Our forsythia hedges are blossoming. Their yellow flowers are a burst of sunshine to announce the coming of spring. The forsythia hedges are rather ordinary in the summer, but create gorgeous, showy yellow blossoms on bare branches in early spring.
To decorate our Shabbos table last week, I snipped a few branches and arranged them in a simple silver vase. They make the most gorgeous arrangement and make our home feel like springtime.
Cut daffodils are for sale and that signals that spring is near.
I was so excited to see the sunny daffodil blossoms. I decided to create a grouping of yellow floral arrangements to welcome and complement the gorgeous daffodils.
Creating several smaller arrangements, rather than one large floral arrangement offers versatility. This allows me to spread the different floral arrangements throughout the house or to sequence them on the Shabbos table differently for each meal. (more…)
I get excited once I start to see tulips appear because it signals that spring is not far away. Tulips come in such an extraordinary variety of colors and petal edges. Amazingly, most tulip varieties are perfectly symmetrical. Tulips are from the lily family and are beautiful when closed as buds and when fully open.
I bought a bouquet of tulips for Shabbos. I took them home and laid them out on the counter before deciding how to arrange them. Since they have such straight stems, I thought that I would arrange them so that both the stems and the blossoms are arranged in an interesting manner. (more…)
I have always had an affinity for Birds of Paradise flowers. Their long angular stems paired with the orange and blue-tinted tropical blossom have made them a favorite of mine. Last week, in my local supermarket floral section, I found birds of paradise packaged with tropical leaves. Since I wanted to stick to the color family of the birds of paradise, I was delighted to find blue thistle. The star-shaped blue thistle flowers are the perfect counterpoint for the birds of paradise, bringing out the subtle blue in the birds of paradise flower. (more…)
Several weeks ago, Jackie, my Friday housekeeper informed me that she would be on vacation for two consecutive Fridays. Jackie usually discards last week’s roses and arranges the roses that my husband, Don, brings home. She most often opts for a traditional arrangement in a silver vase.
Friday arrived and Jackie was not there to toss the “old” roses and arrange the new ones. I was on my own! Firstly, I assessed last week’s roses and decided that they were not so bad, after all. In fact, the older roses had more interesting and mature blossoms than the new roses that were mere rose buds.
I cut off the stems right underneath the blossoms, took a square glass vase, filled it with water to the top and floated the blossoms in a grid-like pattern. I then took the new roses and arranged them in a tall vase and set the table with both vases. Voila!
simple to wow 