surprise dinner party
My daughter turned 20 on the first day of Spring. To celebrate, I pulled-off hosting a surprise dinner party for her and her friends, highlighting florals, good food, and her mom’s dessert. This was so fun! Sachi was surprised!

My daughter turned 20 on the first day of Spring. To celebrate, I pulled-off hosting a surprise dinner party for her and her friends, highlighting florals, good food, and her mom’s dessert. This was so fun! Sachi was surprised!

I’m sharing some of the joyful Thanksgiving florals and pies I created, to kickstart our holiday season with a full spread for family at home.

It felt so amazing to make a special floral arrangement for my mom, to celebrate Mother’s Day. It was a gift for me to even have my hands on fresh flowers during quarantine! It has been a while! I swooped up some of her all-time favorite flowers: Lilacs, Roses and Dusty Miller.

Today is Nonna’s 76th birthday! What a treasure! I’m looking back on the fun we had with the gardenia flower crown I made this spring.

My mom likes to say this phrase when she sees a lot of green. It’s so sweet, and she learned it as a little girl,…