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The unopened sunflower from last week grew up and found a fluttering friend! But then a bee declared it wanted to be the Mammoth Russian sunflower's bestie and buzzed the butterfly away. Featured Flower Picks: Pink Dahlias • Single Flower • Eastern Morn Lilies How To Plant Your Own Post for Flower Friday: The only rule to play is that you can only add one link per week! The post doesn't even have to mention flowers, but only ones that do will be eligible for being picked as a feature next week. I will be sharing my flower image on other blog hops, namely Wordless Wednesday , and welcome all family-friendly links from fellow bloggers. Crafters can even link up an Etsy listing or other shop product! But if you want to promote a prize, I suggest adding it to my Giveaway Chest Linky instead to entice more treasure hunters. Please follow my blog through any of the social media icons in the upper right sidebar to receive a reminder to return next week. Ad...

EDIT: Giveaway is officially over. Congratulations to Robyn Bellefleur for submitting the randomly-chosen 584th entry. Sometimes you just need a reminder to rock. Garfield and I can't be the only cats who find it hard to get into the groove on Mondays. Thank goodness I have Sasha Woertz Westray's hip hop class to get me amped up every week! And now she can encourage you, too, no matter how far from her studio in Delaware you live. I'm proud to announce that she's published her first motivational book! To celebrate, she's giving away a signed paperback copy of "72 Lessons to Rock Your Life: Encouragement for your life and spirit" . She's also including a fun fitness t-shirt that will make you want to move when you wear it. Use the Rafflecopter below to enter to win worldwide giveaway before 11:59pm EST on September 30, 2015. Be sure that the mandatory comment on the blog post includes the same name you use to fill out the Rafflecopter - all ent...

I was tempted to sneak into strangers' yards to photograph their sunflowers, but the ones in the garden at work are blooming just in time! I didn't realize how awesome the flowers looked before they even opened. If you like this shot, you'll coo over the baby blossom I posted on Instagram. Featured Flower Picks: Icelandic Nasturtium • Ivory Roses • Yellow Irises How To Plant Your Own Post for Flower Friday: The only rule to play is that you can only add one link per week! The post doesn't even have to mention flowers, but only ones that do will be eligible for being picked as a feature next week. I will be sharing my flower image on other blog hops, namely Wordless Wednesday , and welcome all family-friendly links from fellow bloggers. Crafters can even link up an Etsy listing or other shop product! But if you want to promote a prize, I suggest adding it to my Giveaway Chest Linky instead to entice more treasure hunters. Please follow my blog...

A friend received three giant red dahlias for her birthday and let me loom over them for awhile. Another angle is available if you follow me on Instagram . I should have photographed them beside another object to show you the scale - they were among the biggest flowers I've ever seen! Featured Flower Picks: Red Roses • Sunflower Spectacle • Single White Bloom How To Plant Your Own Post for Flower Friday: The only rule to play is that you can only add one link per week! The post doesn't even have to mention flowers, but only ones that do will be eligible for being picked as a feature next week. I will be sharing my flower image on other blog hops, namely Wordless Wednesday , and welcome all family-friendly links from fellow bloggers. Crafters can even link up an Etsy listing or other shop product! But if you want to promote a prize, I suggest adding it to my Giveaway Chest Linky instead to entice more treasure hunters. Please follow my blog through any...

Flower Saturday doesn't have quite the same ring as Flower Friday, does it? If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen my photo with the Delaware Ghostbusters . I went to watch the first Ghostbusters movie at the Schwartz Center for the Arts in Dover with my parents instead of blogging yesterday. But I didn't forget about you! I took the above macro photograph of my mom's purple petunias before I left. Featured Flower Picks: Yellow Orchids • Cactus Flowers • Daphne Flowers How To Plant Your Own Post for Flower Friday: The only rule to play is that you can only add one link per week! The post doesn't even have to mention flowers, but only ones that do will be eligible for being picked as a feature next week. I will be sharing my flower image on other blog hops, namely Wordless Wednesday , and welcome all family-friendly links from fellow bloggers. Crafters can even link up an Etsy listing or other shop product! But if you want to promote a p...

I've been in the weeds and unable to enter as many Jamberry giveaways as usual. Thus I haven't won any new nail art to share, so I combined three nail wraps you've already seen me wear into one manicure. The mint green designs, Fresh Fern and Vintage Chic are still available on Amazon.com, but Love Fern has been retired. I have several split sheets and accent nails I may never get around to wearing again and am considering giving away some on my blog. Would you enter to win, even if it's just a half sheet at a time? If I plant the seed for more readers to use my Amazon referral link (the button on my right sidebar) before they buy something they'd get anyway, I'll be able to afford the shipping to mail more prizes to worldwide winners. Want to be a guest blogger for my Manicure Monday when I don't have new nails of my own to show off? Please fill out the form on my contact page if you're interested in a free feature. Green Fern Nail Art Finds:...