Monday Morning Blooms!
I'm thrilled and honored tojoin my talented, flower loving friends,Mary, Pam, and Lidy.
Shirley couldn't join this round, so theMonday Morning Blooms Ladies invited me to be their guest today.Thank you, ladies!
Valentine's Day 2021 is but a memory,but the beautiful flowers live on.
Valentine's, the most famous flower day of the year, assuredthere was no shortage of beautiful blooms to be found.Thank you, Trader Joe's!
My husband was in graduate school the year we married.It was the era of the "hippie" Flower People, withinexpensive and beautiful blooms sold on street corners! Anyone else remember those years?
Lucky me!My romantic husband spoiled me with fresh flower bouquets each weekand continues to support my love of fresh flowers.
I used chickenwire to stuff our beautiful wide-mouth MacKenzie-Childs Courtly Check Stoutly, then filled it with an arm load of long lasting blooms in soft colors that offered a touch of romance. Perfect for the month of February.
~ Hydrangea ~ Tulip ~ Carnation ~ Alstroemeria ~~ Antique Carnation ~Wax Flower ~ Blazing Star ~All in varying shades of white and pink.
A smaller arrangement works best on our table.Lately intrigued with the stacking concept of tulipieres,I decided to stack two favorite white cachepots, one within the other, to use for the table centerpiece.
Again, I used chickenwire to create
a flower frog within the smaller pot.
Once the smaller container was filled with a mix of butterfly ranunculus and hyacinths, all in pink, I added a touch of white blazing star.
Then I added stems of the ranunculus to the narrow ring of space created by the larger piece below. Not the look of a true tulipiere, but I like the end result!You'll find some beautiful tulipiere examples on my Tulipieres Pinterest Board here.
I purposefully selected flowers that have a long vase life.
The delicate butterfly ranunculus, one of my favorites, offer a touch of glimmer with their waxy leaves, and the hyacinths are a nod to my blog.
After our Valentine's Dinner,I traded out the champagne and hearts . . .
And invited the birds in from the cold.We currently have snow and single digits here in Austin.
I left the plate stack the same, but switched out the placemat for a creamy velvet and removed the hearts.
I filled a vintage Fritz and Floyd majolica asparagus
tea cup and saucer with a mini pink kalanchoe.
It added the perfect touch of whimsy to my plate stack.
Are you one to add a plate topper to your plate stack?
Don't have an extra cup and saucer for a pot?Take a pretty paper cocktail napkin, and make a cone
to turn your mini potted plant into a tussie-mussie.
To quote Monet,"I must have flowers, always and always!"
Thanks again for inviting me to share forMonday Morning Blooms!
Joining
Lidy @ French Garden House
