A beautiful Tuscan Villa, Happy Spring!

Have you ever fantasized about running away to Tuscany? Click here to see this stunning Home: http://www.thisisglamorous.com/2017/03/a-beautifully-restored-13th-century-tuscan-villa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThisIsGlamorous+%28This+Is+Glamorous%29. This Home is truly an Inspiration! 

Olive Trees ...these are in Napa Valley in California.

 Tuscan interiors are filled with Vases of Flowers..and of course, beautiful Gardens filled with flowers. 

Lavender bundles hanging to dry...some villas we have visited have large vases of Lavender buds, and when you walk into the room, the wonderful smell of Lavender is in the air, rising up to greet you. Here at #TheCamellia, we have Lavender bunches grown in #Sooke, on Vancouver Island. You can add Lavender essential Oil to your Vase of Lavender to get that wonderful aroma. If you crush the buds, that will bring forth that lovely aroma. 

The views in Tuscany are spectacular, a photo opportunity around every bend. 

An today is the 1st. Day of Spring! Happy Spring! Visit The Camellia, for Spring Florals, Cottage Paint, and much more! We are Open Wednesday through Sunday,  (807)4753551, www.thecamellia.com

Happy Spring!

On Holiday, The Camellia

 The time has come to Take a break, sometimes one's brain gets too full of work.

 Time to contemplate and relax.

To Play.

 

 To smell the Begonias.

 and to smell the Sweet Peas.

So we're taking a break here at The Camellia, and will reopen on June 1st. If you need anything from our store during this time, email us at the camellia@hotmail.com, or call 475-3551, or 472-8193. We will do our best to help . 

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Celebrate Easter & Spring at The Camellia, Thunder Bay

 Hello! It's time to celebrate Easter and Spring...and..and..what Spring? It's completely WHITE OUT THERE! Can a person go beserk from TOO MUCH WINTER?

The only thing you can do is come out and Visit The Camellia! Banish all traces of Winter from your home, add Faux Hyrangeas in Vases, try our Healthy Home fragrances to get that Spring smell into your Home. Make up your bed with our new cotton Bedding collection - Kate.

We are Open Fri.April 18, 2014,  11-4. 

Sat. 11-5. and Easter Sunday 12-4.

 I just want to see green grass...not white, just GREEN. Can you relate?

 We have Flowers to brighten up someone's day - call 1-877-523-7444, or in Thunder Bay, (807)475-3551. Delivery available.

 Easter Fuzzie-wuzzie.

 If I could transport myself...I would be in ..where would you go? For me it would be Holland. Tulips, Daffodils, Keukenhof, Flower Markets......

 Flowers, flowers, I must have Flowers.

 Colour lifts one's spirits. Notice how Flowers are always bright and cheery, seen any grey flowers lately...??

Happy Easter everyone! Come visit us here at The Camellia. We're just south of Arthur St. 10 mins. from the Thunder Bay Airport. Head south along Hwy. 61, left on Hacquoil Rd. #30.

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Happy Spring!

 

Yes, you heard that right, today is the first Day of   S P R I N G !!  ( even though we continue to be blessed with gifts of Snow).Shown in the photo above is a mason jar painted with Cottage Paint, holding fresh daffys and faux bulbs, yes you can mix fresh and faux flowers.

This morning, I was once again scraping ice and snow off my windshield, and saying a few choice words. I am looking forward to Spring, and am dreaming of this field of muscari blooms at Keukenhof in Lisse, Holland. Lucky duck who lives there!

How do you get through the Spring blahs....? Definitely poring over gardening magazines helps. We are busy getting ready for the Spring Home & Garden show coming up April 4, 5, 6 , 2014 at the CLE grounds.

Inspired by our Spring colours in Cottage Paint. And hats off to those of you who are painting away, getting all their refinishing projects done before the nice weather gets here. Cottage Paint classes coming up again in mid April, keep checking our website at www.thecamellia.com

Find inspiration in budding branches. You can force them indoors by placing branches in a bucket of water, and wetting them down in the shower. They may take a while, but they will bud indoors.

Yellows and greens seem to be popular this Spring.

Love the Yelows and greys.

Colour is everywhere, as seen in this display of Fiesta ware.

Come visit us at The Camellia for colourful Spring Inspiration. We are open Wed. through Sunday.

Friday.....11-5, Sat. 11-5. Sun. 12-5.

30 Hacquoil Rd. 

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Spring, Camellia Style.

 

 

 

 

 

It's Thyme to Uncrate Spring! Brighten up your Home with Spring colours - pinks, mauve, yellows, greens, and blues.
The quickest Spring fix? Mix faux Dahlias ( that's the ones in our photo collage, for sale at The Camellia ) with fresh bunches of purple or pink Hyacinths. Add some branches from outdoors, and voila, instant Spring!
Just in, lovely Tablecloths like the one shown, this is Cutwork with embroidered Daylilies. You simply have to come in to see all our patterns.

Just arrived ...KATE .. a 100% cotton Bedding collection ( featured in upper left corner of collage). Kate is a great choice for a master bedroon at Camp or at Home, featuring washed tones of greys, blues and ivorys. This pattern is part of the Brunelli line, customers often tell us that their Brunelli Bedding  is still going strong 7 years later. And cotton is washable, and breathes, making it a great choice if you share your bed with kids and pets.


BEGINNERS COTTAGE PAINT CLASS - this Saturday, March 15th. 1-4p.
This is a good class to take if you have never used Cottage Paint before. And you have projects you want to tackle now that the weather is getting warmer. Some of you are redoing bathrooms, some are repainting kitchen cabinets, some are planning on redoing furniture out at camp. We have new Summer colours of Cottage Paint in stock at The Camellia.


 Pre-register by phoning us at 475-3551 or email at thecamellia@hotmail.com

The Camellia - 30 Hacquoil Rd. Slate River, Oliver Paipoonge, Thunder Bay, On.

Spring forward, Tuliptime and The Camellia

 It's March ...and for most of us, the only thing that gets us through to Spring is thinking Spring, and looking at TULIPS!! Of course, Holland is the Tulip capital of the world. 

 We are all craving  green, I can almost smell the odour of a freshly cut lawn......sigh. 

Now is the time to banish Winter, and add Spring to your decor. A vase of curly Willow, with colourful easter eggs makes a great display. The willow will root right in your vase. 

Hyacinths and Muscari blooms. 

Treat yourself to White Lilac shea butter Hand lotion...new stock just arrived at our store , the Camellia.

Mr. Benji is awaiting the arrival of Spring ---  and garden tomatoes. 

And the rest of us are awaiting the start of Garden season.....Pansies from Paulusma's Greenhouses, Thunder Bay. And from De Bruins Greenhouses, Highway 61, Thunder bay. 

I'm sure you are looking forward to sitting outside...warm sunshine, birdies tweeting..

Happy Spring! Don't forget - Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday, March 9th. 2014 . Take our FREE make-it-and-take-it class at The Camellia - Learn how to make a rolled rose, This Sat. March 8, and Sunday March 9th. at 1 -5. Bridal Open house on this weekend - get a free quote on your Wedding Flowers. 

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Spring Fever, The Camellia, Thunder Bay

 It's Spring Fever Thyme!! Some of us are tired of Winter, and want the snow and the grey to GO AWAY!  Today we're sharing Spring Flowers with you, Flowers are Magical. They transport us to SPRING!!

 These vases are Bulb forcers , very popular in Holland, when Tulipmania was on.

 Forsythia Blossoms ...softening the lines of this houseboat. You should plan to visit Holland in the Spring thyme, there are flowers everywhere.

 Tulips and muscari , at the entrance to Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Holland.

 Paperwhites..... they smell wonderful.

 Green moss....we love moss, and use them in a lot of our floral designs.

 Ranunculus blooms  - one of my favourites.

 Star of Bethelem (the tall bunch to the left), such a long-lasting bloom.

 Simplicity .

Have an old Fiat laying around? Plant it up!

We are busy making up Spring Wreaths to decorate your Doorways. Visit The Camellia at 30 , Hacquoil Rd., Oliver Paipoonge, Thunder Bay.

Open Wednesday through Sunday.

Wed. Fri. Sat. 11-5

Thurs. Sun. 12-5

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