Today I’m featuring an Arrangement that goes along with a Mocktail Recipe- from “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom”! When we film an Mocktail or Cocktail Recipe- we need flowers that set beside the drink… to make it Flowery! I realized that these arrangements are simple- easy to create- and have some fu...

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating a BIG Arrangement for my visit with Aaron Ofseyer – who is a Meterologist and also a BIG Guy- the concept for this arrangement came from a Trend Report I created a few years ago- and featured the Trend Cumulous- based on Clouds… and thus this arrangemen...

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating a companion arrangement for the “Verdant Lady” cocktail – that I’m mixing up for my friend and Award Winning Author- Laurie Keller. I’ll be using all GREEN flowers and foliage- because this episode of Life in Bloom is called “Bein’ Green”- (you can watc...

Today on at Home with Flowers- I’m sharing my Favorite tip for curving Calla Lilies- it’s a method I learned for skinning the calla stem- that makes it much easier to curve, and manipulate- and then we can create a simple little arrangement with 7 callas- that looks like it took hours to create.....

Today on at Home with Flowers- I’m creating a “Happy Clouds” arrangement that will go with the “Happy Clouds” Flower Cocktail- we will be creating in Season 5 of “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom”… I’ve Selected Flowers that have a cloud feeling… Allium, Hydrangeas from our Friends at Galleria Farms, V...

Today I’m creating a Green Grass Arrangement- to welcome my Friend Laurie Keller- Famous Children’s Book Author – of Arnie the Doughnut and We are Growing- who is visiting to be a part of Episode 402- Bein’ Green – of Life in Bloom. Watch it here!
I wanted to incorporate Growing Grass into the a...

Today I’m creating a Bouquet – that will be part of my segment with my Friend Taryn Nance- for Season 4 of “Life in Bloom”… Flowers Care (You can watch it here) Taryn is joining me to make Elderberry Syrup- so I thought it would be great to create a bouquet that is Elderberry Color- using Hydrang...

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating an arrangement to go with one of My Favorite Cocktails- “Flower’s Grave”- and I’ll be sharing this cocktail in Season 5 of “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom”. I always like to accompany my flower cocktail hour- with a lovely arrangement- and today I’m creatin...

Here’s a fun vase arrangement that compliments the Queen Bee cocktail- in episode #303 Pollinators in Bloom. I create this vase arrangement in a gold accented vase from Accent Décor- and fill it with garden flowers and foliage- including some Amazing Coleus, Yarrow- Snap Dragons- and blushing Sun...

This is a fun project created in the Oasis Design Ring- that will hold a punch bowl… it’s an EASY Way to create a wreath that will also hold the punch bowl (it would work with a candle or bubble bowl of treats too)… It’s simple once you know the secret…This arrangement is featured in- Episode #30...

I love a fragrant flower- and today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating Fragrant Flower Bud Vases for a visit with my friend Jen – (who appears in Season 3 of Life in Bloom- in our Bloom Happy Episode #313 – you can watch it here!) – I’m placing all the flowers in lovely Purple bud vases- that ...

Today on At Home with Flowers- you’re joining me behind the scenes to create an Arrangement- that was seen on Life in Bloom- Episode 307- “Flower for Celebrating Life” - You can watch it here… but you don’t get to see me make this arrangement on Public Television- that’s why I create these fun “B...

Today on At Home with Flowers- you’re joining me behind the scenes to Novelty Arrangements- for Episode 313- Bloom Happy- *You can watch it here! I show you how we made a Clown out of Flowers- and a Tiger out of Chrysanthemums- both of these feature Pipe Cleaner Features- that are hand crafted an...

It’s time to create a sunny Sunflower Arrangement- with all kinds of Sunflowers- this arrangement is featured in Episode #312 – Sunshine Flowers – Watch it NOW! This arrangement appears in my segment with my long time friend- Kara Bolt- who creates Sunflowers Cookies- and then surprises me with “...

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m recycling containers- and repurposing them with Just for Flowers- and Tint It Paint from Design Master… creating a Cool Color Palette of different types of glass containers, jars and bottles- to create this fun Cool Colors Inspired collection of flower Vases.
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It’s time to go behind the bloom- and create an Herb Arrangement- from the Garden- that is used on “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom” – Episode #302- Hearts and Flowers- for my visit with Ms. Margo- and her amazing hand crafted soaps. Ms Margo’s soaps feature herbs- and other secret ingredients- so thi...

It’s time to go behind the bloom again for an All Foliage Arrangement that is featured in the opening to Episode #304- Plants and Flowers for a Happy Home- of “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom! I’ve provided a link – so you can watch it! This arrangements is created with a mix of Foliage from my cuttin...

Let’s go Behind the Bloom- for this week’s At Home With Flowers- and use some Vintage Coffee Vessels- (a Coffee Server, Thermos and Coffee Pot- to arrange our flowers. These projects are featured in Episode #308- Coffee Tea or Flowers? (You can watch it here!) – In that episode I tell you about t...

Many Times you see an arrangement on “Life in Bloom” on my Public Television Show… that I don’t make on the show- and I think it’s important to show you- how EVERY Arrangement is created- even when it’s a small prop arrangement for a Flower Cocktail Hour Segment. So today- this At Home with Flowe...

Let’s go out on the deck- to create an Astilbe Arrangement from several varieties that grow in the yard… this Behind the Bloom Video- features creating an Astilbe Arrangement- that will be shown with our Featured Flower in Season 5… of Life in Bloom- (That will air in 2023…) So this is truly a SN...

Today on At Home with Flowers- we’re going Behind the Bloom- to create a Hand Tied Bouquet- that will be used in the Introduction- to a Season 5 Episode- Bouquet in Bloom- you only see the bouquet for a brief moment- but it’s a pretty bouquet- and that’s the Beauty of Television- you want all the...

Today on At Home with Flowers- we’re making a Flower Frog Ring Centerpiece! As you know- I love to collect vintage flower frogs- and this is a branch-off of that collection. Today I’ll share a few of my favorite ceramic Flower Frog Rings- these were originally created to house flowers from the ga...

Today on At Home with Flowers- We’re Behind the Bloom- creating a simple centerpiece to go with the Chrysanthemum Cocktail- using a White “Magnum” Chrysanthemum from Deliflor Latin America- and some pineapple sage- it’s beautiful- impressive and oh-so simple to create- Enjoy!

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating a Rustic Vase- Behind the Bloom that will pair with a Flower Cocktail Hour Segment- that features a Maple based drink. The Vase features a small Maple tree- Eucalyptus Pods, Blush Astilbe and Pink Tiger Lilies… it’s arranged in a vase- using the Maple T...