Fresh Cottage Flowers

A bouquet of roses & tulips mixed together might just be 

a new favorite cottage bouquet.

It wasn't a well thought out plan for a bouquet

I'm more of a fly by the seat of my pants girl when it comes to flowers and decorating.

I go with what inspires me mostly.

I usually will have a color or texture in mind though and this time

I was looking for pale pink, soft lavender and creamy whites

My favorite flower source had gotten in mostly oranges, yellows and greenery in their shipment the day before. 

What about my favorite spray roses?  They are always one of my go to bouquets.

Nope, those spray roses didn't come in at all.

Spray roses are favorites of mine when shopping for flowers- they give you a lot of bang for the buck. 

They are smaller flowers and there are several on each stem.

Usually costing around $3- $8 depending on the size of the bouquet and style of the roses,

they give you a gorgeous bunch of blooms for the price.

 You can spread them around to use in different vignettes and rooms and they are wonderful 

for drying as well.

I left my favorite flower store empty handed but while running errands, 

decided to pop into another store to see if I could find those elusive colors.

 I finally found a perfectly pale pink bunch of roses and 

also picked up something else that my eye kept coming back to. 

 A simple $3.00 bunch of tulips.

Just a few stems of each mixed together are perfect 

and an unexpected new favorite combination.

I love them in these little dainty sugar and creamer dishes.



They are so sweet with their vining flowers and lacy edges.


You can find them for just a few dollars at the thrift stores occasionally
Just cut the flower stems short

and place as many in each one as will fit just perfect.

Even though it's looking quite romantic in these photos~

the little cottage is getting decked out for the holidays this week

and today, I am working on something involving branches and twigs.

Yep, it should be interesting. 

;)

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