south gate design

GOOD to KNOW!

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How to make people smile!

What you will need.

Two bunches of flowers.  
These were $5 each,
 one sleeve of green and one sleeve of white flowers 
in honor of 
St. Patty's Day.

Grab a vessel.
This small square shape is a great choice,
and costs less than $5.
Find a similar vase at Michael's or Walmart.

   A soup can (think Andy Warhol),
 a naked soup can,
a mason jar, 
or
 a jelly jar from Trader Joe's
will also work.

All of these
 small containers
 are
 easy to transport.

In this case,
 you want to go for
 a tight, low arrangement. 
It is all in the container, no skill required.

Hold the flower next to the vase
 and
 decide on how short to cut the stem.

Cut the stem on an angle to increase the surface area,
 which will allow more water uptake.

Fill the container with the bigger white flowers
 and
 then stick in 5-7 of the green button flowers.
VIOLA!

Send this to your child's teacher on  St. Patty's day
(the teacher's pet)
 or
 place it on a coffee table
 for a little
 nod to the Irish.

You have all of these flowers leftover for more gifts!

Pick up a coffee cup at a consignment shop
or
 pick up a large latte cup at Anthropologie and fill it with flowers!

Take a vase,
 cup of flowers
 or
 literally just one flower in a vase
 to someone who is under the weather,
 to that friend who listened until you chewed her ear off,
 to the neighbor that you haven't spoken to all winter,
or
to anyone who needs a smile!

It is a win-win!

You will get
 smiles
 worth more than a

pot of gold!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Get going.

Life is short,
 be the light
 and
 make someone
 smile!

xo
harriet

843.267.3438
sgatedesign@gmail.com


Found a NEW HOTTIE...

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 in the houseplant arena! 
(Beautiful shop of houseplants in Ljubliana, Slovenia)
It is the Streptocarpus or the Cape Primrose.

It hails from southern, central and eastern Africa

and is kin to the African Violet, but showier!
Some of the varieties look like
 orchids
 and some look like giant African Violets!


No houseplant is foolproof but the 
Cape Primrose
 is easy to grow in bright, indirect light
 and needs water when the top inch of the soil is dry.

Easy as that!

The Cape Primrose
will make 
you
xo
harriet

843.267.3438
sgatedesign@gmail.com

Put a blanket on it!

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Lillian Charles, my daughter and my wardrobe consultant…(yes, I have my own stylist and everybody should have one)...just wrote on FB about bundling up for the cold.
 Wait a minute, is that my plaid shirt 
because 
I have one identical to that!  
Going to check my closet.  
Ok, that one is hers.

Well, back to the cold.

 I will not belabor the part about it being cold as snizzle out there. 
  That is all anyone can talk about, 
so if you are breathing today 
you probably know it is COLD!  

You know the temperatures 
will be 
sinking like a submarine 
as the sun goes down.
Don a hat,
  put on a
 onesie
 and
 go out and cover all
 of your green tender plants. 
Tarps,
 burlap fabric, 
burlap sacks,
 blankets,
beach towels
or anything else
 that is snuggly
needs to be
on 
your
plants!

 Now run out
 and
 wrap those plants
 before you have to venture
 into the 
subfreezing temperatures
 after
 the sun goes down.


When the cold snap is gone, 
you will still have beautiful green plants!


  When the sun comes out and it warms up tomorrow, uncover the plants so they can breathe and see the sun!

Repeat as necessary.  


If you don't' cover up the plants and they die, call me!

I can get you more!!

xo
harriet