Christmas Memories Floral Arrangement
Christmas arrangements are the backbone of my Christmas decorating. I love styling little holiday moments around the house, mostly with fresh flowers and greens, and small antique decorative accents. A little Christmas Memories Floral Arrangement like this is so easy to make!
WELCOME TO OUR DECEMBER MONDAY MORNING BLOOMS!
Pam, Mary and I have been busy decorating our homes, and are sharing holiday floral inspiration for the season. I'll share their links at the end of the post so you can visit them too.
After making merry and bringing bright spirits to all our clients at FrenchGardenHouse, I'll admit I go easy on myself for Christmas. I decorate, of course, but I mostly rely on our antiques and fresh greens and flowers to set the stage for holiday parties and family time gathering around the tree.
The tree takes center stage, it's filled with antique glass ornaments, special ornaments I bought for my Mom, and a few ornaments from my girls' childhood tree {I gave them the rest for their own trees at their home.} And some home made loved ornaments my little people made for us.
I am keeping things fairly simple this year as I mentioned, with just greens on the mantel, and little gold and silver mercury glass votives. This fabulous 18th century Christ Child is displayed in the center, along with a few silvered glass ball ornaments. On the coffee table I still need to add a candle in the middle of the bowl of greens and pinecones.
I cozied up two Louis XV chairs to the French Marriage Cabinet by the fireplace. When my Mom was still alive, she loved to come over in the afternoon, drink tea and a cordial {or a few!} by the fire, and hand me ornaments to hang on the tree. I think of this each time I decorate our tree, with sweet memories.
While I tend to favor the softer colors of Christmas, my Mom was of the opinion that if there is no red, it's not Christmas. {She told me so each year she came over, in her no-nonsense European way.} It's why I called this little flower arrangement Christmas Memories Floral Arrangement, because I added red in her memory!
You can turn a few of your last garden flowers into a festive holiday arrangement to use in your holiday home. Use what you have to make a beautiful Christmas Memories Floral Arrangement in minutes.
For this sweet little bundle of floral joy, I gathered some white French Lace roses, white alstroemeria, seeded eucalyptus, evergreens, and a few cranberry ranunculus from Trader Joe's.
Just a few vintage red miniature ornaments tucked into the bouquet adds a touch of holiday too. I gathered the purple privet berries from a neighbor's garden {with permission, of course!}
Small ranunculus from Trader Joe's came in a tiny bundle of red and burgundy colors, they add just the right accent.
A small Christmas arrangement like this can go anywhere, in your entrance hall, in your guest bathroom, on a little side table. The beauty of a small arrangment like this is that once these flowers fade, you can just pop in new flowers {after you change the water} and the greens will most likely last throughout the December month.
I love how the reds echo the beautiful antique Bohemian Glass Liqueur Set, part of a collection of antique cranberry glass ware we just purchased for our FrenchGardenHouse shop.
Thank you so much for joining me today as I finish decorating our home for the holidays. I hope you will make some small Christmas floral arrangements to place in a few special places at home. Christmas is such a wonderful time, not only filled with family and friends, but also the day we celebrate the Light of the World.
Please visit my dear friends Mary and Pam by clicking on their links below:
Wishing you all a blessed and peaceful holiday season!
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Anja
December 16, 2023
Hi Lidy, can we exchange houses please? I am in love :)