Hello Friends and Flower Followers! It’s Carrie here...
Although weddings are my specialty there are so many other reasons to celebrate with flowers. Today I created a beautiful Birthday Bouquet in summery colors. The scent of peonies flowed from the bouquet but the ever so cheery gerbera daisies seemed to be the star of the show! Behind the scenes the colors, the shapes, sizes and scents of the blooms all factor in to my designs. I probably spend a little more time than I should when designing but creating is my passion, my gift to you for allowing me to do what I love. I feel like gifting flowers has kind of gone to the wayside a bit and that makes me sad. It doesn’t have to be an expensive bouquet to celebrate the birth of a new baby or a graduation or any other momentous occasion or milestone. A single bloom would do the trick! 
Although our special days look different now they are still meant to be celebrated. This virus didn’t take away Birthdays, Anniversaries or any other special occasions we just need to look outside the box and let flowers do their job. They are meant to make us smile, to allow us to find beauty in their blooms and to bring us joy.

Hey Guys, it’s Penny...
Carrie’s post this morning featuring her beautiful creation of birthday blooms had me reminiscing back to a few years ago, Carrie had shown up to my Birthday Party with not only this magical fairy garden birthday cake but also with a tall vase in the most magnificent colors. Pastel and vibrant purples, pinks, blues and yellows. The vase complimented beautifully the carefully crafted bouquet of gerbera, my favorite and roses. What a rush it is to see someone approaching your home with flowers. What a simple yet thoughtful way to say I love you, Happy Birthday, or I’m just thinking about you. Congratulations or I’m sorry. Happy Anniversary or Welcome to the Neighborhood. Milestones deserve flowers and flowers are always a welcome addition to whatever you may be celebrating. 
Seeing Carrie’s post this morning made me think a lot about celebrations. It made me think of ways we celebrate and the things we implement into celebrations, like food, friends and flowers. 
This time of the year people are normally gearing up for things like weddings or graduations and proms. However this year looks different. It saddens me to watch major events being put on hold or cancelled. 
This year my son is graduating from grade 12 and I am just so proud of him and his high school experience. I think it hurts me more than him that he won’t be walking across the stage while I’m snapping a gazillion pictures to be handed his diploma. It hurts me that I won’t be in a gymnasium full of his friends, who I’ve watched grow from Kindergarten babies to young men making their mark in the world. Just this morning on my walk I caught sight of a 2020 graduate lawn sign and I just broke down and I cried so hard. I grieved the absence of the celebration. Where are the bells and whistles these kids deserve. 
But it made me recognize that even though current events have us missing what we would be normally celebrating right now, doesn’t mean we still can’t celebrate at all. In fact maybe we have to celebrate bigger and harder. Maybe we have to make sure we’re celebrating the smallest of things. We just have to get creative like Carrie does with here flowers. We must take notice that we are still living and shouldn’t life be the biggest celebration and why shouldn’t we do it with flowers!