Friday Friends: Peonies

Another heavy, pounding downpour somehow got my creative juices flowing again. As I opened the back door to clapping rain, I thought of a blog I had read this morning on Design Sponge about Peonies. I remembered seeing some pink blooms in the garden the other day (being strangled by weeds and invaded by ants) and thought they might be open by now.

One peony had a huge, brilliant pink bloom, while other buds were just opening. I brought out my scissors and snipped three, along with some other white flowers and a few sprigs from a blue blossoming tree. Arranging them simply in a mason jar (from pasta I had made a week earlier) I pulled out a funky, pink side table I had painted myself and threw one of my scarves on it. A few other nick-knacks and my faithful tea light candle, and the light was perfect. Here's how they turned out!

-Strawberry