Wishing all my blogging friends every happiness at this festive time of year and for 2018, with thanks for your friendship and support throughout 2017.
Table decoration includes a fragrant soya wax candle made with essential oils of cinnamon, pine and cedar, surrounded by a sleeve of Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ twigs, held together by thin copper wire, and surrounded by pine cones and rose hips on a cheap gold tray from discount supermarket Lidl.
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Warmingly beautiful Cathy. Merry Christmas.
Thanks Sandra, and to you too of course.
How pretty. The cornus twigs are a great idea for a candle holder.
My Christmas contribution is here: https://thebloominggarden.wordpress.com/2017/12/24/in-a-vase-for-christmas/
A very happy Christmas to you and the Golfer, Cathy.
Thanks Chloris – I did read comments and looked at other’s vases on Christmas Day but have left commenting till today. I hope Christmas Day was everything you and the Pianist wanted.
Lovely ideas in this Cathy. A very happy Christmas to you and the golfer. My offering is here: https://myhesperidesgarden.wordpress.com/2017/12/25/inaom-happy-christmas/
Thanks Christina – I had a computer free day on Christmas Day so am catching up now but did still read comments and had a quick look at everyone’s vases off and on during the day. Hope you both had a lovely day
Yes, thanks Cathy we had just the Christmas we wanted, it’s been a lovely few days. My computer has also been put away for the last few days, I have just been using the iPad.
It’s certainly good to have a bit of break from technology!
A joyous sight. A Happy Christmas to you and yours Cathy. Thanks for all the love and support during 2017. I’ve enjoyed keeping reading your posts and keeping in touch. So lovely to see so many keeping up the IAVOM tradition – on Christmas Day. Much love – karen https://bramblegarden.com/2017/12/24/in-a-vase-on-monday-happy-christmas-everyone/
You are welcome Karen – I too was quietly pleased at how many were still supporting IAVOM on Christnas Day, and thanks for joining us along the way too.
It was lovely to see so many joining in. Proves we are all part of one big supportive community now- all brought together by a love of gardening and floristry – and all thanks to you. Well done xx
Merry Christmas – a unique and very warming table decoration and it must smell wonderful. Have a great day. http://ablogaboutcompost.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/merry-christmas-in-vase-on-monday.html
Thanks Alison – with these candles you don’t notice the fragrance at first but it creep up on you suddenly. I must buy some clove oil to add for next year, I think. Hope you have had a good Christmas too.
Lovely
I can almost smell the candle. A warm soothing arrangement. Merry Christmas.
Thanks Lisa – I was pleased with how it turned out
It is beautiful! MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours! My greeting is here, although not officially IAVOM, since I posted it a couple days early.
https://heirloomcottagegarden.weebly.com/blog/merry-christmas
Thanks Joanna, and best Christmas wishes to you and yours too
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Happy Christmas to you Cathy, the Golfer and all the family. I love a candle so I loved this photo can almost smell it. I’ve got a more conventional vase today – but don’t faint I’m on the right day for a change.
https://viewsfrommygardenbench.wordpress.com/2017/12/25/in-a-vase-on-christmas-day-what-no-snow/
I’d like to wish all the IAVOM bloggers a very Merry Christmas from a cold but sunny Salford.
here’s to a brilliant 2018,
Love Bec xx
Whoohoo – well done Bec! Glad you liked the candle and table decoration and hope you and your Chap have plenty of new and happy memories to take forward into the new year
That candle smells very nice and Christmassy!
Yes, and these ones I make in a glass with soya wax will burn for hours and will probably see us through next Christmas as well!
Happy Christmas, your arrangement looks much more traditional than mine! I love the twigs. Have never seen pinecones like those, they seem very exotic to me.http://theshrubqueen.com/2017/12/24/in-a-vase-on-christmas
Thanks Amy – the cones may not actually be ‘pine’ but could be spruce or larch I suppose. I am no expert on cones but I especially like them when they are closed like this
I think they are spruce? neat cones.
Happy Christmas Cathy. A brilliant vase, as ever!
Aw thanks Jessica. Hope you and your family are enjoying a lazy Christmas and a break from all your tasks 🙂
Cheerful table accent Cathy. I like the way you’ve used the twigs. Happiest of Christmases to you and yours. Thank you for bringing us together each Monday!
https://pbmgarden.blog/2017/12/25/in-a-vase-on-monday-cyclamen-and-everlasting/
Thank you Susie – and isn’t it lovely how many people have posted IAVOM today? I didn’t really expect it, despite the habit it has become for many of us! Best Christmas wishes to you and your family too
Yes, iavom is an enthusiastic, diligent group!
Happy Christmas.
I love your table decoration.
Thank you 🙂
Cathy Merry Christmas for you and your whole family. That be endearing, full of love, peace and joy with my best wishes. May the New Year 2018 be prosperous and all your wishes be fulfilled. The Christmas arrangement is magnificent: I especially like the twigs of Cornus united around the candle and all the cones with rose hips. Beautiful. Christmas greetings from Margarita.
Thank you so much for all your kind words, Margarita. I also wish you every happiness and improved health both now and in 2018
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Merry Christmas, Kathy, to you and yours!
Thank you
Best wishes for a merry Christmas, Cathy! Thank you for another year of hosting IAVOM. I cut flowers for a Christmas Eve gathering so I published my vase pics a day early: https://krispgarden.blogspot.com/2017/12/in-vase-on-sunday-merry-christmas.html
Thank you Kris, and best wishes to you and your family too. It is good to have a dual purpose vase or arrangement on Monday, and I am off to look at your Christmas Eve blooms now.
Cheap? Perhaps ‘inexpensive’ would sound nicer.
Merry Christmas!
No, Tony, it was definitely cheap but very nice despite its cheapness 😉
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas Cathy and a Happy New Year!
Best wishes to you and the golfer, Cathy for 2018.
A lovely effect for the candle, and perfect for the holiday, with the light glowing through those stems – and one can’t go wrong with rose hips and pinecones! 🙂 I hope you and the Golfer had a lovely Christmas! Sorry for the belated post, but here is my vase: https://www.smallsunnygarden.com/2017/12/26/in-a-vase-christmas-red/
Happy Everything!
Wishing you and the golfer a happy healthy 2018 Cahy
Hope you had a good Christmas and sending best wishes for 2018!
Indeed, thank you – and wishing you the same Allison
My goodness, Cathy, that is one of the most beautiful and imaginative table pieces I have ever seen! How clever to use the Cornus stems like that. I guess you looked at them in the garden and saw they glowed … Have a very wonderful and peaceful 2018.
Thanks Cathy – as the cornus dries the pieces will slip out of the wires when the candle is moved so a sleeve would need to be made from scratch again. Didn’t take too long once I got a rhythmic action going twisting the wire!
Hope your Christmas was as warm and beautiful as this creation, Cathy!
Thanks Peter, yes, warm and cosy inside here, and a couple of nice mild days over the weekend to get some gardening jobs done. Hope yours was too