Household Happiness: Button Bouquet

 

In the summer and fall, I always have fresh flowers in the house.  Most of these flowers are the product of my garden.  In fact, I love fresh flowers so much that last fall I planted nearly 50 bulbs in a corner of the side yard exclusively for bouquet cuttings come this spring.  I think of these flowers as a necessary indulgence and they make my home (and me) happy.

I miss the flowers when my garden supply dries up although festive Christmas decorations temporarily hold off the doldrums.  But come January and its sometimes bleak cold, I'm ready for a colorful replacement.  My button bouquet, an inexpensive Etsy purchase from A Little Bit Funky a few years back, is a way to chase away the winter funk.  This year, the bouquet sits on the dining room table with a clay bear figurine from a collection I've written about before.  It's a cheerful reminder that winter won't last forever.