Floral arrangement for summer

It is getting nice and warm day by day. The sun roof in the dining room brings bright sun shine all day long. Makes the room so lively. The desire to decorate and make the dining table increases by all the sun shine. So now the dining table does not have the 'ready to eat' look but ' ready to party'  look. What better way to add colors to any room other than flowers. For the love for floral arrangements I did a certificate course in floral design. Although I admit that most of my designs come up impromptu without much attention to the traditional setups. Here is what I did recently. 

Curled up the leaves on the sides all around. Blues, purples and pink with hints of white giving it a wavy symmetry with few leaves springing out to add a little drama.  

Some more pictures. Wooden jars giving them company. 

A glimpse of my living room in the background. 

Have a lovely weekend!!

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Floating flowers centerpiece

Flowers can add pizzazz to any room instantly with ease. Although I make and believe in proper floral arrangements with perfect shape using florist foam and suitable vase. You can see the several floral arrangements I have done till date here. There are times when I just want to take it easy plus I have some flowers fallen from the stems( How we hate seeing that). It is those times when floating flowers seems to be the easiest way out.  Floating flowers in a bowl or uruli are one of the easiest way to instantly perk up decor.

One can use different combinations of store bought or home grown flowers and make a striking floral designs. It goes well with traditional Indian decor for a India themed or Bollywood themed party.  These metal bowl called uruli are traditionally used for cooking of which I have no connection left ( just kidding) This arrangement looks good outdoors and indoors as well. Many resorts and restaurants even spas incorporate these to create a traditional welcoming effect.

I have some orchids and roses in the uruli with two of my candle holders doing a part time job of single flower vase:)

Image taken by me@home.

Floral arrangements for tabletops

Hello lovely friends!! There are so many new things that I want to share with you.. I have been working on so many new paintings..reorganized and redecorated the entire house..still working on making the shop operational.. traveled to some beautiful places in Hong Kong plus the baby has started sleeping all night long which means he takes small naps during daytime which means lesser 'Me- time' for me!! I honestly don't know which topic to post first..phew!!!

Flowers ..How about flower arrangement/ flower decor..just for eye candy!! Sharing with you today floral arrangement from our apartment.. These pretty arrangements in the lounge..This one is in a tall 4 feet vase..

 These two vase on a table are really good for eye candy..I like how the stems are kept hidden in the clear glass with palm leaves ..

This flower box as a centerpiece really helps prep up the space...Did you notice the the hint of green in the purple flower box.. 

Are these artichokes with stems?!!! Always thought artichokes look lovely...But never thought artichokes could form a table centerpiece...Great idea!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!!

Floral arrangements

Today I am sharing with you some fantastic floral decorations in some of the top hotels in Singapore and Hong Kong. They are quite easy and longer lasting .. at the same time they look so elegant and extraordinary!! 

The first two are from Marina Mandarin , Singapore.

Tall oriental centerpiece

Branches

Raffia/ twine balls

Tall vase

Horizontal floral arrangement

In a tall vase put dry branches.. put some raffia balls on it.. In front of the vase keep a horizontal floral arrangement.

perfect to make a statement and also to break the monotony of the room..

Tea light centerpiece

You will need: 

A branch of rose and some extra flowers..

Glass or Tea light holder

Raffia or twine

Tie a raffia or twine around a tea light holder..Pluck the leaves and fix them around the holder. Fix the rose and some extra flowers as well..

can be perfect for centerpiece for a small table(solo) or a large table(in a row) formal dinner/function or even wedding..

The next two are from Intercontinental, HongKong

Dry floral centerpiece

You will need a cactus or succulent like lotus cactus.( I don't know what is the name of this one...if you know do let me know)

A few long leaves

pebbles

square vase

Put some pebbles at the bottom of the vase ..fill with little water and keep the cactus in it..Decorate with the leaves

will look perfect in a contemporary table setting.

 Tall roses centerpiece

You will need:

Tall vase

Bamboo

Roses with long stems

Banana leaves

First make the vase stable by supporting it with a thicker bamboo. Thread 5-7 thin bamboo in a row like fashion with a twine at the top, middle and bottom with the thicker one. Fill the vase with water. Make a bouquet of 50 roses. Cover  the stems with banana leaf. Fix them in the vase.


Next ones are from Shangri la, Hong Kong

Orchid centerpiece


You will need:


Dry branches
Test tubes
florist wire 
Orchids
pebbles and flat deep dish


Fix the branches in a row in the florist foam..Arrange pebbles over it..Fill test tubes with water and put a Orchid flower in it. Tie these to the branches at different levels with florist wire.


This will look pretty in the entrance or in front front of a plain wall.

Twin floral arrangement

You will need:

Similar looking two vase 

Hydrangeas

Long palm leaves

Fill the vase with hydrangeas and then just arrange palm leaves to create a continuous look

Floral teddy bear


For this one you will need a lot of florist foam and then shape it in a teddy shape. Keep on pushing flowers in it until you have completely filled it up. I would love to make this one for children's party or valentines day ...although not sure where to find this big sized florist foam:)




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Valentine's day

 Decorating my home with flowers for Valentine's day..Life has become very busy with my 2 week old baby.. This valentine's day is different..not as romantic like the wonderful earlier ones DH and I had celebrated..this one was spent mostly talking about diapers, pooh and milk..LOL

 

Nevertheless I managed to decorate the house with flowers...

                                    This one I tried to do something like a Ikebana floral design..

The flowers are from a lovely bouquet a friend gave me when she came to see my baby.. 

wish I knew the names of the exotic flowers...

Happy Valentine's day!!! 

xoxo

One vase 4 stunning centerpieces

Let's look at 4 different ways to arrange flowers and create awesome centerpieces using the same vase ...

     

Arrange Calla lilies with long stems or floating flowers-orchids with lemons and lemon slices, floating candles. Use large tropical leaf like a banana leaf or Monstera leaf as a table mat.. This decor will look splendid on a romantic occasion or even a lovely elegant party with friends..

Arrange tulips as a bouquet and floating in clear vases alternatively in a row in the center of the table. Float candles in tall glasses .. sprinkle tiny flowers on the table..This centerpiece can make your table look very festive ... 

Use seasonal flowers and fruits for creating a seasonal look..

All the beautiful images are courtesy brown paper design.

Happy Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

Wish you all a very happy weekend!!!!!!

:- show & tell Friday

How to jazz up the candle stands..

I am a big fan of small things which add ambience and theme to the room ...really amazes me how little changes in the decor will bring that extra umph!!!!! Some days back I showed you a blue and white summer table decor  in which I used candle stands which I had jazzed up with flowers.. Today I will share a quick tutorial to get that look!!!

I highly recommend using Limonium ..also known as Purple statice (wiki) flowers for 2 reasons. First they are available everywhere- in cold countries as well as the warmer and tropical countries. Second is that these flowers can be dried easily and the most important thing is that even after drying their color looks as good as the fresh ones.

Do you remember the table decor I did last year in Zürich. See here and here!!! I used Limonium for the centerpiece arrangement!! 

I loved the natural beauty there and wanted to bring some part of it with me..So I dried these flowers and brought them with me to Singapore. They sit on my center table in the living room right now!!

How to dry them? Its very simple.. Just remove the water from pot/vase you are keeping the Limonium in..Cut off few cms from the end stems.. Let them dry naturally!! 

So coming back to how to jazz up the candle stands... You need scissors, a few stems of Limonium and a string - either a twine/raffia/ ribbon.

Cut off the long stem of Limonium and make a tiny bunch of them. Use the string to bunch them together. Now tie this bunch to the neck of the candle stand. 

As per the occasion you can choose to use the type of the string.  For example: use a lovely white ribbon for wedding or anniversary. For a cozy casual look use raffia .. for fun party look use bakers twine.. 

You won't believe how much the type of the string and the color of the candles can make a difference to the look and feel of your table!!!

Hope you all have a great start to your week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Floral design for corners or side tables

Hello lovely people.. Hope you all are having a wonderful start to your week. Sharing with you today is the new floral design I made in the class. I am learning the basic types..but I am so impressed by the extra ordinary creations created by the other members in the class who are learning other floral designs like European or contemporary.


Here's what I did .... It looks just adding flowers but there is some extent  of maths.. geometry involved in it.. It has to be correct or else the floral design will end up looking like a bush:)

These pictures are from the class. I took them for reference to be used when there is no instructor is guiding me..This is how the end product looked like..

These arrangement can add pizazz to any corner table or side table kept against even a bare wall!

Mother's day Floral design

Today I took my obsession for floral arrangements to another level!!!  This is my masterpiece (even if I may say so myself:)) for mother's day!! A few more views of this floral design..

I have joined a floral design school and have to tell you that my instructor was very impressed with my skills.. I am so happy!!! I will create a table scape for mother's day with this as the centerpiece!! 

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More Floral Centerpieces

Continuing with the earlier post of floral centerpieces today I am sharing with you some more centerpieces!! I am so happy to have found roses from India in the flower market here. It felt as if they are from my parent's garden.. I can be such a emotional fool sometimes..:) The  idea I had in mind when I made this arrangement was to make two circles..inside white roses and outside ring of pink roses. As you can see I am not that good so the pink outside ring looks more like square:)

My DH loved these orchids..He usually just follows me, pays at the cashier in flower shops..This was one of rare occasion when he choose these. I know what you girls are saying..His choice is good isn't it:))

My home feels so refreshing because of these pretty flowers!!!

Joining the Summer and Spring Fest, White Wednesday, Tablescape Thursday,

Open House Link Party!!

Floral Centerpieces

Hello beautiful people!!! Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend with friends and family. I had a exciting long weekend..Long walks and strolls on the beach, botanical  garden, Sentosa Boardwalk.. Rest of the time we spend at movies, shopping, chit chatting...The weather was pleasant as well .. I have been very inspired by the beautiful flower decor on some lovely blogs and sites.. So I created a floral centerpieces on almost all the tables in the house!!

 I am loving the beautiful array of flowers in the flower market. There is so many variety that it becomes so tempting and confusing as to which ones to buy.. I think we are simply spoiled of choices.This is the one of the side table. A seasonal decor for Easter with my glass Rooster from Villeroy and boch and the Moscow kremlin.

I bought a set of 6-8 of these leaves and mix-matched them with various arrangements. This one is on my dining table. I used Prego's pasta sauce bottle. The clear glass bottle makes a perfect vase. The thought of painting it or tying a ribbon around it crossed my mind but I just loved the look of the criss crossed stems in the water in the bottle!! Simple yet pretty!!

I also bought some 16 white roses, 16 pink roses, Orchids as well..

I will share with you all those pictures in a different post..So look out for the next part!!

I always love to have flowers around the house..It makes everything so cheerful..

To see some of the earlier flower centerpieces click on the links below..

The spring blooms in my house click here, 

Floating flowers & candles click here,

Diwali flowers click here,

Carved watermelon and lilies centerpiece click here,

Flower's in my other creations click here!!!!

Have a lovely week ahead!!!!

Flower Power

Flowers have lot of power.. Power to melt your heart ..make you all mushy.. relieve your stress.. can make you smile.. feel fresh at all times !! 


Sharon and Rekha are celebrating their blog anniversary with style with flowers!! Though I do not any pictures of pretty flowers in our current serviced apartment ..  I dug into my archives and found these..

Spreading positivity and energy in my house ..Create a simple yet stunning table decor by arranging fresh flowers ..

Decorate your food with flowers..natural and organic .. Flowers are equally charming in food too..Do you know there are some edible flowers too!!

Flowers look great on cakes too.. especially in winter when finding my favorite flowers was difficult .. I made these cupcakes with butter cream icing and made some flowers...







Made some cute worms to live in the flowers  :)) 

They can dazzle the walls too..I made flowers on Stained glass too ...

Flowers can make a romantic  table decor too...





and even when they are not fresh/alive anymore.. they still can add pizazz to your life and decor in form of dried flowers..


Linking to Say it with flowers on fantastic Keybunch!! Happy Anniversary!!