Monday Morning BloomsI am very honored to be invited to be a 'guest bloomer' for Monday Morning Blooms. I have viewed Pam, Mary, Lidy, and Shirley's floral posts from the beginning when it took place on Friday and was called Floral Friday. Then it moved to Monday and was called Monday Morning Blooms. I have been continually inspired for the last three years. Congratulations, ladies for your success.
Let me introduce myself: I am Bonnie of Living With Thanksgiving and my Instagram account is by the same name. I adore flowers and I believe that my mother is the reason because she was so thrilled by every flower. Some of my fondest childhood memories are picking wild violets from the woods, and flowers from her yard, and then arranging them. Now, I have a daughter and she loves flowers, too.
In fact, while visiting my daughter on my birthday, I had the most serendipitous thing to happen. My daughter and I watched a beautiful garden video together on Amazon.
It was a wonderful Garden Tour (The Gardener) that she had seen and I had not. So we watched it together and it was a lovely bonding time. But I digress. After the documentary, her mail arrived and the latest issue of Flower Magazine caught my eye.
Serendipity is the occurrence and development of events in a happy and beneficial way. Watching the program together, with my daughter and then finding the floral arrangement pictured on the magazine cover was indeed serendipity. I knew immediately I wanted to use this idea for Monday Morning Blooms. It was also fortunate, (serendipity?) that my daughter had a head vase exactly like the magazine. Wow, I loved the idea of doing an arrangement in the Grecian bust pot so I raced out and bought flowers and chicken wire to secure the flowers in the bust. Thank you Flower Magazine for the inspiration. It was fun to gather a few flowers and greenery from her garden to add to the Costco flowers and her laundry room was spacious and light-filled making it pleasant to arrange the flowers.I added Lenton Roses and greenery(Arum Italicum) which is also known as Italian Lords and Ladies. To me, adding homegrown flowers to grocery store flowers adds a special touch. I also learned about the app called "Picture This" to find out the name of the greenery.
The flowers I used were Queen Anne's Lace, Daisies, Mums, Bells of Ireland, Coral Roses, Great White Hellebore, Snow Queen Iris, and variegated Italian Lords and Ladies.
My daughter's home has such wonderful light in every room. I loved photographing the arrangement with the wonderful light.
The two of us had so much fun moving from spot to spot.
My daughter is an artist, (amy_schnorrenberg on Instagram). To view her website, click here. Her paintings were perfect backdrops for my floral arrangement.
This head vase is very versatile. Before, seeing the magazine, I had just seen them with plants. Just by using different size flowers, kinds of flowers, and arranging them more loosely you can change the look and take advantage of the versatility of this vase. The possibilities are endless. On the eve of publishing and previewing my post, I discovered the website of the Flower Magazine designer of the cover arrangement, Martha Whiney Butler@The French Potager. Her tutorial is lovely.
My passion for flowers and flower arranging is strong and continues to grow. It is a pleasure to join my special, flower-loving friends, Mary, Pam, Lidy, and Shirley, for Monday Morning Blooms. Click on their links below to view their beautiful posts.
Pam@Everydayliving
Lidy@FrenchGardenHouse
Shirley@HousepitalityDesigns
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful: they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul. Luther Burbank
I appreciate being invited to be a 'guest bloomer' today. Thank you, Monday Morning Bloom Ladies! It was so nice to join you. I had a fabulous time!
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