Year: 2019

Thanksgiving and the start of the shopping season were waay too close this year. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen again any time soon. I appreciate you all so much. It’s why I have been able to do this since 2008. The fact that I hear from so many of you, it tells me we have…

There is something about late August/September with the school buses back on the streets and the kids walking with their backpacks, you know summer is over. House decor and accent colors change to the warm shades of Fall too.  Due to our super warm temps, I don’t change until mid October. One of my Fall projects is drying…

Orchids are the best selling plant! Orchids are now the best selling potted flower in the US with sales exceeding the poinsettia (228 million.) Today it’s hard to imagine that in 1978 the P. Golden Emperor Sweet Orchid changed hands between Taiwan breeders for $100,000.00 Honestly, the photo below is nice but since 1978, we have…

Seeing the tulips in the Netherlands was as spectacular as I imagined it would be. Arriving into Amsterdam by air there were vibrant, perfectly planted fields of red, yellow and pinks. What a welcome mat! The weather on ‘tulip day,’ was a comfortable cool and lucky for us, it rained only on the way home….

Trying to organize your Spring/Easter decorations toward something more than the cutesie things seen everywhere? These Handblown glass balls are colorful in lavender & fuchsia but what makes them unique is they have a removable rhinestone enhancer that fits over the top spreading the sparkle. The clear ball has a turquoise rhinestone topper that is…

What does handcrafted mean to us? Twice in the last week I have been asked to define what handcrafted means with Botanistix stakes. In the Botanistix dictionary handcrafted = made from scratch. I start with aluminum stakes, which deter rust and then have the stakes powder coated so they look well in all types of…

Ladybugs are landing all over! This time, in a good way not the bugy, yucky way we remember as kids. The real ones eat pesky bugs like white fly & aphids so real gardeners welcome lady bugs. These jeweled bugs are quite detailed and vibrant in their color and rhinestones. As far as true color,…

Botanistix wants to see how you display and use your stix. Send a photo and we will send you a coupon good for 5.00 off your next purchase. It was through one of our early clients that Nancy told me she just puts them in a vase and they are the flowers! I loved that….