The Versatile Succulent...

I have a new found appreciation for succulents. Despite the tiny size, they make a big impact when colors and textures are layered. I love using them throughout my apartment from the kitchen to the bathroom.

Grouped together, they look great in a silver bowl...

I like to use a single plant to make an impact in silver bud vase or compote...

They make perfect place cards for parties and weddings...

I've also seen them showing up in really fun and unexpected ways in bouquets...

(Photos courtesy of Apartment Therapy, Octavia & Brown, Martha Stewart Weddings)

Rethinking the Grocery Store Bouquet...

For most people, carnations evoke images of 50's corsages, filler flowers and grocery store bouquets, but I think they've gotten a bad rap. Tight clusters of the same color pulled together in a beautiful vase can be quite stunning.  Plus for the budget conscious they're a hearty and an inexpensive way to add a pop of color into your home.

One of my favorite designers, Carolyne Roehm used white carnations to compliment a blue and white table. 

Beautiful pink carnations pop in this window dressing by In Style Weddings.

These white carnations are absolutely stunning paired with black in a bouquet by "Martha Stewart Weddings"

(Photos: In Style Weddings, Carolyn Roehm, A Passion for Blue and White, In Style Weddings, Martha Stewart Weddings)