Today I'll show you how to create an easy floral arrangement in an antique tureen with roses, cuttings from your garden, and apples.
Welcome to this FLORAL FRIDAY!
If you came here via my friends Pam, Mary or Shirley,
I hope that you will stay awhile and visit again more often, I love having you!
I'll be sharing the links to my friends beautiful floral arrangements using apples at the bottom of this post.
For this arrangement, I picked the very last of our Annabelle hydrangeas from the garden, they were already practically dried on the plant. I cut the very last leaves that were just starting to turn.
I gathered some bloomed out butterfly bush stems from the back garden, and the cuttings from the sedum that were dark because they had bloomed already. Autumn is the time of year when those darker, spent blossoms can be used to great effect in an arrangement...and it's like getting another thrill ride out of your flowers and bushes.
I envisioned using an antique transfer ware ironstone tureen with a brown design as my base, and luckily still had one from my shop.
I put in a left-over piece of florist foam to give enough sturdiness for the apple picks that I wanted to add.
When using florist foam, it needs to soak at least for 1/2 hour in water, be sure not to force it down, you want to float it on the water, it will sink down when it has absorbed enough water. A longer soak is preferable, but 30 minutes works if you are always anxious to begin like I am.
Because I didn't have a large enough piece of foam, I anchored it to the tureen with my florist tape, then filled the rest of the tureen with water.
I'm using inexpensive wood skewers {the kind you buy for barbecueing} to stick the apples on. I began by inserting the beautiful leaves of my Annabelle hydrangea, and then started to add the roses, next came the fluffy green hydrangeas.
The spent blossoms of the butterfly bush are almost black, surprisingly they still smell delicious!
I love all these autumnal colors together, don't you?
This is a quick and easy way to add a little bit fall beauty around your home! Don't overthink this, just keep your mix of foliage and flowers loose and casual, inserting stems wherever you find a space.
I love how these colors go so beautifully with our new tapers in that delicious Le Marron color, a deep chocolate brown.
You can use any kind of tureen, or bowl with the same effect. Don't forget to check the water level if your tureen or bowl is shallow, since flowers can be quite thirsty!
Thank you so much for your visit!
Antique Transferware Tureen | Taper Candles Gift Set Le Marron | Miniature Chest of Drawers
Please click on my FLORAL FRIDAY friend's links, below, to see more autumn beauty with flowers and apples.
SHIRLEY at Housepitality Designs
à bientôt
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25 comments
Thank you so much Pam! It’s such a joy to join you for Floral Friday! I love seeing our garden take on the deeper shades of autumn too. It was quite a surprise that the spent blossoms of the butterfly bush still smell so heavenly! I will try to use more “spent” blooms in arrangements, they are still so beautiful. Happy weekend to you, dear friend.
Lidy, what an absolutely gorgeous floral/apple arrangement! The antique brown transfer ware tureen makes a stunning statement with your flowers and greenery from your garden. I am also smitten with the miniature chest. I love to see my garden take on the shades of autumn. I can’t wait for cooler temps, it has been in the 90’s all week. It is always a pleasure to join you for an edition of Floral Friday as you inspire such beauty. Have a lovely weekend sweet friend???
Happy Floral Friday Shirley! Thank you so much for loving my fall arrangement, the dark colors of the spent blossoms from the garden are the perfect addition to the bright pop of roses and hydrangeas . I hope you have a very fun weekend! xo Lidy
Happy Floral Friday Lidy….OK, let’s start with the gorgeous antique brown transferware tureen…perfection for a most amazing Fall arrangement. I love that you still have some great flowers from your garden that you incorporated so beautifully into that exquisite arrangement fit to be in a grand chateau in France!…I am always in awe of your creations Lidy and so happy to be a part of Floral Fridays with you. Have a great weekend!
Lidy, Your transferware ironstone tureen makes the perfect vessel for your flower arrangement. I love your combination roses, apples, garden flowers and foliage. I love brown transferware this time of year and I had to pop over and take a closer look at your handsome 19th century tureen…swoon! I’m in a harvest state of mind too and your post has me longing for crisp, cool autumn days! Thank you for another beautiful edition of Floral Friday!