MY IKEBANA ARRANGEMENT

I have this very pretty shrub in my garden called a Red Powder Puff. I looked up the info and found that it is native to tropical America :  

Family: Mimosaceae
Genus: Calliandra 

Species: haematocephala

For our Women's Institute competition last night I needed to make an Ikebana flower arrangement, and as it's winter right now, there are not too many flowers in my garden, except this beautiful shrub.

Here is my Ikebana arrangement:

I used a little square plate (3"x3") and added some glass pebbles and stones in the bottom.  Three flowers, two leaf sprigs and a twig with some buds on it are all that it took (and about 5 minutes of my time).

I got a perfect 10 and first place for my creation! I am so proud of myself as I am not good at arranging flowers at all!  When I get a bunch of flowers I 'dump' them in a large upright vase and that's it.  

I will share my creation on
Inspire Me Fridays, #64, 'Anything Goes'

... still smiling this morning!


luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban
South Africa