musette & more

 last week...vintage cut glass........musette roses........a wedding here.......

the surprise of the weekend.....

 the clearing of the old hot house revealed grapes....rather sour and with pips.....

today wonderful English garden (our garden!!) flowers in divine antique glass..

...finding foliage and seed heads in the autumnal hedgerows...

...keeping our fingers crossed the poly tunnel doesn't blow away.....

...playing with flowers for images to go on our new website....

.....pippins donuts......

Give us a clue.......

our lovely old walled garden was a clue a few weeks ago in the telegraphs general knowledge crossword.....always attempted hardly ever finished, but this was one clue we all knew.....

Every day we thank our good fortune to have been allowed to grow our flowers on this famous piece of land.......

 more than once in the early morning or still sunlit evening we have felt that maybe we are not alone here...

and that the late Harry Dodson is watching us and shaking his head in despair at our flowery attempts!!!!

Playtime!

 We have recently been asked to make a Carmen rose bouquet for a bride of ours ....not something we get asked for every week..so we decided to sharpen up our rusty Carmen rose making technique! 
There is a lot of wiring involved......but some of us really like wiring........we practiced on lovely red roses from the garden.......

 ..we all decided it looked fab.....and incredibly, it lasted really well.

seeking inspiration on pinterest we happened upon flower jewelry........in as long as it took the glue gun to warm up these were made....

 I managed to snap them before our Monday girl took them home!!

The dark flower is 'Black Knight' scabious from the garden......it's so beautiful......