Saying I love you with flowers

Candy Canes

I'm a little bit obsessed with candy canes - I don't actually like eating them but I just love the way they look! So I wanted to find some ways to incorporate them into my Christmas decorating. I had a look around the good old Internet and came up with a couple of ideas and here they are:

Candy cane vase

Candy cane wreath

Christmas decorating: part 3

I had some cinnamon sticks leftover from my christmas decorations so I had a go at making some candle holders, and I love how they turned out. They're really very simple - they're just glass tealight holders from Ikea, cinnamon sticks, a glue gun, some ribbon and a pearl bead. And then the candle of course!

I think they would have been slightly better with a straight edge tealight holder though as the sticks have a few gaps.

Floristry: Week 9

I missed week 8 of my Floristry course because I was away in Edinburgh so I wasn't really prepared for week 9. We got a handout at the start which has a basic list of the materials we use and luckily I'd read it to know to bring in a vase! I would've been very stuck if I hadn't brought one!

We used very few flowers in this design but that doesn't  subtract from the overall look. Plus the colours and baubles make it look very festive!