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Mommy Wants Mother’s Day Flowers

Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Trish in Review

Yup, that’s right! I want Mother’s Day Flowers! I love flowers. I don’t care if they are “just the cut off ends of bushes” as my Dad calls them. They are pretty, they smell good, and they make me smile.
Recently I was chosen to be a part of a Mother’s Day flower campaign with Colombia, Land of Flowers, and I was beyond thrilled when I found out. I think I actually jumped up and down. Why? Because I love flowers that much, and I can’t remember the last time my husband bought me any. I decided to try to grown my own out in our garden, and every year I’ve gotten a few more to pop up. My neighbor and I are always out looking in each others flower beds to see if anything new is popping up. We get so excited when we find something that we have to go inform the other. (I know, we’re weird like that.)

I even used to work in a 30 acre garden, and I would go outside and just sit sometimes. It was so peaceful and relaxing. There’s just something dreamy about them. I always felt like I was worry free out in the garden.

So, here was my challenge. I was to receive a package of these items:

• 20 fresh-cut Gerbera daisies
• Mug with Colombia, land of flowers logo
• One brick of floral foam
• Rubber bands and ribbon
• Filling for the mug
• Step-by-step how-to Flower Topiary arrangement recipe
• Care and handling flier

And turn them into a Mother’s Day topiary arrangement. I was free to add my own personal touch, so I did. Here’s a video showing you how I made it and how it turned out.

Here is the finished product. Not bad for never doing this before! My husband even said he likes how it turned out.

I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to have these in my house. Every time I see this arrangement I smile. I can’t help myself. Even though it is cold and rainy outside, I have my own little ball of sunshine. It is also very special to have these around Mother’s Day, because I became a mom two years ago, right around this time. In fact, I was in the hospital just after having my daughter for my first Mother’s Day.

I received a few flower bouquets then, and now I am reminded of that special time every Mother’s Day. I remember sitting in the hospital with my husband, holding our daughter in our arms and thinking, “This is our family. This is our little girl.” We had big dreams for her then, and we still have big dreams for her. A Mother’s Day flower bouquet brings back all those precious memories and feelings. I’m tearing up now just thinking about it.

I have absolutely loved having flowers in the house these past few days. I’m smiling more, which makes me happier, which in turn makes my family happy. I don’t know if it’s the extra oxygen being released or what, but whatever it is, it’s a good thing.

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