Fushimi Amaryllis

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Elves on the Shelves

A Christmas miniature for the holiday season 2022.

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Christmas Workshop

The best thing about the festive Christmas season is the perfect excuse to make abundant bouquets and tabletop arrangements any way I like! The pleasure of giving and creating is overwhelming. I want to thank all of my friends and family who have made this year as good as it has been for me.

Not all of the above techniques are ikebana, but variety is a spice of life.

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Winter Solstice

This is a dark winter compilation seen from above. Dyed black and white materials stand in a dark, almost blackish bamboo vase. A touch of glittery red reminds us of Christmas time.

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Yellow Christmas

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Christmas Flowers for 2013

This year’s Christmas flowers imitate an alternative Christmas tree; it is not a spruce but a red-berried Quercus ilex. Below is a bed of wheat and Swiss pine upon which rests a collection of white and lime green flowers.

Teacher: R.Raita

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Christmas Greens for 2013

A planted Christmas arrangement made of green materials only. There is one small white azalea that is in bloom, but it blends in with the white shades of the nerve plant (Fittonia verschaffeltii‎). The other plants are maidenhair vine (Muehlenbeckia complexa), common ivy (Hedera helix), a star or rose-shaped sempervivum, and a taller silver-coated plant whose name I can’t recall.

Teacher: R.Raita

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Tulip Giftbox

Juniper, orange parrot tulip and decorative berries in a red square vase. Made on an ikebana weekend course.

Teacher: Shunran

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Christmas Reds and Whites

A classic Christmas composition with carnations, greens, red berries, decorative plants and a white amaryllis.

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White Amaryllis

A Christmas bouquet with a white amaryllis stem as the main flower, supported by pink miniature roses and a white carnation. The idea was to combine the triangular shape of the amaryllis with circular-shaped flowers and to place the flowers on different levels. The first option was to use a red or white germini, but I felt like replacing it with the roses. A silver cone and ribbon, and a white angel bring a bit of Christmas feeling to this otherwise neutral/romantic composition. Teacher: R.Raita.

 

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