I love flowers! And I love to have a bouquet of them in my house at all times if possible. They bring so much joy and life into my apartment. But since we are trying to be safe and not go out outside besides grabbing the essentials during this global Covid19 pandemic I decided to […]

Pressing flowers is magical! I love it when I open a book or a journal that I’ve pressed a flower into and it immediately takes me back to a specific memory. Pressing flowers is fun and easy, and hard not to do right. Most of my life I’ve pressed flowers without any research and still […]

Hello Friends! Welcome to Kid’s Flower Arranging Basics. I am so excited to share with you the most important basics for creating a beautiful flower design. All you really need is a few flowers, some greenery, maybe even some branches! You can be as creative as you’d like! Here is a picture of my finished […]

Hi Friends! I’m so excited to share with you today this fun and easy tutorial to make this foraged twig wreath. As long as you have twigs, cardboard, and glue you are all set for this one! It is so easy, and so fun! Right now I’m sheltering in place due to Covid19 in my […]

Overwhelmed with Valentine’s Day? I love flowers! And I love receiving flowers. My husband, a photographer, knows how much I love them. At every opportunity, he rescues some flowers for me at the end of a photoshoot and brings them home to me. I love the unexpected blooms. Even if it’s just a few stems […]

Baby’s breath is popular again! I wasn’t sure I was excited about this but this fluffy little flower has won me over. I’m shocked. And before you go and discount this little flower with a bad rep hear me out.  Baby’s breath. As a self-respecting floral designer (a fancy name for a florist!) I wouldn’t […]

10 of my favorite quotes about life, love, & flowers. Favorite flower quotes? Just as quickly as flowers make me weak in the knees, beautifully crafted quotes about life, love, and flowers also bring me joy. I now have a hard time resisting the written word when flowers are the main muse. I remember the […]

Dahlias and Marigolds in Terrarium Design by Flowers With Emily Photo By Ty Mecham January, ugh. The words bleak mid-winter have never rung more true to me. Yesterday the Christmas tree (now completely dry or else I would have left it up forever) got hauled outside to the curb, the boxes of decor, lights and the ornaments have […]

Flowers spark joy within my soul. Always has. As a child I smelled roses not only with my nose, but with my tongue. A fully sensory experience. I was caught more than once picking flowers in my mother’s flower beds. But I was not aware of the large impact that blooms would have in my […]

I love dahlias! Oh. My. Goodness. They are such a beautiful flower! Not everyone can pick them out, I guess because they are not as well known as a rose. Would you be able to pick out a dahlia? If not, don’t worry! After this post, you will be able to. And Dahlia flower arrangements? […]