Wishing You a Peace, Health and Joyful New Year

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2025

This arrangement was done before the last class of December 

Happy New Year

May the New Year bring you Health, Peace, Love, and happiness! 

Happy New Year! 🎊🎈🎆 🥂🎉❤️🧧

Merry Christmas to you and your family

A few days before Christmas, we had 2 inches wet snow around our area. It was so beautiful but freezing cold! By the time of our traditional Christmas Eve family gathering, the snow was gradually melting away. We almost had a white Christmas!

Wishing you all the joy, love, laughter that Christmas brings. Merry Christmas!.

The first snow of the season also the first day of winter. (12/21/2024)

Winter Theme

I purchased a bunch of chrysanthemums a week ago for my class lessons. There were ten of them, some still looking fresh, bigger and beautiful! I loved it in my winter theme arrangement using twig and winter berry branch.

My birthday and strawberry Shortcake

It’s a busy week! Ikebana class on Tuesday, yearly regular check up for my eyes on Thursday, and would meet my daughter on Friday at UPenn to see neurologist for my husband. So I forgot my own birthday until I noticed a box of strawberry shortcake sitting on my front door step. It’s my youngest daughter who would like me having a treat delivered to surprise me! 😳🥰  (12/12/2024)

December Class Lessons - Holiday Arrangements “East Meet West” (1)

It’s the holiday season! Our December class lessons were all about the holiday arrangements. It’s “ East Meet West” for both Christmas and New Year celebrations.  One of the arrangement should be designed on the table. Sensei would talk about “negative space” in relation to each arrangement: some small space/ some large space. So keep in mind as we create our arrangements. (12/10/2024)

Sensei’s demo for New Year celebrations 

My arrangement for New Year, using Mizuhiki
nandina, mum and pine

Side view 

Silver painted bamboo and silver metal vase 

Arranged at home day before 

Holiday Arrangement - “East Meet West” (2)

December class usually ends with potluck lunch, it has become our tradition now! After we finished the second lesson “Holiday Arrangement On The Table”, using Christmas colors. Then followed by potluck lunch, Sensei’s arrangement and mine put on each side of the long table, everybody was enjoying the bountiful meals that everyone brought in.  (12/10/2024)

Sensei’s demonstration 

My arrangement, front view 

Different angle view 

Back view, can be viewed all sides 

Tried at home day before 

Grace’s arrangement

Other classmates arrangements 

Winter Berry and Tulip - All Red Arrangement

I have two winter berry bushes. They look beautiful in my front garden especially in the winter landscape! The tulips were leftover from last time, without any distracting thought, I combined them with winter berry branches in my arrangement.  (11/23/2024)