Le magazine LivingEtc

En feuilletant le magazine LivingEtc du mois d’avril 2010, j’y ai découvert plusieurs petits articles déco hyper colorés que j’aimerais bien accueillir dans mon chez moi! J’adore les formes organiques et les couleurs vivantes de ces objets tels que le porte chandelle, la lampe et les superbes vases dans lesquels je peux déjà imaginer quelques arrangements floraux! C’est le temps d’aller magasiner!

Forsythia tree

It could be sunnier today, what do you think …

Well I am bringing the sunshine with these pictures of my mother’s forsythia tree! It is hard to believe that this huge mass of stunning yellow flowers started off as a small twig she planted … probably about 10 years ago? Incredible!

There is such a beauty to flowering trees, what is your favorite?

Hydrangées aux différentes couleurs!

Lorsqu’on pense à Pâques, on pense chocolat! Moi quand je pense à Pâque, je pense hydrangées!

Ces magnifiques boules de fleurs aux couleurs pâles ou vibrantes me font penser aux nuages. Du rose, au violet, au bleu, au vert, au blanc et même en combinaisons de couleurs, je les adores tous. Pour moi Pâques est si magique quand je vois ces centaines de plants d’hydrangées aux différentes couleurs chez les marchants, j’y ferais une sieste, couchée sur ces petits nuages!

Joyeuse Pâques à tous et toutes!

A great arrangement for Easter

It feels like summer and we love it!

We decided to brighten up the day even more with a fresh and sunny flower arrangement. Yellow forsetia branches which will bloom in all their glory in no time, orange pincushions, salal leaves and green apples in a nice modern white container. Simple yet powerful enough to put a smile on anyone’s face!

A great arrangement for Easter too, nothing says spring like forsetia branches!

Origami Flowers

I just found this while browsing the web and I fell in love!

What a cool, inexpensive and green way to decorate for a wedding without using real flowers. I love her choice of colors, the reds and blues work perfectly with the chocolate brown of the branches. I would certainly use that idea for a party!

For the complete tutorial on how to create this look yourself, check-out Thryn’s Wedlog!

Centerpiece for a Bar Mitzvah

Like we promised on wednesday, here is the second part of our hockey themed Bar Mitzvah!

It is often a dilemma, when talking centerpieces for a party, to chose between tall or low centerpieces. Some may love the impact a tall centerpiece will give to a room, while others are scarred it will block the view and prevent the two guests facing each other from making good conversation.

This situation actually applied to this project, as the boy’s mother prefered tall, and the father, low! The solution: to do half and half. It was important for the two centerpieces to stay in the same line, again using an arrangement of big monstera leaves and salal leaves inside a round low vase containing green apples and hockey pucks.

We love to mix and match height for events, it always looks so chic and dynamic!

Centerpiece for a Bar Mitzvah

Edible flowers

Have you tasted flower?
Flowers are not only used for the purpose of decor and gifts, they are used in recipes!

Edible flowers are considered to be a gourmet delight!
They can be used in cold salads, beverages, soups, desserts and hot meals. Fresh edible flowers are found during the spring and summer, they are extremely tasty bought from organic farms or gardeners who raise flower for the use of food.

Here is a list of edible flowers:

• borage,
• carnations,
• lavender,
• roses,
• violets,
• pansies,
• gladiolas

that are easy to find and cook with. So next time when you have guests over add a pretty flower to their meal! They are delicious!

Share with us your favorite flower recipe!

Edible Flowers

Credits:

www.flowerslovers.blogsome.com
www.dev.ealerter.com
www.onceuponaplate.blogspot.com
www.bitterbutton.com
www.theflowerexpert.com

Tulipes, craspedias et pincushions jaunes

Ma chère tante fêtait ses 50 ans la semaine dernière et quoi de mieux qu’un bouquet ensoleillé pour célébrer!

Tulipes, craspedias et pincushions jaunes accompagnés d’ornithogalum orangés et d’une jupe de feuilles de xanadus ont servis à créer un bouquet festif pour l’occasion. Le fait de regrouper les fleurs serrées donne une certaine richesse au bouquet.

Espérons que ce bouquet aux couleurs éclatantes nous aidera à attirer le printemps!

white roses arrangement

The simplicity of white roses is quite pure and beautiful!

In these arrangements, the rose is really showcased as the main star and is joined by a bit of pittosporum leaves and brown bamboo stick to add style and a bit of volume. Having a green leaf inside the vase also helps to complete this simple yet elegant look.

Using a single type of flower always has such a great impact!

White Roses Arrangement

Des plantes à la verticale!

Sortir des conventions, aller là où on n’est pas attendu, surprendre tout en développant une esthétique, finesse et raffinement sont probablement les principes qui ont guidé Thibaut de Breyne et Philippe Tisserand, les 2 concepteurs de la Flowerbox.

J’adore la façon dont ces supports variés et originaux présentent les plantes sous un tout autre angle (c’est le cas de le dire!), le système d’arrosage perfectionné permet aussi de garder celles-ci en vie pour une décoration permanente des plus originales.

Ces arrangements se prêteraient si bien à mon petit chez-moi, Noël s’en vient … j’en veux un!