“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.”
Proverbs 25:11
Happy Thursday dear friends. Many of you might say winter is your least favorite season. I actually love all four seasons that we experience in our Appalachian Foothills of NE Alabama. January is the perfect month to plan ahead and also look back. Since it wasn’t possible for me to join my Monday Morning Blooms’ friends Shirley, Mary, and Lidy this week (in case you missed their florals click their highlighted name), I thought it a great idea to look back over some of last year’s floral centerpieces. I have assembled many of my favorites all into this one post…flower therapy for a winter’s day. I have never claimed to be a floral designer nor have I ever taken a floral design class, but I sure enjoy the creative process. Let’s take a look at 18 floral centerpieces that take in all four seasons!
Click the blue highlighted link to go to the original post.
Oranges are my favorite winter fruit. Pink “sweet unique” and white “Eskimo” hybrid tea roses combine with halo oranges for a wintertime centerpiece placed in a soup tureen!
Winter rye grass provided the perfect background for St. Paddy’s Day in the country! Not one but two arrangements, both including the appropriate Bells of Ireland, were placed on the picnic table.
A little garden of spring bulbs…tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, and muscari provided a breath of spring in the dining room! Filling a rustic box with little pots of spring bulbs is a centerpiece that takes little effort, but makes a lovely display.
An old yellow pitcher handed down from my grandmother holds an arrangement of azaleas, snowball blooms, roses, alstroemeria, and hydrangea.
Wild dogwood branches were placed in a vase to sit behind the pitcher for an Easter afternoon in the country!
An old Clabber Girl Baking Powder can was used to hold a colorful mix of blue hydrangeas, yellow daisies, pink roses, red alstroemeria, and Queen Anne’s lace.
Large showy blooms of blue hydrangeas and white Annabelle’s are perfect in a red watering can for a 4th of July patriotic garden table!
Garden hydrangeas in pink, blue, and purple accent the April Cornell tablecloth. Hydrangeas are beautiful summer flowers that are often found on my tables like this “lost in reverie” table.
A beautiful Italian urn of summer flowers is placed on my garden table filled with hydrangeas in varying shades of blue and purple. The white flower are small branches of crape myrtle. This is one of my favorites!
An April Cornell zinnia bouquet tablecloth required a zinnia centerpiece. One of the easiest and no fuss centerpieces to make is to use bottles for your blooms and nestle them together in a crate, box, or on a tray!
Late Summer Flowers of dahlias, sunflowers, zinnias, limelights, and gomphrena were placed in this beautiful Italian piece that is part of my canister set! The hand embroidered tablecloth is a cherished memento from a trip to the Greek Isles.
The lingering days of summer find the limelight and vanilla-strawberry hydrangeas taking on softer shades. I cut these from my garden and placed in a pink toile pitcher!
Sunflowers and an autumn arrangement shared the table with roosters and a French made textile!
An autumn pitcher of gold blooms of celosia, native sunflowers, zinnias, and bi-color sunflowers sits on a garden bench next to a wooded area! A yellow shawl from a trip to Argentina, golden delicious apples, and a basket of mums complete the still life!
A blooming pumpkin looks like it might be hard to make, but there is an easy way to do it. Dahlias, zinnias, blush nandina, and sunshine ligustrum were all cut from my garden. I added gold and rust colored mums and alstroemeria from the grocery store.
Blue and white for autumn might seem odd, but it works for any season. Small branches of Japanese maple, crape myrtle, sumac, and beautyberry were added to a blue and white vase for a seasonal centerpiece!
An autumn dough bowl centerpiece of feathers, spider mums, and velvet pumpkins…
…the arrangement that didn’t pan out (you will have to read the original post highlighted above)!
A harvest table runner of autumn fruits, vegetables, and flowers may look difficult and involved, but is very simple to do!
Thank you for your visits and gracious comments. I hope you are inspired to make a centerpiece for your table. Be fearless, give it a try. There isn’t anything to lose, you can do as I have done many times…take it apart and start again. Wishing you a delightful weekend!
Linking with:
Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Imparting Grace, Calypso in the Country
I’m glad you don’t make us choose! Although I will say, you led with one of my favorites — that pink, white and orange in the tureen — brilliant. And I’m rather wild about the moss bunnies, too. I find it hard to believe you’ve never taken a class but some people just “have it” — and you’re definitely one of them!
Thank you Jeanie. Your kindness is always encouraging❤️
Pam, they are all beautiful representing all seasons. I, too, love the changing seasons. One of my all time favorites is the April Cornell table with the zinnias and watermelon set against the hydrangeas. Another magazine cover.
Thanks sweet friend. The zinnia bouquet is one of my faves❤️
Dear Pam, they are all beautiful. But, I do have a few favorites. And they are: A little garden of spring bulbs, Sunflowers and an autumn arrangement, An autumn pitcher of gold and Blue and White for autumn. My friend, your amazing talents shine! Wishing you a lovely day and weekend ahead.❤
Thank you dear Sandra. I enjoyed going back and seeing the different themes. Happy Thursday ❤️
Pam, I love winter also! I guess we Southerners really don’t know true winter though. There is just something about gray days, cozy blankets, and savory stews…and not having to mow grass in 100 degree heat and humidity! I went back to read the story of the autumn arrangement. Wow, it was either a laugh or cry day! All of your arrangements are spectacular, God bless you with many talents. I love those moss bunnies!
Thank you Roxanne, we seem to enjoy so many of the same things. Have a cozy Thursday❤️
I LOVE LOVE this post Pam, what a fabulous round up of floral arrangements! The very first one is actually one of my favorites, and I pinned it to paint some day. They are all so so pretty and worth enjoying again and again. Nothing is better than flower therapy, and it’s on my to do list today…my tulips are spent and they’re going to be replaced by colorful spray roses Publix had 3 for $12 yesterday, a good rainy day project!
Jenna
Thank you Jenna. Spray roses are always a good choice! Enjoy your day and a rainy day projecr❤️
Well … I don’t know where to start … There is so much beauty that I am like in a cloud of colors … hahahaha
Yes, my dear friend, I could not say which flower arrangement is best. All are wonderful and each in his style. What I do detect is that some sets have a childish style that has a simply adorable touch.
But your job is like that, adorable. You have as tools the Nature that gives you its most beautiful flowers and the gift that God has given you to know how to combine them well with the season of the year, the appropriate tablecloths (all precious) and above all you have love for what you do. This is very important.
I congratulate you because I have had a great time enjoying the beautiful things.
Dolores
Querida Dolores, sus visitas siempre traen una sonrisa a mi cara y una gran alegría a mi corazón. Gracias por el dulce aliento que siempre compartes. Estoy tan contenta de que Sandra y tú se hayan encontrado en el blog, ¡ambos son novios! Enviando amor y abrazos a través del océano,
Pam
Querida Dolores, sus visitas siempre traen una sonrisa a mi cara y una gran alegría a mi corazón. Gracias por el dulce aliento que siempre compartes. Estoy tan contenta de que Sandra y tú se hayan encontrado en el blog, ¡ambos son novios! Enviando amor y abrazos a través del océano, Pam❤️
WOW!!! Absolutely gorgeous! Fabulous floral centerpieces!
Thank you dear Maristella ❤️
It would be so difficult to choose a favorite, Pam! They are all stunningly beautiful! I adore the tea roses and oranges arrangement and the late summer flowers arrangement. They are both brimming with such gorgeous flowers and color. Thanks for this wonderful flower therapy on such a cold winter’s day! Happy Thursday, sweet friend!
Thank you dear friend. A little flower therapy on a cold winter’s day makes me smile. Happy Thursday ❤️
Your floral are stunning. I love the idea of looking forward and planning and reflecting on the past year for January.
Happy New Year,
Kippi
Thanks so much Kippi and Happy New Year to you!
Pam, I really enjoyed these beautiful, colorful floral arrangements! I must say with the cold, dreary rain we’re having today, your post was a special treat. I’m making chili to go with this weather! Getting to take a short break & enjoy this post was delightful! Clara♥️
Clara, chili sounds perfect on a cold and rainy day. Thank you ❤️
my tome just went off into cyberspace, unrecoverable… another time.
Blessings
Oh no, I am so sorry.
Oh Pam you brought a smile to my face with all these gorgeous centerpieces! You are so very talented! I love them all and I also enjoyed the Still Life…!
We all need Flower Therapy at this time of year and you did not disappoint us!
Happy Thursday!
I am so glad sweet friend! It has been a cold, dreary, and rainy day here, so a little flower therapy is good 🥰
Absolutely delightful Pam! ♥
Bless you,
Jennifer
Thank you Jennifer ❤️
Pam, I always enjoy a look back and to share some flower therapy with you on Mondays! I love winter too to nest and recharge my batteries. We were acutally outside yesterday doing a little garden clean up…lots more to do but it was nice to get outside and work without working up up a sweat 🙂
Thank you Mary. It poured rain here yesterday and was very cold, the same for today. How nice that you were able to work outside. Have a wonderful weekend❤️
I’ve been out of town and what a delightful surprise this morning to read this post. I loved the review. So many lovely tables and arrangements. Each one is special with its own unique personality.
Thank you Bonnie. I hope you had a nice trip. Happy Friday!
I always look forward to your Posts! I love how you add verses.
Thank you Rebecca, Happy Sunday!
Oh I so remember these beautiful floral centerpieces!!! Each and every one of them a true gem!! Looking forward to seeing your beautiful creation soon!! Have a great weekend!
Thank you dear Shirley! Happy Sunday!
Dear friend, you truly have such great talent! Every, single photo was just gorgeous and so fun to look at. God bless you for all you put into making this blog such an amazing place to visit!
Thank you Cheryl. Blessings my friend.
Such beauty! What a welcome post to peruse on a gray winter day. You inspire me!
Thanks so much for joining the Grace at Home party at Imparting Grace. I’m featuring you this week!
Thanks so much Richella! ❤️