The traveling vase has been resurrected!
The vase been sitting on the chifforobe since Christmas, patiently gathering dust. It was last filled with flowers when my daughter, Jennifer, made a festive Christmas floral arrangement.
Last week, my friend Bev shared photos of some clever Easter arrangements using –
wait for it –
jelly Beans and Peeps!
I was up for the challenge.
I already had a bag of jelly beans sitting on a kitchen shelf and Marshmallow Peeps are readily available this time of year. My friend Marilyn suggested placing a jelly jar inside the vase; the jar to hold the flowers and to act as a barrier between the Peeps and Jelly Beans. A jelly jar to keep Peeps in line and hold jelly beans in place!
I ended up putting a shot glass inside the jelly jar to hold some daffodils. Daffodils are toxic to other flowers in an arrangement, but, I knew I wanted to pick some from the garden to add to the spray roses and Hypericum berries I had purchased. Glass inside of glass allowed to use the flowers I chose.
Daffodils are putting on a sustained performance in our garden, now that Spring has finally arrived.
So it is that the traveling vase has once again traded hands, hopping down the bunny trail to Jennifer’s house. Who knows when it will return or what will hold, but, I know it will be special. Very special, indeed.
The story of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Vase begins here.
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