Evergreen (Or What I want To Be When I Grow Up)

I have been driving  to The Lake of the Ozarks for 6 weeks now. I have been getting knee injections to help make my life a lot more comfortable. I go in and get my shots and then go shopping! The shopping part makes the injections worthwhile. Anywho, one day I went in to Evergreen. They are a silk flower shop that is only open during the tourist season. I have known about the place for 8  years or so from when I and my family had lived here last time. So I was chomping at the bit to get in and see what it was like. Barbara, the super nice lady who used to run the preschool for my church, tipped me off to the place way back when. I am so glad I remembered her recommendation. I was not disappointed. Get ready for some eye candy!

This huge crystal ball greets you when you walk in. It spins too!

It is like walking into a really well appointed jungle.

Look up, there is beauty

Everywhere.

Shelves are bursting with pretty things that make you want to take all of it home.

How about some of this, or a little of that?

I soooo want my shop to be this exiting. (When I get one, that is).

That is an upside down wrought iron tree made into a chandelier. Genius!

I love the explosion of color everywhere.

What a cute birdcage.

These are the folks who dream it all up, them and the owner. But I didn't get a picture of him. Don't you love the canoe? It goes with the whole Lake of the Ozarks thing going on around here.

I should have bought these.

Can you imagine getting to make all these cool floral arrangements for your job every day? That would be so fun.

I want to get this layered look in my antiques booth, and later on in my store. Like the title says; I want to be like this when I grow up. (I'm 41).

So I will remain hopeful and keep pressing on through my business classes in college. I will keep learning hands on retailing out of my antiques booths, and I will continue to gather ideas from stellar businesses like this one.

If you are ever in the area, this is one stop you just have to make. By the way, they did not pay me to make this post. They don't even know I did. I just love to toot other peoples horns when they do something fabulous. I'm even going to pin my own post because I think the world should know what a cool place this is.