Simple Autumn Bouquet

Here is a short video showing you how to make a very simple autumn bouquet.

The two main colours are a beautiful dusty pink and grey green foliage.

The flowers are spray chrysanthemums, roses, limonium and single chrysanthemums and the foliage are grey-green eucalyptus and beargrass.

The bouquet is made as a handtied arrangement where all the stems are crossed. You can tie it with some raffia ready to give as a gift or simply put in a beautiful vase like they have done here.

[Video provided by Elle Decoration and design by Interflora. Florist is Nika Wahren from Skillad Floral Design and video by Johan Hedberg.]

Flowers of the Month - May 2017

Today is the last day of May 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'.

I post about four times a week so by the end of the month I have quite a few images to look back on.

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.

At the end of the post is a little message to all of you! 

3 May - Creative with Flowers - Pink Ranunculus

5 May - A Bunch for the Weekend - Bluebells

7 May - Florets -Floral Quote - Sweet Peas and Clematis

10 May - Creative with Flowers - A Flower in a Bottle

12 May - A Bunch for the Weekend - A Few Late Tulips 

14 May - Florets - Floral Quote - Forget-Me-Nots and Grape Hyacinths

17 May - Creative with Flowers - Pale Purple Sweet Peas

19 May - A Bunch for the Weekend - Pink Peonies

21 May - Florets - Floral Quote - White Rose and Solomon's Seal

24 May - Creative with Flowers - Purple Stock Flowers

26 May - A Bunch for the Weekend - Pale Pink Anemones

28 May - Florets - Floral Quote - Pink Roses

29 May - Tiny Blooms - Pale Pink Ranunculus

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

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer'.

I also wanted to tell you that I'm now taking a few months off from posting on my blog. It is a little bit longer than usual but a lot of big changes are taking place right now that takes up a lot of my time. All good - just time consuming! 

Have a wonderful summer holiday and I will see you back here in the autumn. 

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

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Florets - Floral Quote - # 153 - by Florence Kennedy

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.

"I don't really have strict rules when it comes to the scale and form of a vase as each flower looks different with a different vase. It's simply a case of working with what you have. Ask yourself: does that vase make the flower sing? Does it show off its best attributes?"

"Different sizes, shapes and materials can be used together to create an easy, unmanicured look. I struggle to find vases that really captivate me, but trawling flea markets and charity shops has given me a treasured collection of bottles, jars and vases of all different shapes and sizes, with different patterns and varying degrees of wear and tear. Even using the same-shaped vase in different sizes gives your arrangement a more relaxed feel."

~ Florence Kennedy ~ 

[Florence Kennedy: British, East London based florist, founder of Petalon, her 'bouquets by bicycle' flower delivery company, she teaches workshops, does weddings and events, and author of Flowers Every Day.] 

[Quote from: Flowers Every Day (2017) by Florence Kennedy.]

[Flowers: Pink roses - from the supermarket.]

[Props: Vintage dark green ink and apothecary glass bottles - from stylist's own prop collection.]

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

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

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer' - I will be back tomorrow morning with another 'Tiny Blooms'. 

I'm looking forward to seeing you back here then.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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Flowers Of the Month - October 2016

It's the last day of October and last month I decided to bring back the very popular 'Flowers of the Month' after having had a break for a while.

Here are the posts I created exclusively for Of Spring and Summer and I'm featuring all the different flowers and floral arrangements I have made and posted on my blog during the month of October.

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.

Florets - Floral Quote by William Yeoward - Pink and Green Ornamental Cabbage

Creative with Flowers - Pink Dahlias and Eucalyptus

FLOWERS by ingrid and titti - Autumn Lovely Autumn 

Florets - Floral Quote by Ngoc Minh Ngo - Pink Chrysanthemums

A Bunch for the Weekend - White Pinks, Statice and Eucalyptus

Florets - Floral Quote by Jane Eastoe - Pink Roses

Creative with Flowers - Pink Hydrangea and Eucalyptus

A Bunch for the Weekend - Autumn Coloured Chrysanthemums

Florets - Floral Quote by Willow Crossley - Pink Dahlias in Cream Ware Jars

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

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back later in the week with some more floral delights. Hope to see you then. 

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

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Florets - Floral Quote - # 125 - by Jane Eastoe

"Older than we are but younger than dinosaurs, the rose has been linked with human beings across many millennia. It has inspired artists, sculptors, writers and poets, and is the subject of myth and legend. The rose can hint at political affiliation, sporting loyalty, national pride, beauty, virtue, romantic yearning, love, sex and secrecy, and it is also heavy with religious symbolism.Famous as a fragrance, used as a culinary flavouring and a source of vitamin C, and believed to have medicinal and therapeutic properties, the rose is one of our oldest cultivated flowers."

~ Jane Eastoe ~ 

[Jane Eastoe: British, journalist, gardener and author of many books covering books on the subject of the outdoors - such as National Trust Book of the Countryside and the bestseller Hen Keeping.]

[Quote from: Vintage Roses by Jane Eastoe (2016).]

[Photography: All the stunning photographs throughout the book are by Georgianna Lane.]

[Flowers: Unknown vintage pink rose.]

[Photography © Ingrid Henningsson for 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 with another Floral Media.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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Florets - Floral Quote - # 117 - by Melanie Molesworth

"A vase of fresh flowers gives instant warmth to a room filled with junk furniture. Flawless and relatively short-lived, floral arrangements provide a graceful counterpoint to the imperfections and timelessness of old furniture. The vivid shades introduce a note of intense colour that will lift the spirits, and such an injection of vitality can be particularly welcome in neutral room schemes."

~ Melanie Molesworth ~

[Melanie Molesworth: British, London based, journalist, freelance interior stylist and author of Junk Style.

[Quote from: Junk Style (1998) by Melanie Molesworth.]

[Flowers: Pink roses and chrysanthemums with Nigella seed pods.]

[Containers: Five vintage jugs with floral designs on the sides.]

[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. 

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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Supermarket Flowers in Jam Jars

A lot of different supermarkets sell bunches of flowers for a very reasonable price - but they often lack a bit of imagination. 

I think we can do better than this! Don't you think so too?

Start off by taking the bunch apart. Condition the flowers by stripping off any leaves that will end up below the water-line in the container. Trim the ends of the stems at an angle and put in fresh water as soon as possible.

Then separate the flowers and foliage by colour or type of foliage, so that you can see how many stems of each you have.

This bunch consisted mainly of pink roses, pink spray chrysanthemums, purple stock, purple trachelium and freesia. 

Nice colours and the flowers were fresh but I wanted to do something drastically different.

I wanted to use some recycled jam jars as my containers. They are quick and easy to make as they are small in size. As an added little extra I have tied a pretty ribbon around each jar.

I used all the flowers in the bunch and I didn't substitute with any other flowers or foliage. So choose carefully when you pick out the flowers in the supermarket.  

I made two jars using mainly pink flowers. They are similar but a little bit different. I used two different ribbons both are light grey in colour - a nice contrast to the pink. 

The third one has three different purple flowers. There I used a dark grey ribbon as a contrast to the purple.

You need to cut the stems quite short. Measure against the side of the jar. Be generous with the amount of flowers in each jar. You want it to look full and abundant not stingy in any way.

Little jam jars can be used for almost all occasions and for most rooms in the house. The added ribbons from Jane Means' collection, also make it all look a little bit more special.

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

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer' - I will be back on Friday with another 'FLOWERS by ingrid and titti'. The first FLOWERS, from Titti Malmberg and I, after a break over the summer. 

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

[Ribbons from Jane Means' ribbon collection.]

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Creative with Flowers - # 10 - Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll'

This series of blog posts - called 'Creative with Flowers' - are about using flowers in creative ways. It could be about how the flowers are combined - maybe in a little bit of an unusual way. It might be the choice of vase - maybe not a vase at all but a container that could be anything from jugs, bottles, jars, tins or teapots - vintage or new it doesn't matter. 

As usual my arrangements will be quick and easy - and there will always be lots and lots of colour!

This week on 'Creative with Flowers' we are taking a look at one of my favourite roses. It's the Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll'. 

I have one growing in my garden - so all these flowers come from there. 

Instead of a traditional vase I'm using a little antique Victorian luster creamer from around the 1830s.

I love how it has flowers on it and that the pink is almost the same colour as the rose.

The stems were very short - so it was a little hard to arrange the individual flowers - so what I did was - I arranged the bunch in my hand and then simply put a rubber band around the stems to keep them in place and then put them in the creamer. 

The largest of the roses I placed on a saucer in a small amount of water and I also scattered a few rose petals around - just for fun.  

Isn't this just the most romantic little arrangement and so simple to make? 

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

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer' and I'll be back on Friday with another 'A Bunch for the Weekend'.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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Florets - Floral Quote by Erin Benzakein

" Big pieces, such as urns and large vases, go quite fast. I love dramatic statement pieces, and I think my excitement speeds things up," she says. 
"Centrepieces or low arrangements often take a bit of time, since securing all the elements in a 'pin frog' can be a bit tricky." In line with her sensual spirit, Erin also has an unusual predilection: "I love weaving edibles - cherry tomatoes, strawberries, baby apples, raspberries, bush beans, herbs, carrots - into bouquets, as well as airy elements so that the slightest breeze can catch a component." To get started, this ambitious achiever's advice is simple: "Just skip your latte once a week and buy a posy of sweet peas instead!"

~ Erin Benzakein ~ 

[Erin Benzakein: American, florist, farmer florist, photographer, author, teacher, entrepreneur, award winner of the 2014 Martha Stewart American Made Award for Floral and Event Design and founder of Floret Flower Farm in Washington State, USA.]

[Quote from: Floral Contemporary by Olivier Dupon, 2014.]

[Flowers: Mixed bouquet with pink roses, Gypsophila and Gladiolus.]

[Vase: Vintage apothecary clear glass jar.]

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

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