It won't come as a surprise to anyone that it is January and there are not a whole lot of flowers out in my garden. But, I do have some....just not a lot.
I decided to be a bit creative this month with my bouquet. Actually, I don't know if you can even call it a bouquet. But, I am quite happy with the results.
I have always liked how beautiful floating flowers appear, so I decided to try it out for myself. I used my grandmother's glass dessert dishes (to be honest, this is the first time I have used them for anything). I may have to actually use them for dessert sometime ;-)
I realize that I have not mentioned what flowering annuals that I have growing. Well, here they are - Violas, Dianthus and Pink Geraniums.
I just wish that I had a party at my house so that I could use them as decorations for the table. Wouldn't they be pretty at a tea party?
Well, my kids have been asking me if we could have a tea party the past couple of days......
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I realize creating a bouquet during the winter months can be quite challenging, but that is where creativity comes in.
Maybe you have some dried seedheads, which would make a beautiful bouquet.
Or maybe you have some beautiful poinsettias or amaryllis.
I also think that a bouquet of evergreen foliage is beautiful.
If you would like to participate in this month's MGB, here are the guidelines:
1. MGB begins on the 21st of each month and runs until the end of each month. Bouquets can be submitted during this time (or even later :-)
2. Create your own garden bouquet as fancy or simple as you like.
3. I would appreciate it if you would provide a link back to my post inside of your MGB post, but it is not required :-)
4. Add your link to Mr. Linky below and that's it!
It can be as simple or fancy as you like. Each month, I cannot wait to see what you all come up with.
10 comments:
Hi Noelle, That is a very simple yet beautiful idea. Since there aren't many blooms for a lot of gardens in the North, I thought I would share my blooms and sun rays today.
Precious floating faces Noelle! I love the glass dishes too.
Bright and cheery...perfect for a cold day in January. I like your choice to float the blooms!
I think your arrangement is a very clever use of "not many" flowers, Noelle. Nice bright buttons, they are.
I love to have floating flowers on a table. I used to babysit for a couple who did this with gardenias. He would buy her a gardenia to float in a little vase...and would replace it everytime it withered. I always thought that was so nice...My "cheater" bouquet will be up as soon as I leave here...
Balisha
I too love floating flowers and yours are very lovely in those clear glass dessert dishes! Nice of you to host this MGB, will see if I can display something later.
Hi Noelle,
Yes, the floating flowers count as a bouquet and...I LOVE the IDEA.
In fact, I wish I could do the same. I might have some early violets in bloom, but I'll have to crawl on the ground and look for them. LOL :-)
I wish I had some violas like yours...so beautiful. I used to grow Johnny Jumpups and they were fun.
David/ Tropical Texana/ Houston
So very pretty!! I think they would be perfect for a tea party. I've been having tea parties with my little ones lately, any excuse to get out the fancy tea pot and accessories is a good one. :)
Just a token gesture this time. By the end of February we should have roses worth picking again.
Noelle, what lovely bowls of colour you've created. I'd like to have a tea party with those. They would certainly brighten up our white landscape.
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