Flowers of the Month - January 2017

It's the last day of January and it's time for another round-up of what I have been up to this last month. 

In 'Flowers of the Month' I feature all the different flowers and floral arrangements that I styled, photographed and posted exclusively on my blog 'Of Spring and Summer'.

The title of the post under the image - is also a link to the post - if you would like to see it again or you missed it.

1 January - Florets - Floral Quote by Selina Lake

4 January - Creative with Flowers - Pale Blue Hyacinths and Pittosporum

6 January - A Bunch for the Weekend - Cyclamen, Pittosporum and Holly

15 January - Floral Quote by Paula Pryke

18 January - Arrange Your Flowers! - Basic Tools for Flower Arranging

20 January - A Bunch for the Weekend - Bunches of Tulips

22 January - Florets - Floral Quote by Willow Crossley

23 January - Tiny Blooms - Tulips in Mini Vases

25 January - Creative with Flowers - Double Pink Tulips and Vintage Green Glass Bottles

27 January - A Bunch for the Weekend - Golden Acacia

29 January - Florets - Floral Quote by Judith Blacklock

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

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back here tomorrow morning - Wednesday - with another Creative with Flowers. I'll see you then.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

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A Bunch for the Weekend - # 96 - Cyclamen, Pittosporum and Holly

In this week's 'A Bunch for the Weekend' I'm featuring Cyclamen, Pittosporum and Holly. It's still midwinter and cut flowers can be difficult to get hold of. So I'm not exactly featuring cut flowers but a version of such..... 

I just wanted to show that flower arrangement doesn't always have to be cut flowers in bright colours. 

 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, I 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 last longer and 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.

The cyclamens I got as a Christmas present. A huge pot that has been happily flowering away; opening up several flowers every day. So I decided to cut a few and put them in water - where they are still flowering.

The second plant is an unusual Pittosporum called Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb' - a small shrub with foliage flushed with bronze. The foliage changes colour as it matures. 

I planted it not that long ago in our front garden and I had no intention of pruning it yet. Well, we had a parcel delivery where the guy dropped one of the parcels right on top of the shrub and broke on of the stems. So I had to tidy it up and decided to use the cut stems in an arrangement instead of putting it on the compost heap.  

The third plant is some holly foliage that I got a week before Christmas and it has been sitting outside in the cold so it still looks nice and fresh.

For the four little arrangements I have used laboratory beakers and measuring jars - all bought at on of the many antique markets in London for very little money. 

The three colorful Iittala candle holder has quickly become my favourite candle holders. The knobbly surface reflects the light in such a beautiful way. Also a Christmas present. 

Adding a few little props for colour, texture and variation - a narrow brown satin ribbon, a 2 kg weight from my grandfather's shop back in Sweden and a few type letters the same colour as the ribbon.

I have used flowers and foliage that I already had in or around the house to make up a group of arrangements showing simplicity in colour but still with visual variation and interest.

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 Florets - a floral quote by someone passionate about flowers. I'll see you back here then.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

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P. S. If you are looking for more floral inspiration you can go over and have a look at my Pinterest boards. I have just over 200 boards all relating to flowers, flower styling and flower arranging. There are boards on individual flowers and shows how to arrange them. Other boards show different ways of using vases and containers. Simply click on the link below and it will take you straight there.

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Florets - Floral Quote - # 134 - by Selina Lake

'Florets - Floral Quote' is a series of blog posts where I feature quotes by authors - mostly well known but you will also find some obscure ones.

All of them have written one or several books about flowers, gardening, interior styling or interior design. Many are experts in their field but what is the most important is that they are all passionate about flowers.

I love books and in my ever growing library I look for quotes that I hope will be both helpful and useful while arranging and styling flowers.  

" Winter
It's berry season! as we get our homes ready for a cosy winter, there's a change in the type of botanicals we want to display. Mini pine trees are a nice Nordic-style addition and sprigs of red berries arranged in glass vases make a festive centrepiece for the dining table. Eucalyptus looks great placed in tall vessels or made into a wreath and it brings a wintry scent to the home."

~ Selina Lake ~ 

[Selina Lake: British, freelance interior stylist and author of seven books.]

[Quote from: Botanical Style by Selina Lake, 2016.]

[Berries and foliage: Rose hips and holly foliage.]
[Container: White glass vase.]

[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 next week with more floral delights from Of Spring and Summer.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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P. S. If you are looking for more floral inspiration you can go over and have a look at my Pinterest boards. I have just over 200 boards all relating to flowers, floral styling and flower arranging. There are boards on individual flowers and shows how to arrange them. Other boards show different ways of using vases and containers. Simply click on the link below and it will take you straight there.

Pinterest:   https://www.pinterest.com/ofspringsummer/

Floral Media - Holiday Flower Arrangements Made Easy - Martha Stewart

Today on 'Floral Media' I'm featuring some very simple last minute festive flower arranging.  



Katrin Björk from Modern Wifestyle this time through Martha Stewart. Katrin shows us how to use simple green wintry classics like green and variegated holly, fruiting eucalyptus, red Ilex berries and a few different pines. She arranging them in several small vessels and makes quick and easy table arrangements for the holiday.

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I hope you enjoyed this video and maybe it will inspire you to make a few last minute seasonal floral arrangements.

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back tomorrow with some holiday greetings!

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

[Text © Ingrid Henningsson/Of Spring and Summer.]

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P. S. If you are looking for more floral inspiration you can go over and have a look at my Pinterest boards. I have just over 200 boards all relating to flowers, floral styling and flower arranging. There are boards on individual flowers and shows how to arrange them. Other boards show different ways of using vases and containers. Simply click on the link below and it will take you straight there.

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Flowers of the Month - December 2015

2 December - DIY Flower Tips and Inspiration - White Amaryllis

It's the end of December and I'm here again with 'Flowers of the Month' - where I'm featuring all the different flowers and floral arrangements I have posted during the month of December. It's been quite a few blog posts this month with lots of amazing and colourful autumn and winter flowers available. I've been able to create, style and photograph a great deal so there are a few blog posts to cover.

The title of the post under the image - is also a link to the post - if you would like to see it again or you missed it.

4 December - A Bunch for the Weekend - Pink Ranunculus and Eucalyptus

6 December - Florets - Floral Quote by Malin Hidesäter

7 December - Tiny Blooms - Dark Pink Anemones

9 December - The Monthly List - December 2015

11 December - FLOWERS by ingrid and titti - Flowers and Candles

13 December - Floral Quote by Selina Lake

14 December - Tiny Blooms - Holly and Rose Hips

18 December - A Bunch for the Weekend - White Tulips and White Hyacinths

23 December - FLOWERS by ingrid and titti - Happy Christmas!

31 December - FLOWERS by ingrid and titti - Happy New Year!

I hope you have enjoyed all the flower arrangements from the last month - as much as I have enjoyed created them. 

Have a Great Floral Day!

I will be back again at the end of January with another 'Flowers of the Month'. Before that I'm back tomorrow with some greetings for the new year. 

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

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

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Tiny Blooms - # 21 - Holly and Rose Hips

This series of blog posts - called 'Tiny Blooms' - are about small flower 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 can also be that the arrangement is minimal both in presentation and that it's simple, quick and easy to do. Apart from that there are no other strict rules - I'm allowing myself a lot of creative freedom!

I have used some glossy very dark green holly foliage and to that added branches of small red rose hips. They both come as quite tall branches and I have simply cut them down to about 10-20 cm short stems.

Cut the stems at different lengths to give the little arrangement some movement and interest.  

The vase I'm using is my old stand by - the mini version of Alvar Aalto's Savoy vase in white. It was designed in 1937 and is still being made and sold by Iittala in Finland. But any jar or bottle would be perfect.

Instead of just one make a whole lot of them and arrange them down the middle of the Christmas table.

This quick and easy arrangement would not take long to do - so another great one for the holiday!

Have a Lovely Floral Monday!

I'll be back later in the week with more floral delights from 

Of Spring and Summer.

Ingrid

~ xoxo ~

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

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FLOWERS by ingrid and titti - Happy New Year!

Its the end of a great year for 'FLOWERS' - and we would like to wish you a 'Happy New Year!'

It was so lovely to round off the year with Titti and I being featured as 'Blogger of the Month' in the Swedish magazine Lantliv.

For celebrating New Years Eve I have created a little new years table setting with Amaryllis, Christmas cactus and dark green holly. 

Cloudy skies, low outdoor light levels and short winter days sometimes makes it a little bit difficult to take photographs indoors. I only use natural light for the images I take - but I do make one exception and that is candle light.

The brass candle sticks are Swedish - designed in the 1940's by Ivar Ålenius-Björk - they are called 'Liljan' - Swedish for 'Lily'. It was a very popular candle stick and is now being made again. Here is a link to a Swedish article about the manufacture Ystad Metall.   

The flowers and foliage are very simply arranged - the gorgeous white and green Amaryllis are in a off-white vase - the Christmas cactus is planted in a pot and the holly is also in simple mini glass vases - as well as a few stems tied with a grey ribbon and placed on the table. 

I have put some gold and brass coloured mini Christmas tree baubles in a few clear glass containers.

As well as a few old antique brass curtain rings just for their simple beauty but also for fun.

A festive New Years Eve table with a bit of bling, candles and seasonal floral beauty!  

Titti Malmberg - my Swedish collaborator on FLOWERS - is also wishing everybody a 'Happy New Year!' - or as they say in Sweden 'Gott Nytt År!'. 

Please, go over and see what she has created on her blog HWIT BLOGG.

You can see all our FLOWERS posts HERE and also on Pinterest.

Have a very Happy New Year!

~ xoxo ~ 

Ingrid 

[Styling and photography © Ingrid Henningsson for FLOWERS and Of Spring and Summer.]
[Ribbon designed by Jane Means.]