Today I wandered into the garden, picked fresh flowers, and made a beautiful arrangement. This passion I didn’t know I had, was unleashed relatively recently when I met Nadine from The Ivy Institute.  What started as a bit of an interest in doing lovely table settings transformed into the skills and knowledge to do seasonal arrangements, overhead installations, working with dried flowers, ribbons, and celebratory arrangements. Nadine’s teaching style, along with her influence on colour and design, has enabled me to create gorgeous settings, which I would have had neither the confidence nor the skill to do prior to signing up for her online tutorials.  Most of all, it’s given me a beautiful creative outlet.  If you are looking to do something similar, pop over to @theivyinstitute and take a look at Nadine’s Greenhouse Membership program, which you can do from anywhere in the world.  As soon as you join, you get access to various tutorials and projects, and every month another beautiful lesson arrives.  I can’t thank Nadine enough for her help and guidance, but most of all the inspiration she has given me to venture into this beautiful pastime.