Chive at Home, Because Your Plants Deserve Better Than That Sad Corner

The July birth flower is the water lily — serene on the surface, full structural operation underneath. Every major civilization built a mythology around it. Monet gave it thirty years of his life. Here's why that tracks completely for July people.

The May birth flower is the Hawthorn — a symbol of protection, hope, and resilience with roots in Celtic mythology and traditional medicine. It blooms once a year, spectacularly, for the people it chooses. The thorns are not a warning. They're a guarantee.

The June birth flower is the Rose - symbolizing love, secrecy, and loyalty to every civilization that ever encountered it. Chive makes it in ceramics. Read on if you think the rose needs no introduction and are about to be proven wrong.

Birth flowers by month — all 12, what they mean, and why the Romans decided this for you centuries ago. Chive makes all 12 in ceramic by hand since 2004. Every month is listed here with meanings. The one assigned to yours has been waiting.

The chrysanthemum is the November birth flower, cultivated across China and Japan for over two thousand years. Chive makes it in Buttercup Yellow ceramic, now in botanical garden collections across North America. Turns out the flower that survived two millennia is also the easiest gift you will give this year.

Vintage Christmas ornaments are mouth-blown glass pieces at least twenty years old — hand-silvered, hand-painted, and made the same way since the 1800s. Here's how to spot the real thing, what separates vintage from antique, and why the good ones always go up high on the tree.

There comes a moment every December when traditional red and green Christmas decorations begin to feel as dated as a fruitcake recipe from 1952. While neighbors cling desperately to their...

German glass ornaments are defined by a method — blow, silver, lacquer, paint, cap — not a country of origin, and that method hasn't changed in two hundred years. Mouth-blown means uneven walls, uneven silvering, and a glow no machine replicates. The flaw is the whole point.

The holiday season arrives with its familiar parade of traditions: the frantic search for matching wrapping paper, the annual debate over whether fruit cake counts as actual food, and the...

The October birth flower is the marigold. Chive makes it permanent in Fiesta Orange ceramic — stocked at the Chrysler Museum of Art and the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Turns out there is a lot more going on with this flower than anyone told you.

A step-by-step guide to hanging Chive ceramic wall flowers. Every piece has a keyhole slot on the back — it slides over a screw and locks flush. For a collection, floor layout and paper templates before you touch the drill. No contractor, no drama.

Let's dive into the world of ceramic wedding favors that your guests will cherish. Or at least feel too guilty to regift.