Where does inspiration come from? We all like to be inspired by something we feel passionate about. Well, most of the time inspiration is all around you - just have to find it.Using a camera he...
In the Ottoman Empire the tulip was the emblem of true and perfect love. Today the tulip is loved and appreciated all over the world. They say that tulips are the worlds third most popular...
I have always loved the word haberdashery. In the Oxford English Dictionary it gives a British and an American definition. The British is: a dealer in dressmaking and sewing goods, the Amer...
Happy New Year!! I would very much like to thank all of you who visited my blog this last year. I loved all the kind, supporting, fun and encouraging comments that so many of you made. I hope 2012 wi...
I would like to wish everybody a wonderful and very Happy Holidays! Happy Christmas! God Jul! All the best and lots of love! xoxo Ingrid
I was inspired to do a white and silver Christmas flower arrangement. It all began with a collection of small vintage Christmas baubles that I found on Ebay a few years back. I also wanted ...
I love the traditional colour red for Christmas and I have to admit that most of my Christmas decorations are red, many made of wood and from Sweden. Red decorations on the green branches of&nbs...
Mollie Makes is a new British craft magazine that started this year and issue eight has just arrived in the post. The first issue came out last May and they are publishing thirteen issues a year...
Happy Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful holiday! xoxo Ingrid
I was very sad to hear that the London florist Jane Packer died last week. I had the great pleasure of meeting her a few years back. I was attending a 3-day Fresh Flower arranging cour...
Yellow and violet are complementary colours and opposite each other on the colour wheel. I have made a flower arrangement of bright yellow Chrysanthemums and fluffy yell...
Now is the time to taking advantage of warm autumn days. Pack a basket with warming soup, crusty bread, cheese and some fruit and you are set for an autumn picnic. Wrap up warm and bring s...
I love the combination of all the different pink Dahlias and Chrysanthemums in contrast with silver grey and a few stronger colours as accents. The Dahlias and the chrysanthemums are grouped tig...
Here is a very blue Easter.From dark blue to light, light blue with some white mixed in. Three kinds of eggs - all very tasty.The first one are some very pretty speckled qua...
A collection of old, new and homemade.An old door and table, some new containers and one homemade little container for the smallest flower arrangement. I gathered together a flowering plant in a...
The bride carried a bouquet with Lily-of-the-Valley. She wore a beautiful dress with lace and they played lovely music.Well, I can only be talking about the wedding of Kate and William. ************ ...
It is always a pleasure to find old vintage zinc and enamelled containers at car boot sales, flee markets, Etsy, ebay or loppis.Some people say you cant have too many! I guess your limit depends how ...
Why does Miel de Provence, Moutarde de Dijon and Moutarde Rustique sound so much more interesting and romantic than Honey from Provence, Dijon mustard and Country mustard. I guess French ju...
• When you buy cut flowers, look at them carefully to ensure they are in good condition. • If you choose your flowers with care and look after them well, they will give you pleasure for longer. • The...
The heat wave and Indian summer last week brought out the summer clothes and the cool drinks in the garden.Well, it only lasted for a few days and soon everything will be back to normal.It will ...
The author of Vintage Flowers, Vic Brotherson has been a florist for nearly twenty years. She owns a gorgeous shop in Kensal Rise in North London with the lovely name Scarlet and Violet. S...
It is soon the end of September and autumn is on the door step.Colourful and gorgeous flowers are still available to buy from the Farmers Market.In the photographs are a mixture of light purple ...
Our amazing kids held a coffee morning to raise money for the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.They raised £176 in just over three hours selling coffee, homemade cakes and jams.Well done to them...
Peonies are often thought of as a cottage garden flower, but they also have an aristocratic and exotic past.Here and here you can read a bit about the history of peonies. They are lush and luxurious ...
An old used sack, some old buttons and an old book.What so special about that?Well, the buttons are made from mother-of-pearl, the old sack has some fun writing on it and the book is full of bea...
A summer symphony in blue ..... and green.The cornflower is a much loved summer flower. It grows wild in fields and along country roads. You can find it at farmers markets as well as floris...
I have been away from my computer and my blogging for far too long.Sometimes life takes over and it is not much you can do about it. It has been holiday, travel, friends and family that has taken up ...
It was a nice surprise and such a pleasure to come across bright pink Dahlias at the Farmers Market this week.I buy the flowers from a stallholder who has a nursery called Grange Nurseries in Be...
We all know the fairy story Snow White,written by the Brothers Grimm.In the story the Queen has a magical mirror that answers any questions. She asks the mirror: "Mirror, mirror on the wall ...
Green and white looks very fresh in the spring and a tulip called Spring Green is one of my favorite tulips.I made a little flower arrangement in a vintage green glass bottle. The tulip I used is mai...
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