Today has been a dark and gloomy day. Clouds, drizzle, rain.
Luckily, the wee beasts said they wanted to grow flowers, so we decided to have an adventure at the local garden center. After a raucous thirty minutes on all of their playground equipment samples, we headed inside to find the perfect flowers for beasts. That means, ones that grow FAST.
But before we made it to the flower and seed section, we passed PRETTY THINGS.
I’m a sucker for PRETTY THINGS. It’s part of my nature as a designer to be attracted to them. Like a cat to shiny objects, I can’t pull myself away.
These three things jumped out at me, yelling “Spring is almost here. No, really. It is! Just look at us and try to deny it.”
Well, I can’t deny it. And I might not be able to deny myself of these spring-alicious objects. There might be another trip to the garden center to bring these home soon.
"Welcome, Spring" is what this says to me.
Look at those big, beautiful flowers! Now, I’m not really a fan of flower prints, but this is undoubtedly one of the happiest welcome mats I have ever seen. I might even welcome census workers, door-to-door salesmen and Hari Chrishnas in for tea if I had one of these.
Polka dots make me want a polka party!
Polka dot and geometric prints are more up my alley and this is just too cute for words. Don’t polka dots just scream happiness and fun? And look at the cute little ruffle around the top and attached plate. Looks a bit like a flower, and I’m okay with that.
Would you care for a cup of flower tea?
And my absolute favorite…the teacup planter. Or coffee cup, if you prefer. I love the colors and attached plate. And this is huge! You could fit several plants in it and use it as the centerpiece of your table. To play off the tea idea, I would have to plant something like chamomile or mint in it.
Even as I sit here listening to it rain outside, I can’t stop thinking about getting out to garden. Spring showers do bring Spring flowers, after all.
