Spring door wreath

Ranunculus are one of my favourite flowers this time of the year and I couldn’t wait to find a project to use them in. I love their delicate papery layers and lime green centers.

The different tints and tones of pink and green give this wreath a fresh spring like appeal. It would be perfect to brighten up any front door or even used as a pretty wall decoration for a spring time wedding.

Spring in a basket

This spring planter is filled with campanula, muscari, narcissi, hyacinths, and primulas. When the plants have stopped flowering, just lift them out and plant them in the garden ready for next year - beautiful!

The first day of Spring

Yes, spring is definitely here. The sun is shining, the birds are busying around building their nests, and our village looks beautifully cheery with patches of sunny daffodils. To help welcome the new season into our home I have created this simple yet vibrant arrangement of white and pale pink tulips and white decorative twigs.

The tulips have been bunched together and tied tightly so they stand un-supported within the bowl. The white twisted sticks have simply been placed around the edge of the tulips.

As the tulips continue to grow the arrangement becomes fuller and takes on a life of its own – just like the season!

Rebecca

Daffodils for St David’s day

There is nothing more cheery than a bunch of daffodils to brighten up your home, especially when the sky outside is so dull and grey. Hope you have a lovely day!

Rebecca

Snowy colour palette

Last week I captured these photos whilst in Leicestershire visiting my family for the weekend. The muted palette of blues, whites and browns is beautiful and calming. I will hopefully use this palette to inspire some of my work over the next few weeks…

Best wishes, Rebecca

Happy Valentine’s Day

Hope you all had a lovely day! Rebecca

An ode to Spring

After Christmas I am always sad to take down our Christmas door wreath; the front door always looks rather bare and miserable.

A few weeks ago, I decided to treat our front door to a new seasonal wreath in an attempt to beckon the beginning of spring …obviously, from the recent freezing weather, this has not been successful…

Inspired by a wreath made by Tom De Houwer, I saw a while back in the 2010 Spring edition of Fleur Creatif magazine, I set about making my own rendition.

Our door wreath was made on a straw wreath base, with a slot cut into the bottom to hold a plastic water test-tube (like the ones you find attached to cut orchids). The straw base and plastic test-tube was covered with blanket moss bound with reel wire. An amaryllis was cut to length and placed into the water tube inside the wreath. Finally, a blossoming stem was cut from our winter cherry tree and bound to the front of the wreath.

Amaryllis are hardy and bare well against cold weather. Our wreath withstood may deep frosts and continued to look vibrant for over two weeks.

Best wishes, Rebecca

A frosty start…

These are the views I awoke to this morning; a glistening white veil embracing the world outside. I just love the way the frost transforms the normal tints and tones of the garden landscape into icy blue hues against a dusty pink sky.

I was lucky enough to catch a shot of my frost laden sedum plant as the sun begins to peek through the slats of our willow fence. Spider webs, which otherwise go unnoticed, drape across the fence like fine crystal necklaces. 

Despite the beauty of the morning frost, it has taken victim many of the primulas and muscari I hastily planted in pots to add some colour to our front door…clearly, I have learnt the hard way not to try and rush the seasons.

And now I look outside it is just beginning to snow…

Until my next post, warm regards to you all,

Rebecca