during the summer, we try to have fresh flowers in our house at least once a week. we have accumulated a great amount of vases, but i must say we always choose a pitcher instead of a vase. we received the ona vase as a wedding gift, and we absolutley love it!

we love to use it for s. pellegriono when we have guests, but we have noticed that it holds flowers very nicely. today i came across the acutal vase crate and barrel has for sale.

an aquaintance of mine shared that she uses vases for ice tea when she has guests, and even thought the ona vase would be hard to pour out of, i think it would be beautiful decoration with sliced lemons and limes in it.

i am loving all things citrus right now. tomorrow we receive our orange blossom scented candles from l'occitane (usa.loccitane.com)

we had bought the candle on our trip to chicago for a wedding of a dear friend. we drove to st louis and then took the amtrak to chicago, which turned out to be a great way to travel. on the trip home, we stopped in st. louis to eat at cheesecake factory. we walked passed the l'occitane store, and dustin smelled something he liked, so naturally we inqiured about the smell. we walked out with a lemon verbana scent candle and this orange blossom candle. we opened the orange blossom candle in the car and we had a very nice smelling ride home. every now and then the sweet aroma would reach our noses. it is the most pleasntly subtle smell. i have been watching the price and they went on sale, so i bought a bunch.