

Very nice! My boy was fingerpainting (unbeknownst to me) yesterday and left evidence of this EVERYWHERE.

[kristina]

Alice, You are so pwetty! You are teaching us so much about what is really important - our children's little finger prints, later bedtimes to play with dolls.. I am grateful for your lovely example of embracing these special times with our children. God bless you, Lovely Lady!

[Suzanne Temple]

Very pwetty, indeed!

[Cheryl]

Very nice. The Holy Family picture is the kind of simple touch I'd like to add around here. Now that I'm thinking about it, the flowers are too.

[Jennifer]

Gorgeous colors on that rose! I'm loving the silver Holy Family and am thinking they'd look very nice with May blue buds too!