This time we have created a table advent wreath with four candles, but it’s body is entirely made up from fresh flowers - baby's-breath, ranunculus and lisianthus – with some stars and baubles added on top. It’s all subtle white, airy, silver, sparkly and just breaths Christmas magic – I’m definitely planning to make a similar one for Christmas!
Silver Christmas magic Is it possible to make a Christmas wreath without using even a single piece of needle twig, and without the red and gold colours which are always associated with it? As we have proved during this weekend’s floristry class – yes, it is by all means possible! This time we have created a table advent wreath with four candles, but it’s body is entirely made up from fresh flowers - baby's-breath, ranunculus and lisianthus – with some stars and baubles added on top. It’s all subtle white, airy, silver, sparkly and just breaths Christmas magic – I’m definitely planning to make a similar one for Christmas!
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And today an idea for a small but cute gift for someone - eye-catching, original and funky key rings from Accessorize. I think their only downside is that they're small, and I do realize that some women (me included...) need really big key rings so that the keys are easier to find in a bag ;-) But for a small handbag, these are perfect:-)
If you’re reading this it means you must have already seen the Cookie Monster Cupcake above;-) I’ve found it on kellyloves.wordpress.com, and I think it deserves the title of the coolest cake of the month! After all, I’ve always said that baking can be fun, and that it’s a great outlet for creativity. Here are a few other cupcake ideas from the same website – an inspiration for you to spend long Autumn evenings doing something creative in the kitchen :-)
PS. I'm pretty sure my husband would just go crazy over the Pac-Man cupcakes ;-) This is going to be a long post, and it’s all going to be about porcelain – and more precisely, about charming Christmas porcelain. I was doing shopping in the nearby mall yesterday, and while passing by the newly opened Villeroy and Boch shop I got literally stopped in my tracks by their amazing Christmas display. It was cleverly composed from the brand's two Christmas lines - Toy's Delight and Bakery Delight, which looke like this: It was real love at first sight when I saw these mugs, milk jugs and cookie jars. Villeroy and Bosh are unfortunately rather expensive, but if I got to choose some smaller piece from their collection, I’d go for one of these: Or one of those extremely cute teapots, I think they beat all the other ones I've had on my blog so far; I especially love the first two: And here are yet more pieces from these two collections; if you can afford it, I'm sure you'd find in here perfect gift ideas for Christmas, or just a way to invite Christmas atmosphere into your home:
Every year I like browsing the shops and the Internet for special editions of Christmas tree decorations, which different brands launch around November. This time I’ve stumbled across a collection by the famous English porcelain brand Wedgwood, and I must say it’s quite original. True to the Wedgwood classic choice for baby blue and white (with few exceptions), it’s pretty, made with attention to detail and I think it would give your Christmas tree a bit of a Greek feel – which is quite unique. One of these will also make for a nice Christmas present. Here is a selection from the 2010 collection, and you can find more on the Wedgwood website. Enjoy! Today I have for you something really fun and cute – a selection of Christmas teapots. As you know, I have a weakness for pretty teapots, something I inherited from my mother, so Christmas is a perfect excuse to go searching for new and interesting designs. Here is the first batch of the three I’ve found and took a liking to – they all come from this website. They could make a perfect gift, or invite Christmas atmosphere into you home :-)
The wedding floristry theme continued today, which meant more pink and white colours, more meticulous work and – of course – more fun. First we made another wedding bouquet, but this time a decorative one, with a slightly flowing shape – the most difficult arrangement I had to face so far. I have to admit that halfway through the work I had my doubts if I ever manage to finish it and if the result is going to be anywhere close the desired one - but it was actually better than expected. Here it is: Next, we proceeded to do a head wreath - it’s quite time-consuming but pleasant work (although it requires nimble fingers), and the technique can be used also to create a lot of different kinds of wreaths – small wedding car decorations, first communion head wreaths for girls, small Easter or Christmas wreaths and generally decorative hanging ones! I wish I could describe this technique here for you (and all the other ones too), but it's impossible - it has to be shown by someone. So if you're interested, I can only recommend you to do the same that I did - go to a floristry course... And the very final piece we did today was a wedding boutonniere for the groom:
First wedding boquet I ever made The November mornings in Warsaw are cold, dark, wet and gloomy, but despite that I got up this morning before 7 o’clock with a smile on my face and a thrill of pleasant anticipation – today was another day of my floristry course. This time we were introduced to the basics of wedding bouquets, and we’ve spent 5 hours (yes, 5 hours!) creating a well-crafted, meticulously finished biedermeier bouquet. You wouldn’t believe how much precise work goes into such a small floral creation, and how many special techniques and tricks there are to make it look the way it does – I know it now. But challenging as it is, it’s also very pleasant work, and I felt as if I was creating a small flower masterpiece. It might not be perfect – after all, it was my first attempt at such a bouquet – but as it stands on my table my eyes keep wandering back to it. And let me just point out the it is actually pink, and still I like it – which says a lot ;-) Here it is: And today another piece of Christmas inspiration – an advent wreath. Traditionally, you get one about four weeks before the Holidays, and every Sunday one candle is supposed to be lit – hence the four candles. The wreath I made is pretty traditional, constructed from evergreens decorated with tiny read and gold glass balls, cinnamon sticks, pine cones, dried orange slices etc, but there is also one thing in it which is more original – the candles. I created them from big, shiny apples; in each of them I made (with a spoon) a small hollow, one big enough to exactly fit in a tea light. I gave two of them a finishing touch by pasting small pearls around the tea lights, and the other two by sticking in some cloves in the same place. It’s an easy way to create a very Christmasy-looking and original candle, which not only can be used in a variety of Christmas projects, but also smells nice when lit – especially the version with cloves. As on alternative, you can also use an orange instead of an apple. So, go forth and make a nice wreath for your home! Well, I'm pretty sure the picture above speaks for itself, so I'll just say - yes, it's a bag; yes, it's Christmas-y and yes, it's pretty original, funny and cute in a funky way - so obviously I just had to put it on my blog. Another creation by Fuzzy Nation - and a way to make jaws drop if you take one of these for a winter walk ;-)
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