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Eye candy

I’m in a bit of a horrid mood today, and in a subconscious attempt to cheer myself up, I found myself image searching  ‘hydrangeas’. I’ve been finding some wonderful images, mostly relating to design, and wanted to share them. I really think it’s helping … I heart hydrangeas. 

Alternative ways to display your hydrangeas in and under glass c/o Interior Design Decoration, as well as inside teapots with Design, Decor.
Lovely pink hues at the center of attention thanks to George Interior Design and greige: interior design.
Overflowing hydrangeas found on House of Turquoise, and bountiful baskets thanks to Happy Interior Designs.

I had to post this second image similar to the previous image above from Happy Interior Designs – it is my ultimate eye candy today. I can’t get enough of this image! If I could, and if it didn’t taste awful, I think I would eat it. Coupled with subtle blues c/o looking for life, love, & laughter.

A punch of pink thanks to Parkdale Ave, and simply straight forward with turquoise from House of Turquoise.

I think hydrangeas are a perfect accompaniment to design. They are pricey {unless you ‘borrow’ some from an unsuspecting hydrangea bush}, but nothing beats fresh flowers. They don’t last long as the design itself, but sometimes you can fake it. 
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My favorite picks – guilty pleasures

1. colourB4. I’ve dyed my hair for four years. From brown to orange, purple, screaming red and harsh black. I tried colourB4 last night {I’m sick of touching up my blond roots} and I am amazed at how it lifted all that dye. 
2. Martha Stewart Weddings. This is a huge guilty pleasure. It’s full of projects I can’t wait to get my hands on. 
3. LA Ink. Keeping me sane through the mind numbing hours of AutoCAD. 
4. Next Home. Having never been, I wandered in to have a look. I was met with an entire section dedicated to hydrangeas. I’ll be back. 

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Knowing when to fake it

My name is Alex, and I have a problem. I kill any plant that comes into my care – unintentionally. And I don’t know how or why. For as long as I can remember, whenever I had a plant, it wouldn’t be long before it died. And it still happens. Basil or parsley plant? Give it a week. Potted plant? You will suffer longer and your death will not be as swift. I will love you as hard as I can, but I think that makes it worse.
For Valentine’s Day I was met with a wonderful surprise. My boyfriend gave me three gorgeous faux hydrangeas from the wonderful  Madison. I like how he figured out my need of fake flowers long before I did.

Before now, I wouldn’t dream of having fake flowers in my home. They were the epitome of tack. But as I’m shamefully realizing, they are now my only option. But I think they’re growing on me.
The trick is to not go cheap. The level of detail with good quality faux flowers is dangerously convincing.

The Arnotts artificial flower collection is ridiculous. Very pricey, but you will have them forever. I picked up this small hydrangea for €6.75 to go along with my new Madison hydrangeas. Their artificial orchid collection would fool anyone. Baby steps, Alex. 
In action | for the moment I’ve coupled my new fauxs with dried pussy willow we’ve had hanging in our bedroom for many years. Another idea I had was to occasionally pop a fresh flower or two in the mix in plastic water vials to {hopefully} further persuade people that the rest are real. Even the stems are pretty convincing. 
In the background | my watch painting, plus, faboosh kitteh frame from velabronx. Bloggette holla.