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29 January 2015

Arranjo de Flores à la Bollywod :: Bollywood-Style Flower Arrangement


Nesta casa onde agora vivemos, tivemos a sorte de ter herdado um jardim já plenamente estabelecido e cheio de flores diferentes. A antiga dona da casa fartou-se de plantar flores de que gosto imenso, como rosas antigas e sardinheiras perfumadas, mas também escolheu algumas flores que não são bem o meu género — o que é perfeitamente normal, não temos de ter todos os mesmos gostos! Aliás, até tem graça porque assim tenho oportunidade para mexer em flores que nunca teria escolhido à partida, e tentar fazer algo que me agrade com elas. Sair da nossa zona de conforto é sempre positivo, não acham?

In our current house we've been lucky enough to inherited a fully established garden filled with exciting flowers. The previous owner planted loads of flowers I absolutely love, like old-fashioned roses and scented pelargoniums, but she also planted ones that aren't exactly my style — which is fine, of course, as we don't all have to have the same taste! It's actually a fun challenge to have access to flowers I wouldn't have chosen myself, and try to make them work. Getting out of one's comfort zone is a good thing, right?


Então o que fazer com flores de que não gostamos? Deixá-las morrer no canteiro? Isso é que não! Por exemplo, não sou grande fã destas dálias encarnadas e cor-de-laranja (gosto de outro tipo de dálias, mas estas cores não me convencem). Mas estava decidida a fazer alguma coisa com elas, por isso dei uma volta pelo jardim e apanhei outras flores e folhas que as complementassem, que puxassem pelas cores e formas destas dálias, de maneira a pôr em evidência o seu melhor.

So what to do with the flowers one doesn't love? Leave them to die in the garden? Of course not! For example, I'm not a big fan of these red and orange dahlias (something to do with the colours... I do like other types of dahlias) but I was decided to make something with them. So I strolled around the garden and picked a few things that would complement them — things that would make the dahlias pop.






Escolhi cores-de-rosa fortes e verdes-ácidos, assim como cabeças de papoilas e outras flores que ainda não estavam completamente formadas. Misturei tudo dentro de uma caneca de estanho e, quando dei por mim, tinha um arranjo bem ao estilo Bollywood!

I chose bright pinks and acid greens, along with some seed pods and a few immature flowers. I mixed it all in a pewter mug and suddenly I had created a Bollywood-style arrangement!




À laia de conclusão: quando não gostamos de alguma coisa, muitas vezes a melhor maneira de fazer com que ela resulte é chamar a atenção para ela, em vez de tentar escondê-la. Uhm... isto é capaz de ser uma tirada demasiado profunda para um simples arranjo de flores!

My conclusion is, when you don't like something, sometimes the best way to make it work is by drawing attention to it, instead of trying to hide it. Mmmm... that's quite a statement considering we're talking about a simple flower arrangement!

(photos: © Constança Cabral)

27 comments:

  1. Ficou lindo! O cheirinho a Primavera pelo qual nós em Portugal começamos a ansiar!

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  2. Está giríssimo é super alegre e colorido o que é óptimo para alegrar qq espaço!

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  3. Absolutamente encantador e nós por cá a pedir que chegue a Primavera! Hoje então está um dia de "morrinha"...

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  4. Eu gosto, ficou lindo, para quem gosta de cores misturadas como eu :)

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  5. Acho que fizeste um trabalho magnífico! Eu adoro dálias, não me importa a cor e estes arranjos cheios de cor, à Bollywod enchem o olho e uma divisão de alegria. :-)

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  6. LOL
    Adorei!
    O arranjo ficou bem giro (na minha opinião) :D

    Bjs
    Dora
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  7. Eu acho que está giríssimo, cheio de vida e muito alegre! Very very Summery! Adoro!

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  8. Uau!!! Que lindas fotos, lindas flores e que lindo arranjo!
    Parabéns! É sempre tão bom passar por aqui.
    Beijinhos

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  9. Ficou lindamente. Essas flores e cores tão diferentes, mas que resultaram tão bem juntas.

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  10. Ficou muito bonito.
    Adoro estes arranjos cheios de flores diferentes.
    bjs

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  11. Também aprendi a usar flores que tenho e que não gostava muito. Basta ter um pouco de paciência e imaginação e de alguma forma elas hão de ficar bonitas em algum sitio. Esse ramo ficou maravilhosamente lindo :)

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  12. Piccole splendide poesie! Complimenti, davvero tanti complimenti!!

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  13. gostei tanto do resultado que uma das fotografias já foi morar para o meu board do Pinterest dedicado apenas a flores e plantas em geral :)

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  14. I think that looks completely gorgeous (although I love those colour of dahlias). And you've mixed them so cleverly with the other flowers

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  15. Concha, o arranjo de flores está lindo.
    Adorei!!!

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