McQueens Festive Table Runner

Here is a short video from McQueens showing a very colourful and festive table runner that could be used for a New Years dinner table. 



Caleb at McQueens creates small posies using red tulips, ranunculus, anemones, Skimmia and ivy berries. Both the little hand tied arrangements and the individual stems are put in a collection of low glass vases surrounded by candles. 
Quick, easy and beautiful!
[Video by McQueens.]

The Joy of Plants: Expose # 19: Christoffers Blommor

I hope you love this video as much as I did! 

I loved the fact that it was filmed in the beautiful country of Sweden.

It features the Swedish florist Christoffer Broman and his shop in the oldest part of Stockholm as well as his house in the archipelago. 

Blommor means flowers in Swedish.

His shop in Stockholm's Gamla Stan, that he opened in 2001, is legendary and as he says himself he likes to make flowers look modern but not overly trendy.

There is also a second shop in Södermalm - the southern part of Stockholm.

By some he is considered the best florist in Stockholm.....!

Here is a link to Christoffers Blommor. 

Video by The Joy of Plants.

Video Introducing Linda Lomelino's Latest Book

I have followed Linda Lomelino ever since she published her first book in 2012. Her amazingly beautiful blog, Call me Cupcake, that she has been writing since 2009, you must have a look at. Her whole focus is on baking and photography and I often drool over both!

She also include a lot of flowers in her images!



Here is a short video introducing Linda's latest book, published in 2017. It is all about pies and called: Lomelino's Pies: A Celebration of Pies, Galettes and Tarts. 

All her four books are published in Swedish and English, some also in German and French.  

Styling with Houseplants - Alana Langan from Ivy Muse

Last week I featured a floral quote by Alana Langan and Jacqui Vidal from their brand new book Plant Style. 

This week I'm back with a short video with Alana Langan talking about styling and working creatively with houseplants. 

Enjoy!



[Video from Godfrey Hirst.]

Floral Media - Dior Tokyo 2017 - The Show Video

This week on 'Floral Media' - I'm featuring a short video showing a Dior fashion show that took place in Tokyo - a couple of days ago. You might ask - what does fashion have to do with flowers? Well, watch and enjoy!

I'm always fascinated when I see example of how much designers, artists and craftspeople are inspired and influenced by nature - and most of the time it's mainly flowers.

I have previously shown you videos of fashion shows where both the stage and the clothes has a floral concept.

Here and here.  

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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 more floral delights.

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

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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Floral Media - Spring Sunshine with Sarah von Pollaro

This week I'm featuring Sarah von Pollaro - who is back with another flower arranging video and she calls the arrangement 'Spring Sunshine'.



For the arrangements Sarah uses bright yellow tulips, pale yellow Solidago, peach and butter yellow Alstroemeria and grey green Eucalyptus foliage. She makes three arrangements and she shows you how to make them - step by step. 

I hope you enjoyed the video and found some inspiration to do your own spring arrangement.

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back next Wednesday morning with some more floral delights.

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 12 000 followers and around 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 - Azuma Makoto's Flowers in Ice

This week on 'Floral Media' I'm featuring Azuma Makoto who is a flower artist and botanical sculptor. This is a short video how Azuma creates his floral sculptures.

If you remember I have shown his work previously on 'Of Spring and Summer'. In 2016 he created very large ice sculptures with frozen flowers for the fashion designer Dries van Noten's fashion show in Paris. It was the S/S 2017 Ready-To Wear collection called Say It With Flowers. Here is the link.

Azuma Makoto is also the owner of the flower shop Jardin des Fleurs in Tokyo, Japan.

I hope you enjoyed the video with these strange but stunning floral sculptures.

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back later in the week.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

P. S. Did you know that you can subscribe to receive a notification via email whenever I have a new blog post. Just fill in your email address at the top of my blog on the right and an email will come right into your inbox.

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 12 000 followers and around 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 - Paris in Bloom by Georgianna Lane

This week on 'Floral Media' I'm delighted to feature Georgianna Lane and her latest book called Paris in Bloom. It will be published on March 14th.



Paris in Bloom from Georgianna Lane on Vimeo.

Here is a little bit about Georgianna: 

Georgianna Lane is a leading floral, garden and travel photographer. Her work has been featured in many international magazines and her blog chronicles her extensive travels to photograph beautiful gardens and iconic destinations.  

I hope you enjoyed the video and maybe it will even have given you some inspiration to visit Paris or to buy Georgianna's book.

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back here on Wednesday morning.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

P. S. Did you know that you can subscribe to receive a notification via email whenever I have a new blog post. Just fill in your email address at the top of my blog on the right and an email will come right into your inbox.

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 12 000 followers and around 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 - How to Create a Bedroom Floral Arrangement

This week on Floral Media I'm featuring a short video from One Kings Lane - Sarah Ryhanen from Saipua's is showing us how to create a floral arrangement for the bedroom.  



Sarah uses a variety of flowers and foliage such as snowberries, Artemesia, jasmin, Protea and foxtail millet - and makes an arrangement full of fragrance, texture and beauty.

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I hope you enjoyed this video and maybe it will give you some inspiration for trying some new flower arrangements for 2017.

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer - I will be back here tomorrow morning with another 'Flowers of the Month' featuring all the flowers I have styled and photographed during the month of January.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

P. S. Did you know that you can subscribe to receive a notification via email whenever I have a new blog post. Just fill in your email address at the top of my blog on the right and an email will come right into your inbox.

P. S. If you are looking for more floral inspiration you can go over and have a look at my Pinterest boards. I have 12 000 followers and 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 - A Winter Gathering by The Joy Of Plants

Here are some tips and lots of inspiration for setting your table this holiday season. In this very short but phenomenally inspirational video you'll find many new and trendy ideas. It's only just over one minute long - so it won't take up a lot of your time 



The video is made by 'The Joy of Plants' and this is what they say: "December is packed with celebrations: Christmas, Hanukkah and – of course - New Year’s Eve. A month full of mince pies, turkey, glasses of fizz and a few days when you let yourself recover from all the indulgence. A time when the table looks even more appealing than usual, and we stretch out on the sofa with warm blankets and cost slippers. A month of pure enjoyment, which is even easier with our December dossier."

The Joy of Plants is an initiative from the Flower Council of Holland.

I hope you'll enjoyed the short video and that you'll find lots of inspiration.

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

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

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Floral Media - Installation Artist Rebecca Louise Law

On this week's 'Floral Media' I'm featuring an artist called Rebecca Louise Law who creates bespoke sculptural pieces made of flowers.



In this video Law talks about how she makes a installation called 'White, 2016' for a jewellry company called Forevermark Diamond. 

Here is a little bit about Rebecca: "Rebecca Louise Law is an Installation Artist based in East London, specialising in artworks made with natural materials, namely flora."

I hope you enjoyed this video with some rather unusual flower arrangements used in a very creative way.

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

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

P. S. Did you know that you can subscribe to receive a notification via email whenever I have a new blog post. Just fill in your email address at the top of my blog on the right and an email will come right into your inbox.

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Floral Media - AESME Flowers - Dawn to Dusk Video

Today on Floral Media I'm featuring a video about AESME Flowers that was founded in 2015 by the two talented and creative sisters, Ally Nutting and Jesse Lister. 

In a quote they say: "Romantic wedding flowers are our speciality."

Here is the short video showing the sisters creating a beautiful floral arch. They start with writing down ideas as well as making drawings. They go foraging for the seasonal material they need and then build the arch from the branches and flowers they found adding garden flowers and fruit. 




They also do styling for special projects as well as photoshoots. You can join their Christmas wreath workshops held in London and Bath. 

Ally writes their blog and Jesse creates botanical artwork and photographs their flowers.

I hope you've enjoyed the short video that I found on Youtube. It was directed by Katy Lawrence and music by Jim Barne

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

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

P. S. Did you know that you can subscribe to receive a notification via email whenever I have a new blog post. Just fill in your email address at the top of my blog on the right and an email will come right into your inbox.

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Floral Media - Video - Make Your Own Autumn Flower Arrangement

Here is a short little video from Martha Stewart's YouTube channel. It's her Senior Garden Editor, Todd Carr showing us how to make a quick and easy autumn flower arrangement.

He is using a bunch from the supermarket and transforms them into something a bit more special. The flowers he is using are a couple of different Chrysanthemums as well as some Golden Rod also called Solidago.

Todd uses a gold coloured vase that matches the colour of the flowers. He starts with the larger Chrysanthemums and then fills in with the smaller ones and the Golden Rod.

I hope you'll enjoy this short video! Have a fabulous and floral Monday!

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

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

P. S. Did you know that you can subscribe to receive a notification via email whenever I have a new blog post. Just fill in your email address at the top of my blog on the right.

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Floral Media - Plenty of Petals Video

I just found this video on Vimeo it's called Plenty Of Petals and it's 2 min long.


Plenty Of Petals from Fourth Films on Vimeo.

It's a beautifully shot little film about how a florist picks out flowers and foliage at a wholesale flower market and then puts together a wild but stunning bouquet in soft and muted autumn colours. 

I hope you'll enjoy this sweet video! Have a fabulous and floral Monday!

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

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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

P. S. Did you know that you can subscribe to receive a notification via email whenever I have a new blog post. Just fill in your email address at the top of my blog on the right.

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Floral Media - Easter Decorations from The Joy of Plants

Do you need some new and fresh inspiration for Easter? Take a look at this short video from The Joy of Plants and Funny How Flowers Do That - on how to decorate your Easter table this spring. They are being creative with both flowers and other plants. There are also some links below on how to do some of the decorations.

Here are a few of the ideas featured:

- grey linen table cloth and napkins that are folded into long shapes and placed in between the two plates

- grey plates

- gilded cutlery

- pretty heirloom crystal glasses

- a flower or foliage on each plate next to the menu

- tall tapered white candles

- individual flowers straight on the table cloth

- small vintage glass bottles with just a few flowers and branches

- cover eggs with moss, flowers and fern and hold it all in place with thin gold wire wound around the shape and positioned at each place-setting

- little nests made from moss, flowers, thin branches and planted half eggsshells - placed on a piece of wood with a candle

- individual potted bulbs wrapped in hessian fabric and tied with narrow ribbons

- eggs with fern, leaves and flowers glued onto the shells

- a few brass objects placed around the table

Printed menus and here is what was served:

Starter 

Risotto Cake with Pistachio Pesto

Main

Pan Roasted Duck with A Parsnip Puree and Red Wine Gravy

Dessert

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Here are a lot of lovely ideas to use for inspiration when you invite friends and family over for Easter.

Here are the links to how to make some of the decorations:

- Moss covered eggs

- Printed menus

- Decorated Easter eggs

- Individual potted bulbs

- Tree-trunks with nests of moss and flowers

- Eggnog with flowers

Have a wonderful and very floral Easter!

I'll see you later in the week with some more floral delights from Of Spring and Summer.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

All images provided by The Joy of Plants.

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Floral Media - Floral Spring Centrepiece by Sarah Raven

Here is another brilliant video by Sarah Raven where she is making a spring centerpiece using a grid to help the flowers stay in position in the bowl. It will work for a big dining table, coffee table or hall table. She gives very good instruction on how to do it in the video - so I feel there is no need for me to repeat by writing it all down in the blog post. 

I love sharing these videos in case you have not seen them before - so watch the video and try to make your own! 

Here is a little bit about Sarah in case you have missed my previous posts with her videos:

Sarah Raven is well known in the UK for presenting gardening programs on television, writing lots of books about gardening and plants, teaching floral workshops and flower arranging courses, giving talks and demonstrations and also for being an enormously successful business women running a plant, seed and gardening internet business.

Have a Great Floral Day and enjoy your flower arranging!

I will be back later in the week with more floral delights from Spring and Summer.

Ingrid

~ xoxo ~

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Books, Magazines and Videos

I'm back with two short little videos showing some fun floral styling.

Style director Vanessa Colyer Tay, from the Australian htf. magazine, is using bottles and jars with some very simple added craft elements and wonderful big Dahlias.

They would look great as a floral centerpiece on a dining table, grouped on small table or chest of drawers, in a windowsill or along a mantelpiece. 

I hope you'll enjoy the videos and after a wonderful summer and up until today a warm and sunny early autumn - I'm back with lots of exciting floral styling, flower arranging tips, new books and magazines and other little surprises.

I have a new computer and a new camera is on the way - they both bit the dust over the summer. I also have an updated Photoshop Elements program loaded on the new computer - wish me luck as it's a lot to get to grips with all at the same time!

I'll be back soon with more beautiful flowers.

xoxo Ingrid

Lomelinos Glass

This is a beautiful and very pretty video - about a book called Lomelinos Glass - written by Linda Lomelino.

Lomelinos glass (Lomelino´s Ice cream) from Linda Lomelino on Vimeo.

Glass is Swedish for ice cream - so you've guessed it - the book is about ice cream - home-made ice cream -  and it's Linda's second book - her first was about cakes - called Lomelinos Tårtor.

All the photographs are taken by Linda and it's published by Bonniers Fakta. 

Linda is one of these creative and multi-talented Swedes - she bakes, writes books, is a photographer, makes videos, plays in a band and writes the blog Call Me Cupcake.

The ice cream books is only available in Swedish at the moment - but the cake book is translated into Dutch and Finnish.

Linda is in a band called Death in the Afternoon and you can hear some of their music on the video. 

Linda is on Facebook - Twitter and Pinterest.

I also found some beautiful images taken by Linda - of course I love how she uses flowers to decorate her cakes - how pretty is that!

 

Have a wonderful week and I will see you soon.

xoxo Ingrid

[Images: Linda Lomelino.]