Tiny Blooms - # 8 - Snowdrops

This series of blog posts - called 'Tiny Blooms - are about small arrangements. Small - might be the size of the container or it could be the size of the flowers or the amount of stems in each container. It will also be that the arrangement is minimal both in presentation and that it's quick and easy to do. Apart from that there are no other strict rules - I'm allowing myself a lot of creative freedom!

As my tiny bloom flower this time I have used some snowdrops from my garden. I have a few clumps that has been there for years and they just keep spreading every year.

I cut quite a few - about 45 stems - but you can't tell - there are still a lot left.

Bring a jar or glass with you into the garden - so you can pop the flowers straight into some water as you are cutting them.

Cut the stem as long as you can - so you have as much stem as possible to work with.

There is no conditioning needed and I didn't want any of the leaves - so its just to pop them straight into the bottles. Very straight forward and simple.

I put all the flowers in seven little blue glass bottles. All small in size but all a little bit different from the next.

Some are vintage ink bottles, some are medicine or poison bottles and others I have no idea what they were used for. 

Its a striking contrast between the white flowers and the blue glass and the way the light is reflected through the glass. The blue and the white is also picked up in the blue ceramics and the blue and white enamelled coffee pot and soda dish.

Some beautiful tiny blooms with a lot of impact and so welcome at this time of year! Enjoy!

Have a Lovely Floral Day!

I'll see you later in the week with another 
'FLOWERS by ingrid and titti'

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid 

[Styling and Photography © Ingrid Henningsson for Of Spring and Summer.]

Flowers from the Flower Market - # 2 - Mixed Tulips

Here is another instalment of the monthly mini series of Flowers from the Flower Market.

It will be featuring a plant or flower that caught my eye at the flower market.

I will show two or three very simple ways of using, arranging or displaying the flower.

I spotted some mixed coloured bunches of tulips. I never buy already mixed bunches - as I like to pick and choose myself - but I really liked most of the colours - and the ones I was not sure about - I saw as a challenge!

I started off putting the tulips in fifteen small clear glass bottles - all different sizes and heights. I cut the stems to fit the different bottles and put the taller ones in the back and the really little ones towards the front - and spaced evenly apart. I mostly put just one stem in each bottle but sometimes two - twenty tulip stems in all.

Then something inspired me to put all the little bottles in a basket - tightly packed together to give a more contained feel. I think it worked out very well and again the bottles were graded from tall in the back to the short ones in the front.

Have a Wonderful Floral Day!

See you later in the week!

xoxo Ingrid