Your Custom Text Here
So I was about to clean my studio yesterday morning and then a bucket of leftover blooms caught my eye... and so here we are! I excused it as practice with my blogging and photo skills, which is true - however my studio is still a big mess right now! Gotta get onto that asap.
Read more
Summer is 110% my favourite season and I'm pretty excited for it's arrival!! Summer calls for some fun, fruity, tropical inspired styling thats most of all simple.. there's to many G&T's calling your name!
Here's a simple garland that's super easy to make and works beautifully in a casual setting and also looks gorgeous if you're getting all fancy.. Either way, I hope you're making a punch!
HUGE thank you once again to Sophie for these incredible images, you are THE BEST
Styled by Tanya of Oh Flora
Photography by: Sophie of The Littlest Things
WHAT YOU NEED:
-Flowers!
How many bunches exactly will depend on how long you’d like your garland and how dense or sparse you’d like it to look. 3 bunches will give you about 1M-1.5M. (we used three bunches or about 30-40 flowers). This type of garland works best using rounded shaped flowers. Choose flowers that won’t wilt to quickly. We used double daffodils & ranunculus. Roses and carnations also work beautifully!
-Long upholstery needle
-Scissors or flower snips
-Clear fishing line
STEP ONE:
Chop the flower heads off, leaving about 1cm of stem.
STEP TWO:
Thread your needle with a couple of metres of fishing line. Cut the line from the reel and tie a big loop. It’s always best to have to much too much fishing line than to not enough! You can always make the garland shorter when finished.
STEP THREE:
Gently thread your flower heads along the fishing line. Pierce the needle through the remaining stem you’ve left on your flowers. This will give you more movement throughout your garland and the freedom to move the flowers around a little when styling on the table.
If the stem breaks, simply thread the needle through the centre of the flower.
hen you’ve finished threading all the flower heads on, cut the remaining fishing line to your desired length and tie a loop.
STEP FOUR:
Enjoy! Style your garland along a table like we’ve done here or they also look gorgeous when hung. We styled the table with mini pineapples & tea lights - always beautiful!
Tip: You can make your garland the night before, gently wrap it in tissue paper and leave it in the fridge until you’re ready to set the table!
Late last year I came across Mudgee Made Roses on Instagram, Tanya and I (yep same name!) soon became 'instafriends', she lives in Mudgee and grows the most AMAZING garden roses, by amazing, I mean the most beautiful, fluffiest, most fragant, glorious roses I've ever seen!! After months of stalking her Instagram feed, she invited me out to drool over them in real life… saying I was a little excited is a bit of an understatement!
Back in January, I finally had a free weekend, so I asked my friend Sophie and her husband George to come along with boyfriend Matteo and I, and we made a weekend road trip of it. Flowers, food & wine.. yes please!
After four and a bit hours on the road, we got there and met the gorgeous Tanya and her friend Lara (together they run a DELISH catering company - Mudgee Made). Tanya let me grab my cutters, handed me her rose basket and let me go wild in the garden.. I was so excited!! It was absolutely gorgeous and I had free rein of picking through the beds!
The excitement (and picking!) defiantly wasn't over, but it was time for a little break. Lara bought out the most gorgeous hand made flat bread and dips, lamb sausage rolls and mini merangs topped with vanilla bean cream, raspberries and freshly picked peaches from her garden.. I was pretty much having one of the best days of my life and it wasnt even 1 o'clock yet!
After our aaaamazing treats, while Soph was shooting all the floral beauty and gorgeousness of Tanya's farm, I got flowering and taught a mini lesson on cake toppers and arrangements with Tanya.
All photos are by the very talented Sophie at thelittlesthings.com
How delicious looking are Lara's cakes?? And yes, those sausage rolls did taste as good as they looked!
An endless supply of foliages and textures including wattle, berries, asparagus and strawberry leaves were so much fun to play with!!
HUGE thank you to Tanya for letting us visit & Lara for the most beautiful food!! It was such a memorable day & I really can not wait to visit again!
A couple of weeks ago I went to visit my amazingly talented friend Soph for breaky and a mini inspiration shoot.. I wouldn't choose anyone else when it comes to shooting my work, she's is incredible! Every time, always! Soph has the most perfect sun room, white, country style windows and filled with the most gorgeous natural light.. So perfect to shoot flowers!
If your in need of an amazing photographer that totally gets what you want or you just need a little inspiration, check out Soph's blog here
Well this post doesn't need a lot of words, its defiantly all in these stunning images!
The light, the dress, the flowers.. so dreamy!
