How to Make a Starbucks Medicine Ball at Home

On days when you need a little pick me up a Medicine Ball from Starbucks will set you straight. You won’t find it listed on the menu but you can ask for it at just about any Starbucks and they’ll make it for you! Ask for a Medicine Ball or their Honey Citrus Mint Tea. Does this make this a secret?? Well we’re spilling the tea (haha) about whats in this “Medicine Ball” and how to make it at home!

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How-to'sJulie Bethany
Our #1 Tip For Bringing Fresh Spring Branches Indoors

We know that Spring is here when we see the pops of bright yellow Forsythia blooms against the still barren trees. But don’t just think you can only enjoy the blooms when you’re out and about in nature.

This is one of our favorite branches to bring indoors because of its color and vase life!

The fiery yellow blooms will last up to 2 weeks in a vase on your kitchen table or mantle. All you need is a heavy vase, clippers and a few branches of Forsythia to create a beautiful Spring arrangement!

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Our Favorite Flower Tools

We’re doing a round up of our favorite florist tools! If you bump into us out at a wedding setup you’ll find all of the following stuffed into our apron pockets! This list is a great guide for the budding floral designer who’s starting to experiment at home, or maybe for the wedding planner who’s looking to cover all their bases in their day-of emergency kit.

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Basement Redo: Part 1

The Flower Cottage basement has been just that…a basement! It’s our workspace, the place we spend most of our time, where all the inventory lives and where all the flower magic happens. But when we first moved in we were so focused on our client experience and making the upstairs beautiful, we never imagined our clients seeing our basement. So we put a fresh coat of paint on the walls and floors and did the best we could to organize with what we had.

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