DIY Rose Water

You must make a visit to this website to see her beautiful pictures and tutorial on how to make your own rose water!!!  The pictures are divine.  Go here: http://www.roostblog.com/roost/rose-water-video.html

photo from roostblog.com

She says, "Rosewater is a delight to the skin, its anti-bacterial properties smooth and heal. I enjoy spritzing the water onto my face before applying a few drops of argan oil to soften and moisturize. The robust scent is calming and feminine, an there is something old-worldly about it's perfume, I almost imagine myself living in a different time. 

Rose water also boasts of  Vitamin C, an antioxidant that can help protect skin cells from damage. In ancient times it was widely used to soften the hair, and its moisturizing properties are perfect for achieving that dewy glow."

I can not wait to try this!  Won't they make the perfect gifts?  Now I just need to find some beautiful bottles and fresh rose petals (not tainted with chemicals).

A rose by any other name...

Listen:

I just realized that my Instagram (follow @juliesmithmusic) is full of flowers!  I can't resist snapping a photo, especially when I see a beautiful rose!  I must say, roses are my favorite flowers!  Fragrant but not overwhelmingly so, beautiful, classy, what's not to love?

Go, lovely Rose—

Tell her that wastes her time and me,

That now she knows,

When I resemble her to thee,

How sweet and fair she seems to be.

      Tell her that’s young,

And shuns to have her graces spied,

      That hadst thou sprung

In deserts where no men abide,

Thou must have uncommended died.

Small is the worth

Of beauty from the light retired:

Bid her come forth,

Suffer herself to be desired,

And not blush so to be admired.

      Then die—that she

The common fate of all things rare

      May read in thee;

How small a part of time they share

That are so wondrous sweet and fair!

Poem by Edmund Waller

My favorite is the second to last photo - white rose with yellow middle and tinged with pink.  

What is your favorite flower?

xo,

Julie

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Inspiration

Inspiration

Sometimes it's hard to feel inspired.  Work, school, art, music, math - whatever you do in life - it's easy to lose your inspiration, your "drive," your passion.  This is something I've struggled with in the past few years.  I think this is true of many people in their 20s.  You do what you have to do to get by, make money, survive.  But at what price?