Blooming Sentiments: Celebrating Mother's Day

Bonjour Friends!  May is my favorite month, when the air hums with the promise of floral beauty, and the garden is bursting with vibrant colors and delicate fragrances. It's always a joy to join all of you flower loving friends, today we're sharing Blooming Sentiments: Celebrating Mother's Day. 

Welcome to the May edition of Monday Morning Blooms!

Pam, Mary and I are excited to welcome back our friend Jennifer of Celebrating Everyday Life as our special guest. I know you will love her as much as we do, you'll find links for Pam, Mary, and Jennifer at the bottom of this post.

In memory of my Mom, I set my little round French bistro table on the lawn. My mom, who was born in Holland, loved nothing more than to be in our garden in spring. Every spring, as the flowers, and especially the roses she loved, bloom, I think even more about her and am so grateful God chose her to be my mom.

As the gentle warmth of spring kisses our garden, it's a wonderful time to host little gatherings in the garden. Our roses began blooming a few weeks ago. The lace cascade, a white climber, is really doing well this year. {see it in the second photo up from here^}

I kept the table really simple, using a white sheet underneath, I layered these favorite ruffled linen place mats on top like petals of a big flower.  My Mom's favorite color was blue, oh how she would have loved this setting!

My mom was wonderful, but she really didn't have the gift of hospitality. I like to think I inherited my love of entertaining from my grandmother, who loved gatherings of all sizes and really shone at giving parties!

I think she would have loved this little table, simply set with the ruffled placemats, those stunning linen napkins embroidered with bees, the hand painted Limoges plates and flowers arranged in alarge urn with beautiful bocage flowers.

The flowers were chosen in the colors of the bocage flowers on the urn, pink roses, blue grape hyacinths, white hydrangeas and those incredible carnations. Their dual colors are gorgeous, aren't they?

In choosing the flowers for this arrangement, I looked at the flowers applied to the urn, but also the language of flowers. This bouquet is especially fitting for Mother's Day! 

The Victorians, with their penchant for romance and intricate social codes, gave each flower a specific meaning, so that you could combine flowers to send a message.  Pink Roses were a symbol of love, expressing gratitude and admiration. Carnations in pink, ruffled beauties, traditionally symbolize a mother's love. And hydrangeas represent gratitude and heartfelt emotions.

Just as each flower carries a unique meaning, so too does every antique hold a story, a whisper of the past. The hand painted Limoges plates each have a different pink floral story on them.

An antique White ironstone footed dish holds lemon scones and blueberries.

Vintage gold rimmed glasses are ready for when we open the bottle of rose, also in memory of my Mom, she loved rose!

No Mother's Day celebration is complete without the enchanting presence of flowers. Their vibrant colors and delicate fragrances convey emotions that words sometimes cannot.  

Happy Mother's Day!

Visit our antique and gift collection this Mother's Day to discover the perfect antique to express your loving sentiments. Our curated selection offers a range of exquisite pieces, each with its own unique story waiting to become a part of yours.

My Floral Friends:

Pam at Everyday Living

Mary at HomeIsWhereTheBoatIs

Jennifer at Celebrating Everyday Life

and me, Lidy at FrenchGardenHouse

Thank you for your visit and your kind comments. Wishing you a blessed week filled with sunshine and joy!