Design Style Guide Team

I have some exciting news to share. I have been asked to be a member of the Design Style Guide Team! I am thrilled. They emailed me and told me that they love my designs and they think I would be an asset to the team! They have their own website here: http://designstyleguide.net/ which caters to the interior designers, decorators and home stagers. I have two of my wreaths listed there already!

Sassy Roosters

I have a special sale in my Etsy shop right now. I just listed these two fabulous wreaths this morning. I found these two sassy rooster signs in Hobby Lobby last week and ended up making two different oval "French Country" inspired wreaths with them.

Early to Rise - Rooster Wreath

Morning on the Farm - Rooster Wreath

If you buy them together, you get $10 off your total purchase price! I made them together; I think they look amazing together and they need a home together also! Please see the item descriptions for more information. And check out the rest of my shop while you're at it!

Pocketful of Posies

It's official I have spring FEVER! Here is my latest wreath. This one was created for a co-worker. She told me that she wanted something pink and yellow and "springy" for her Mom. I saw this cute wooden bird welcome sign in the store and built the wreath around it! I am very happy with the way this one turned out. Now I just need to get some spring wreaths made up to have in my Etsy shop!

Business As Usual

The girls at work go crazy over any wreaths that I bring up there. When I brought one of the new Valentine's wreaths up to work, my supervisor loved it so much that she wanted me to make her one that was similar, but round instead of oval. So I created this lovely beauty!

I brought it up to work this morning and - you won't believe it - I got two more orders from a couple of the other girls!!! I'm going to have a very busy weekend! Woohoo!

Eat Your Heart Out!

I know that Valentine's Day is still a month away, but since I have been making Valentine's wreaths for about a month already I figured I would start posting the wreaths that I have made so far. Enjoy!

The inspiration for this first wreath came from the heart-shaped sign in the middle. I saw it in a store and knew that I had to create a wreath based on that sign - it was just too cute to pass up!






















I found the sign for this wreath when I was in Hobby Lobby. It wasn't even in the same area as the Valentine decorations, but the message was perfect! It reads "All Because Two People In Love".































When I was walking through the floral department in Hobby Lobby one day, I saw these anthurium flowers! I thought that they resembled hearts and knew that I wanted to create a tropical Valentine's wreath using them.





































Finally, I found this "LOVE" sign in the Valentine's section of the store and knew that I wanted to make a sweet, delicate looking wreath.

Love Is In The Air

Great news! My boss is letting me display a wreath up at work in the waiting area in hopes that one of the customers or other employees might buy it! He loves the wreaths and thinks that they are just gorgeous! At Christmas time, he bought one to give away as a raffle prize at our employee Christmas meeting.

So I have had this wreath up there since the beginning of the week. I was hopeful that it would sell, but I didn't know if people would realize that it was for sale. Well, just this morning one of the customers loved it so much that she decided to buy it! I am so excited! It is one of my favorite Valentine's Day wreaths.

Nature's Palette

I would like to introduce the newest creation to add to my floral collection -- Nature's Palette. I found this vase at Hobby Lobby and thought it was so beautiful! I got home with no flowers at all; partly because the floral stems were not on sale last week and partly because I had spent a chunk of change on the four other vases that I had bought - but that is a different story! So I get home and look through my floral inventory which is limited. I was not expecting to find anything that would match at all, and too my amazement I had every single stem in the picture, even the bright yellow magnolia stems! I was so excited and just had to start making the arrangement right away. And voila! Here is what I came up with.

To see more pictures of this arrangement and others check out http://www.southerngirlflorals.etsy.com/.


To add to my enjoyment today, I made my first sale on Etsy! I know I have already made sales on eBay, but this is different. This is a place where no one really knows about me yet and I do not have that rapport with my customers like I do on eBay. I hope that this is a sign of things to come!

Looking Back

Okay so today I'm just not feeling motivated at all to start any new wreaths! So, I have decided to just list a few of my favorites here for your viewing pleasure! In no particular order...

Fall Fiesta Wreath

A Heartfelt Welcome Wreath

A Summer in Tuscany Wreath

One Nation, Under God

Yuletide Treasure Wreath