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What’s New at Anne Bruening Originals?

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I AM SOOOOOOO EXCITED!  Anne Bruening Originals has been going through an “upgrade”.  What does this mean?  It means I’ve been searching for better ways to preserve my flowers, new items for my clients, and an all around appeal to all.  (more…)

What is Your Dream?

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Lord, I am a dream waiting to be found. Please wake me from my slumber so that I may come true." A. Bruening

 

Do you have a dream?  I know I do.  I’ve had it for almost 20 years.  It appears that I forgot all about that though!  Life tends to rob us of our dreams………or does it?  I think it’s more that we allow what happens to us in life to rob us of our dreams.  If you read enough self-help books (my specialty I admit) – you know that it’s our reactions to the daily grind that make or break us. (more…)

Floral Preservation for Funerals

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Flowers preserved from a funeral of a Veteran

 

Back in 1997 a dear friend of mine came to my shop with a request.  “Anne, could you save some flowers from mom’s funeral and make them into some little something for me and each of my sisters?”  I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before then.  I had grown and dried my own flowers before but this just had never occurred to me before. (more…)

Dried Flowers? Yuk!!! Who would want dried flowers?

Man!  I have got to get used to learning how to use this blogging program!  See picture below and know that it goes with this “story of the day”.  I guess my publishing finger got the best of me as I pressed what I thought was the “preview” button.  You gotta love modern technology tho.  This stuff is so much fun!

Mental Image:  Dried flowers = crusty, flaky, dirty, dusty, drab, boring, ugly.  Pretty picture eh?  It’s been a difficult 19+ years for me trying to explain to people about the beauty of dried flowers.  (more…)

Is it live or is it Memorex?

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