Wedding Blog

I think it’s just because Atlanta is in the middle of (what I hope is) the last big cold snap of the year, but I am just dying for spring to be here. Seriously, y’all… I bought a tube top yesterday. And if you know anything at all about Mrs. Magnolia, it’s that she’s not usually a tube top-type of girl. So you know the mid/late winter cabin fever must really be getting to me.

Last week, Mr. Magnolia and I were thrilled to see that a couple of bulbs had appeared in the flower bed in our front yard. A few days later, we had seven gorgeous daffodils (or as my adorable Mister calls them, jonquils) blooming… and just in time for another frost to hit. So I ran outside and cut my beautiful signs of spring before the temperature dive took them all out anyway.

So then I faced the quandary of how to display my seven beautiful daffodils, and I had a brainstorm about an image from this month’s issues of Southern Living (yes, I read Southern Living…). I can’t find a good picture online, but they featured some gorgeous spring tulips in a chicken pitcher…and we just happen to have a chicken pitcher!

When Mr. Magnolia and I first got engaged, we received an engagement gift from a good friend of his who was living in Italy with her husband, a naval dentist. It was this adorable chicken pitcher, and a description of its history:

It was truly a lovely engagement gift to receive from overseas, and I’m so excited about my first spring decor item of the year!