I love this time of the year, most of the tree branches have started forming new leaves and flower buds. There are so many branch materials I can choose for Ikebana. Japanese flowering Quince is my favorite. Above are my arrangements: The first one was done in class with my teacher's advice to trim down some branches. The second one was done at home to make good use of other branches I had.

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While home for Christmas and my winter break, I did something that I still can't quite believe I did. I had my first solo ikebana exhibit! I was home longer than usual this year because I had a nice break from work -- the kids I teach were on winter break. I had casually mentioned to my mom while talking on the phone with her one day that it would be nice to have an exhibit while I was home. I want to emphasize -- casually mentioned. Well, I began to think about it more, she began to think…

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