Florets - Floral Quote - # 126 - by Willow Crossley

" As far as I'm concerned, anything with a hole in the top can be used as a container for flowers. One of my biggest joys is hunting for them. Flea markets, charity shops, car boot sales, supermarkets, online... You can find them in the oddest places when you're least expecting to find anything. Those ones always seem to be the most treasured finds.
Building a good collection takes time. It's rare that you'll ever come across a complete set of something but little bits here and there are great. Don't not buy something because there's only one of it. I love that mishmash feeling you get from things collected over time. And with flowers, you don't always have to have huge bunches. A single stem picked from the garden or a mini posy in a tiny cut glass is so happy-making to wake up to first thing in the morning."

~ Willow Crossley ~ 

[Willow Crossley: British, floral stylist, blogger and author of three books.]

[Quote: From the just published Flourish by Willow Crossley (2016).]

[Flowers: Pink Dahlias.]

[Vases: Cream ware jars.] 

[ Styling and photography © Ingrid Henningsson/Of Spring and Summer.]

Enjoy your flower arranging and have a fabulous and floral Sunday!

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back tomorrow Monday with another Flowers of the Month - featuring all the flowers I have used during the month of October.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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A Bunch for the Weekend - # 88 - Autumn Coloured Chrysanthemums

Autumn is a season full of fabulous colours - a time when nature is very generous with what it has on offer. 

Why not use one flower - but plenty of stems - and make it look large and abundant. 

It's always a pleasure and lots of fun to buy a bunch of flowers for the weekend and this series of blog posts, called 'A Bunch for the Weekend, will show you how you can make quick and easy flower arrangements for your home. 

Buy the flowers where it's convenient and easy for you whether that is from a flower stall, farmers' market, the supermarket or a florist. 

Always try to buy seasonal flowers - they will be a lot cheaper.

Make sure you condition the flowers as soon as you get home. Remove any foliage that will end up below the waterline in the vase. Trim the ends of the stems at an angle and put in fresh water as soon as possible.

It's easy to be generous with Chrysanthemums as they are readily available at this time of year, cheap to buy - and they also last for ages!

I wanted to combine these burnt orange flowers with BLUE!

I scoured my house for blue props - and I picked a few of my husband's blue shirts, a Spanish plate with blue decorations and a small painting by my art school teacher Sargy Mann - a remarkable man and painter. 

I also found a French vintage fabric with wide blue stripes, some dark blue bowles from Sweden - and last but not least three just published books and they all had lots of blue on the covers.....

From the bottom of the pile: In Bloom by Ngoc Minh Ngo. In the middle: Flourish by Willow Crossley. On the top is In the mood for Colour by my fellow Swede Hans Blomquist.

All three are beautiful and very inspiring books and I will review them soon. 

As a contrast to all the blue and burnt orange - I also made up a little basket of gold, amber beads and coral tucked in with a piece of fabric in similar colours.

Enjoy your flower arranging and have a fabulous and floral weekend!

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer' - I will be back on Sunday with another floral quote by someone passionate about flowers. 

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

[Styling, photography and text © Ingrid Henningsson/Of Spring and Summer.]

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