Entertaining with Caspari Set of 2

Profusion of Flowers Lunch Napkins

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This afternoon, i sat down to check my e-mails and  found a lovely little note from a very sweet lady.  Her kindness gave me such confidence , and has warmed my heart. Thank you Karla and to all those who have been so supportive.

“Hi Aleksandra, I’ve recently seen your work advertised in the Harvey Norman Advertisement in this months Country Style magazine and was very impressed with you beautiful work. It is lovely to see people still using beautiful handwriting. I think you have a lovely talent and it was so nice to navigate through your website looking at your designs and floral arrangements. I forwarded your details to a friend of mine who has recently launched her fashion label ‘Andie Meredith’ she too is interested in natural fibers and beautiful work made by hand and will too appreciate your work, congrats and well done!” Karla Horn

OH and please don’t forget, you must visit http://www.andiemeredith.com, to buy new pieces for your spring wardrobe!

Yellow Rose Earrings

Violets

How could you possibly resist!!??  Too beautiful. These amazing colourful compositions are made from enamel and porcelain.

The best English porcelain manufacturers made floral brooches out of porcelain – these are intricate and delicate handcrafted pieces in pretty colours and actuate flower shapes.These porcelain flower brooches are all made by Royal Crown Derby, UK.

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(Aleksandra and the Butcher’s Daughter)

The making of, in the studio…..

that transformed into….. Ferrero Rocher by BKH

… gold leafed ivy trails, beautiful pierus, berry/  noir hues,  and 24 carat gold holly balls…. holy moley!

Harvey Norman Advertorial – Country Style Magazine August Issue, 2010

The Little White Violet (silent film 1915) : delicately fragrant

Wild Violets  in the Garden

In crisp , mountain air, is where you will find the helleborus growing.

A weekend adventure was where we stumbled upon this gold mine of hellebore. Whist strolling along on our personal tour of the nursery, we were escorted through a portfolio of  the “winter rose” varieties.. some with deep eggplant hues, passionfruit flower look alikes, freckled  and spotted ones, others with Anemone centers and amazing double hybrids…The genus Hellebore falls under the Ranunculaceae family, and there are about 17 different species of Helleborus.

Take a look…we just couldn’t believe our luck!

My latvian Omite has an amazing green thumb.

When winter comes around, you just cannot  take your eyes off her selection of beautiful Camellia’s!

We picked or shall i say “pruned” these together  just in time before it started to pour with rain… What a Treat!