Wish List #19 A Dream Cottage Garden

While searching through those garden gates on my wish list I saw the most spectacular Cottage Gardens and that style is really one of my favourites.  Flowers of all shades and colours!  So I thought I'd share some of my favourite blooms and gardens pics as it's the perfect time for planting so you'll have the perfect blooms for Spring!



Gorgeous flowering plants and a winding pathway the most vibrant cottage garden! image dreamshappythings.blogspot.com



Spanish Lavender with a divine bloom and fragrance image ohric

Another picturesque English Cottage style garden! image landscape-design-advisor.com

So now I need to get planning in order to have some of these wonderful blooms in spring as pictured below.

Hydrangeas image bigjauntsandjourneys

Peonies image simple gifts farm

Climing Roses Raven and the Writing Desk

Weekend Wish #1 Cushions and #2 Fresh Flowers

Well it's been a busy weekend so two wishes in one day!

Wish #1 Cushions.  They are such a quick way to change a room and teamed with a lovely throw can lift the look of any old couch!  They can also be relatively inexpensive or extremely extravagant, you can buy them, make them or revamp them!  Here's the few I've chosen for my first wish list item of July!

I love these so much I've already bought a few Rapee Cusion Morocco Can Can Taupe available from all good homewares stores. Image from Rapee

Etsy is a wonderful source of beautifully handmade items, and for cushions which are unique and not widely available, it's definitely a place for wonderful finds!

 These lovely cushions are made of beautiful fabrics and are available from the Etsy store PillowMio

Another favourite store of mine is the Alfresco Emporium. They currently have these gorgeous hand-embroidered cushions and they are available on-line!

Cushions from Alfresco Emporium among the many beautiful things from this store!

Wish #2 Fresh Flowers!

Now you don't need to wait until Christmas for these!  I don't buy flowers on a very regular basis but I do love visiting the flower markets and I do splurge on myself every so often with my favourite blooms.  I had a girls get together over the weekend so I went all out and bought a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the my favourite florist at the markets Flowerlovers (the name says it all!).

They are just stunning!  A bouquet of Snap dragons, ornamental cabbage, red roses (roses my no. 1 favourite flower), chrysanthemums, foliage, berries! The photos don't really do this arrangement justice with such a variety of hues.



Here's a beautiful arrangement featured on the House Beautiful website.

This arrangement features two of my favourite Blooms Peonies and Roses.  It is a classic style because they have selected different blooms but all white in colour and broken up by some green foliage.



Hydrangeas simply pop it into your favourite vase nothing to arrange - whether they are blue or pink they make a gorgeous centre piece due to the variation in colour. 

                      One large bloom or a large grouping of blooms  Hydrangeas are a simple flower with a lovely romantic feel -image from SPW blog

Stay tuned for wish #3 tomorrow....or should I say today it's 1am!

Happy Mother's Day! A Floral Tribute.

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mums out there.  I have been very spoilt today!  It started with an early evening shopping trip yesterday, my family brought home two beautiful bunches of flowers!

Here's my favourite bouquet - beautiful white Chrysanthemums with white daisies, lillies and Magnolia foliage.  I've put them in my favourite fish/rose bowl vase.

I've been lucky enough to also have my first breakfast in bed (this is my 7th Mother's Day so my kids were old enough to surprise me) and fish and chips by the beach.  So I thought I'd look at some pretty florals especially for Mother's Day!


A Laura Ashley Designed Room - I just love the light and airy feel the colours are subtle but just fabulous and romantic and it's floral without being too feminine.

 

This was too pretty not to include it, I love the contrast of the almost hot pink flowers and the pale green upholstery on the chairs and artwork this image is from US blogger Jan Hale Designs



Another designer synonomous with all things flowery and shabby chic - Rachel Ashwell! The beautiful colour of the peonies with the stunning chandelier and soft pink lounge in the background are just a delightful combination.

It's one thing to have a lovely floral inspired interior but the ultimate is to have a garden full of blooms, something I'm still trying to master!


This is my dream garden!  Roses are my favourite flower of all time and this garden is just picture perfect!  Photo by Klaus Nickel