Kurisumasu keki
Leading up to the holidays, pastry shops all over Japan display their most beautiful creations. The Christmas cake, kurisumasu keki, is one of
the highlights of the Japanese Christmas, a time full of romance and lights. For this floral Japanese Christmas cake with two layers, the base is made of Kalanchoe leaves and moss. Sprigs of Callicarpa, Rosa ‘Country Blues’, Hydrangea, Pinus strobus and pink-red Zantedeschia are inserted. Touches of silver bush (Calocephalus) and champagne-colored Christmas balls form festive accents.
Stylish mantelpiece arrangement
The base is a robust trunk combined with curved branches of Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold', old Larix branches, white coral berry (Symphoricarpos), white Zantedeschia, zinc fern (Phlebodium 'Blue Star'), Pinus strobus, bromeliad and Rosa 'Country Blues'.
Scarlet Christmas
For this table decoration, various sizes of spheres were made from natural materials. For this purpose, kraft paper, peat, straw, and clay were mixed. A layer of paraffin makes them waterproof. Red Nerine 'Lydia', rosehips (Rosa corallo), Pinus branches, and kiwi vines connect the spheres in a harmonious way. The spheres are presented on narrow planks wrapped with kraft paper in the same color as the spheres. Pine cones, Malus apples, and red Christmas balls bring an extra decorative element.
Summer outdoor living
For a garden party in a rural atmosphere, robust and rugged is combined with refinement, soft colors, and lovely materials. For the table decoration, four aluminum wires are wrapped with straw and binding wire and attached to a glass vase with waterproof tape. Straw is wrapped around the vase with binding wire. There is a smaller vase inside the vase, which is easy to remove to refresh the floral arrangement. A half block of Oasis Bio floral foam is placed in the small, inner vase. The flowers and grasses are arranged in this: golden yellow Rosa 'Golden Lady', Craspedia globosa, feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), Panicum 'Umbrella', Panicum 'Heavy Metal', and blue love-in-a-mist.
Happily floating
For this summery floating wreath, pieces of styrofoam are glued under the floral foam wreath with mounting adhesive – allow to harden for 24 hours. The styrofoam keeps the wreath afloat. The floral foam is then ajour arranged with various flowers in pastel shades: Italian Ruscus, soft pink spray rose 'Pepita', golden yellow Rosa 'Golden Lady', pink-yellow Rosa 'Romantic Vuvuzela', Clematis Amazing Miami, feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), lisianthus 'Blue Château', Lathyrus 'Mango', lilac Campanula medium, and Panicum 'Heavy Metal'.
Summer joy
A frame is bound from two rings, rattan pith, and binding wire. The flowers are sheaf-bound ajour through the frame, allowing the elongated flower shapes to be displayed to their full advantage. Green materials used: Eremurus stenophyllus, bright blue Delphinium belladonna, cobalt blue Delphinium ‘Guardian Blue’, Centaurea montana, Anethum graveolens, Umbrella fern, mustard yellow Rosa Spoiler, and Panicum ‘Umbrella’.