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9 Self Care Tips to Reduce Stress

March 31, 2018 By Gloria B. Collins

Are you looking to reduce stress? Here are 9 self-care tips to reduce stress that you can start practicing today! Let's talk about how stress affects us and how to deal with it before it manifests in the body. If you're like me, you are a perfectionist. Most people don't realize the energy involved to produce beauty with flowers for large events … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Uncategorized, Water Colors, Work Tagged With: alone time, relationships, self care, self care tips, slowhomeliving, Stress, stress and illness, stress management, stress relief

Reducing Stress with Art: How to release stress one drawing at a time

February 9, 2018 By Gloria B. Collins

Stress is something we all face and we each try to find ways to best manage it. Though there are many ways to go about stress management, I have found these 9 Self Care Tips to Reduce Stress and often find myself reducing stress with art. That’s right, my stress relief is often found one drawing at a time. My best stress management … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alone Time, Flowers, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Slow Home Living, Water Colors, Work Tagged With: drawing, flowers, paper for drawing, stress management, watercolor, watercolor sketchbook

Urban Camping in SoHo New York

February 2, 2018 By Gloria B. Collins

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Get your girlfriend and head to the Arlo SoHo Lunching with a girlfriend to catch up and to share the good the bad and the ugly is always uplifting, especially when it turns into urban camping. Recently my friend Dawn of PlumAGE 59 and I met up in SoHo and enjoyed camping in NYC. If you’re unfamiliar with Urban Camping, this article … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friends, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Relationships, Slow Home Living, Uncategorized, Water Colors Tagged With: Fun things to do, Girl Friends, hudson valley wedding, Joy, Lunch, NYC, SoHo, urban sketching, watercolor

Why you should sketch every day.

January 19, 2018 By Gloria B. Collins

A sketch every day Not only do I know that sketching every day helps to reduce stress, a sketch every day will also offer you an opportunity to document the things that inspire you. I keep flowers alive during the dull winter months by doing a sketch every day.  A few minutes each day is how I started in December. My focus was to create … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Gardening, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Slow Home Living, Water Colors, Weddings Tagged With: Art, Sketchbook sketching every day and Illustrated life, wedding flowers, wedding flowers garden florist Hudson valley Florist Hudson valley weddings. Roses Daily sketch watercolor

Kris Burns and Festoon on Hudson in Nyack, New York

May 1, 2016 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Kris Burns and Festoon on Hudson is 100% dedicated to slow flowers. If you are taking a drive towards the lower Hudson Valley you can now visit Festoon on Hudson, a little flower shop situated on the main street in Nyack NY. Today was opening day, and it's owner Kris Burns is beaming. Festoon on Hudson is a field-to-vase flower shop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Leisure

It’s the little things

August 6, 2013 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

....that give me joy in life. It's nice when I set things just right for a little rest on the porch. Ahh breath and enjoy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alone Time, Friends, Leisure

Vibrant colors that make me smile.

July 14, 2013 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Alone Time, Flowers, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure

Time for a coffee break

July 12, 2013 By Gloria B. Collins 1 Comment

a plate of flowers with a cup of love. You deserve a little break now. ~enjoy~ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alone Time, Flowers, Friends, Leisure, Relationships, Uncategorized

Peek out and look at my garden

July 10, 2013 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Who will get the berries first? The critters? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alone Time, Flowers, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Uncategorized, Work

Just a little something from the garden

July 9, 2013 By Gloria B. Collins Leave a Comment

Run to your local garden and create this lovely bouquet. It's easy just pick a bloom then a second, then the third  and so on and so on until your heart is delighted. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alone Time, Contribution, Flowers, Growth, Hobbies, Leisure, Weddings, Work

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Welcome to my home on the web. My name is Gloria Battista Collins. I am a slow flower designer and an artist. As … Read More...

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