Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Frangipani Fantastic

On my morning work I passed this lovely tropical garden.

My frangipani was only planted six months ago and would be considered no more than a cutting.  It certainly hasn't flowered yet. So I picked up the reasonable looking flowers that had dropped to the ground from this sunny specimen.  I could feel a beachy table centre piece coming on. 

A couple of girlfriends were dropping around for a quick coffee catch up, before the start of the school holidays, so I put together a coffee morning tablescape in honour of the frangipani and the palm tree.


The frangipani is coming to the end of its season here in Sydney.  It's passing heralds the end of Summer.  But while it is still around, for me it means bikinis, sarongs and the bare foot boulevard of dreams.


The beautiful blue tea lights and bees wax insert candles, turned up on my door step last week.  Sent as a thank you, by a beautiful girlfriend who had dined here the night before .  The oar was a little present to self, as a girl has to indulge occasionally.

Mr Beach House walked through the door the night the oar arrived and nearly fell over when I told him I bought it. Now I para phrase here, but he said something like. 'You bought it? I see these floating around Pittwater all the time.'  I replied through gritted teeth, 'Well when you do honey bun, why don't you pick one up.  I've been talking about oars for a very long time now darlin' heart.'ARRRGH!!!!! 

Now no frangipani table scape is complete without some blue glass.  You've seen my Ikea's before, but the taller bottle, I picked up at the local charity shop this morning, on my daily walk through.



This little fish dish was sourced on the same visit.  I am always amazed at what people throw out. But lucky me.
Happy days my loves
Best Carolyn
and
All Things Heart and HomeBetween Naps On The Porchfor Tablescape Thursday

17 comments :

  1. What a beautiful flowers! Wow! I am jealous. ;-)
    Thank you for visiting my blog and for your kind comments. :)

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  2. Those flowers are absolutely gorgeous and they look beautiful in your aqua jars. :) I love you tablescape, perfect for a morning cup of coffee or tea. :)

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  3. Such a beautiful flower and they look perfect on your tablescape x

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  4. Gorgeous, Carolyn!! Especially love them in the little fish dish :O)

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  5. I LOVE frangipani and have a couple of different colours planted here in the Valley. The perfume (when they are all in bloom) is just beautiful. They look a bit sad looking however when they drop their leaves - "dead sticks" my husband calls them! Your little fish is just beautiful. I can't imagine why anyone would want to throw out such a treasure. ;)Sharyne

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  6. Lovely shots! We can't grow frangipani here, which is really too bad! Thank you for adding me to your blog roll. Your home is lovely as are the homes you style!

    Kat :)

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  7. So super lovely!! Oh, your my kind of gal..., indulging on an oar, haha!!

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  8. Now those are really gorgeous. So lucky to have access to that. Thanks for sharing at my Swing into Spring party.

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  9. These are just soo gorgeous! I love it all!

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  10. your table looks beautiful!! one of my favourite flowers for sure!
    cheryl x

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  11. I love frangipanis so much, the moment I saw them I could smell their wonderful fragrance. Oh I love them. What a beautiful centerpeice.

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  12. They are such a feminine flower aren't they, I love your tablescape perfect for the girls

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  13. Very pretty! The delicate yellow color of the flowers looks so luscious with the blue. You've really captured the sunkissed summer feeling with this arrangement. And do have your honey capture some of those oars for you :).

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  14. Loved your frangipani decor! Am also a great frangipani lover..I live in tropic (Singapore)..so, this flower is a simple bliss here..:)

    Sanghamitra.
    http://rainbow-thecoloursofindia.blogspot.com

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  15. The Frangipani is gorgeous, and the oar is a touch of genius...bought or found. Great idea and wonderful execution. Thank you for sharing your lovely design...lucky friends who come to your table. Cherry Kay

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  16. Hi Carolyn... I just happened upon your blog (fellow Northern Beacher) and was so excited to see Queen B pure Australian beeswax votives lighting up your life. It is clear you've even been using them! I hope you enjoyed the natural difference of the pure beeswax - even after 10 years I am still mesmerised by the beauty of what bees create! Cate (aka Queen B!) xx

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