Friday Flowers in Miniature

No time to take photographs of real flowers this week, I've been busy getting ready for my last miniatures show of the year. The Kensington Dollshouse Christmas Festival. I'm exhibiting this time with just my kits, the picture above shows Echeveria plants made from one of my 12th scale kits.
Busy packing bags and I'll be loading the car after lunch, then off up to London this afternoon to unload so it's a bit more leisurely tomorrow morning.

Hoping all my American friends had a Happy Thanksgiving......next stop Christmas. I'm going to start thinking about that next week!

Have a wonderful weekend
Georgie

Friday Flowers

When I'm taking photographs for my portfolio it often takes one thing to spark off an idea. I found these little round bottom vases at a local home decoration shop, I knew they would have to stand in sand and I also knew I wanted the lightest of flowers to sit in them, so the idea was percolating and a trip to the florist's wholesaler turned up these round bottomed test tubes strung on a wire......serendipity.

A bunch of Gypsophila bought on the way home, a branch of twisted willow rescued from my workroom, white china and napkins from my props cupboard and it all came together.

Have a lovely weekend
Georgie

Friday Flowers

The last of the Pumpkins, or perhaps these are Squash? Anyway a beautiful faded grey/green with the antique shades of Amnesia Roses, the fascinating seed heads of Scabious and a semi dried Hydrangea Flower.

Reminds me of dusty old books, faded photographs and vintage linens washed a million times.

Have a wonderful weekend
Georgie

Friday Flowers

The crab apple tree in my front garden is covered in fruit, this small tree was a wedding present...26 years ago! And it has never disappointed, in the Spring it is covered in blossom and every Autumn and Winter is abundant with fruit.
Even though it seems half of them have fallen off in the recent strong winds there are still plenty for the birds.
The Wood Pigeons clamber and crash about in the branches and eat the fruit whole whilst the Parakeets descend in a screeching flock of vibrant green and perform acrobatics to reach their chosen morsel, then hold it delicately in one claw whilst nibbling delicately until discarding the remains.......usually on the top of my car! There is a whiff of cider as you walk up the drive from the fermenting apples rotting on the floor.
And the tree has presented me with another gift, in the last couple of years it has sported two bunches of Mistletoe, just in time to cut a few twigs for Christmas.
So if you have a wedding present to buy in the future can I recommend a crab apple tree........it will be appreciated for many years to come........thank you Ruth and Mike for ours.

Have a lovely weekend
Georgie

Friday Flowers

I found these French storage canisters at my local antiques fair.........couldn't resist the colour!
As a nod to Halloween yesterday I teamed them with some mini pumpkins, just loving the turquoisey blue and orange together.
Hope you all had lots of treats and no tricks.

Have a lovely weekend.
Georgie