Being a romantically inclined sort of girl I always like to make a nod towards Valentine’s Day in mid February. I am not keen on the commercial interpretation with over priced restaurant meals and jaw droopingly expensive bouquets. A few flowers at home, a glass of champagne and a flickering fire are more my style.
In preparation for Valentine’s Day later this week, I have been inspired to make a heart shaped wreath to hang on our front door. Not having any heart shaped oasis to hand, I managed to find a heart shaped wicker frame whilst shopping yesterday and covered this with some spag moss left over from Christmas to add depth and soften the look.
Red roses were not to be found at the flower stall at the market – clearly the florist’s shops have bagged the lot this year. I was, however, very happy with the mix of pink and muted mauve roses that I did manage to find – a nod to ‘The Day’ without being too overt and at the same reasonable price as usual (3 bunches for £5).
The perfectly coloured velvet ribbon was left over from a Christmas wreath. I also used a few stems of freesia to lighten the arrangement and add a beautiful drift of scent.
I always love to put hypericum berries with roses!
On yet another overcast day, I was once again lucky that the sun came out just I started to take the photographs. The spag moss adds a lovely hazy background which catches the sunlight.
I hope you enjoyed the flowers this Sunday and that I might have inspired you to add a touch of romance to your week.
I will be back tomorrow with In A Vase On Monday, which will also have a romantic inspiration with flowers from my garden.
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Beautiful as ever! I know, I totally resent the commercialization of Valentines (and all holidays, for that matter!) and am all for a quiet kind of nod to the day. Our florists are totally overrun with red roses and carnations (ugh)…so, well, I bought purple iris and white carnations yesterday at the market. How’s that for a change up!
Hope you have a good week Julie.
BTW: I can’t remember now, was it the Instagram widget you had asked about? I see you DO have it installed. Or was it the Pinterest? Let me know if you need any help with these!
Thank you Libby – I did ask you about Instagram because although I have the widget, yours is showing up much larger than mine & so has more impact.
Three bunches of roses for £5?!! And I though Aldi had bargain flowers! Those dusky pink ones are beautiful and you have certainly used them all to great effect – how have you attached them to the wicker heart? The hypericum berries are indeed a great asset – not something I have in the garden as I think I decided it was too thuggish at some point! I am intrigued about your vase for tomorrow… I have taken a small leap in the dark with mine and you will see tomorrow whether it was successful!
Thank you Cathy – the flowers are an amazing price!! We are very lucky to have that flower stall at the Bury St Edmunds market.
The roses are just pushed into the wicker frame through the moss. The moss keeps everything damp and as the wreath is hanging outside it should last in the cooler temperatures until the weekend. I will spray it regularly as well as cut flowers will absorb moisture on their petals. I have a few hypericum plants in the garden and they do self seed but so far have not been a problem.
I hope to get my vase post up later this afternoon. Looking forward to seeing yours!!
Our local market does have cheapish flowers but only very basic things, unlike some of the flowers you have found at B St E 😉
Just beautiful! My grandmother + mother have the gift you have to put flowers together like that! I am good with a simple vase + what I grow in my garden, but what you created takes some skill + eye for what goes well together. Love the shades of pink!
Thank you so much Robbie – I just love flowers and a simple vase is as much pleasure as a more elaborate arrangement, especially when you have grown them yourself!
It is lovely, you are so talented.
I can see I am going to get some great ideas from you. I hope you don’t mind being copied!
Thank you Chloris – you are welcome to copy away! I would be very surprised though if you end up with a replica – just like everyones cakes taste different, it is the same with flowers. You can give a group the same ingredients but each arrangement will display some of the makers originality.
Beautiful wreath Julie! Just the pop of color that this long
winter needs
Thank you Tasha – a bit of colour does lift the spirits!