Garden Pic Wednesday: Birthday Bouquet!

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Today's Pic day is the same vase of Christmas tree greenery I showed you last week, but now full of Birthday flowers! Miniature carnations in happy variegated pink and the smell so nice! Like ground clove spice!



Plus with the short side pieces, I made this nosegay arrangement for the table! 


I always enjoyed the arranging flowers part of my job when I was a florist, so it makes putting together an arrangement for myself a bit of fun!

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