Tuesday, December 24, 2013

The Twelve Days Of Christmas: Day 11

What have I been doing? Floral arrangements of course! There is nothing (I do mean nothing) quite like the clean smell of pine and the crisp notes of cedar during the holiday season. Tis the season of logs roasting on an open fire, jack frost nipping at your nose! So what better way then to make our own Christmas arrangement? -- We'll make it a "Cool Yule" type of thing!

I count my blessings! My dear friend Nicola (who is a floral master!) came over to teach me the art of flower power. As you'll see through this little DIY floral fun guide she has a gift and a very amazing artistic flair.

Let's get started! So first things first, we soak our floral sponge in some water, once it's saturated we cut it to size and place it in the container of choice (are you surprised I chose a white planter?).



Once you've created the perfect fit for your floral foam -- you'll want to tape that down. The reason is because this way it holds down the floral foam just in case you need to do some floral adjusting later.

 
 
Arranging the pine is quite straight forward, angle the branches out, starting from the outside and working your way in. Alternate the pines you use to give it a beautiful textured look.


Then fill in the center part and you have a little something that looks like this:


After that its adding the flowers to give it that extra something special. We used mums, Lilly, berries and pine cones to give it that festive feel. Once we were all done our arrangements were ready to be shown to the public. And they turned out supurb!







 It's almost hard to believe that Christmas is tomorrow, here we are. One day before Christmas! Ready Freddy! All the presents are wrapped, the family is home and our hearts are warm. Of course there is one more blog day left! Something surprising and a little bit nontraditional. But to all my friends, readers and loved ones. Merry Christmas.

1 comment:

  1. The tree is perfect. I love the birds and nests and pine cones. Mother Nature is the best designer on the planet! The outdoor trees look like trees of crystal with their ice coating. Everything looks so enchanting and festive. Hope your holiday is jolly.
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