As of 1 year ago I had never seen hops...and certainly I had not seen it growing on a vine. One of the great pleasures of being in a town that has more microbreweries than you can shake a stick at, is the availability of hops vine. But you have to snatch it up before the brewers get their hands on it!
I did a wedding this weekend that involved using hops vine along the wedding arch. I have to say, I was so enamoured with it, I got some for myself! Small clover-like green buds along a delicate vine - the petals are so papery and also dry well.
I made a vignette along my dining room builtin hutch.
Here is a closeup of the hops, my vintage garden cement bird, and tall mossy branches...
and of course some flowers and figs...
A few weeks ago I posted about a window display at Soapology in Manhattan. Every one seemed to go nuts (myself included) for the candles in the birdcage. So I was inspired to do my own version. Turns out I had bought the exact same style of birdcage a few months ago while antiquing. I perched mine on a vintage wood column top which is the center of my hops sideboard vignette.
Enchanting!
Posted by: Tay | September 09, 2007 at 10:40 PM
I've never seen hops before - I'm in love! Your display is gorgeous and the candles in the birdcage make such a nice centerpiece :)
Posted by: Cassi | September 10, 2007 at 12:53 AM
the vignette in your dining room looks really great! beautiful inspiration! I also love the candles in the cage!
Posted by: nay-knay-k | September 10, 2007 at 07:46 AM
beautiful!
Posted by: jan | September 10, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Wow! I will look in my neighborhoods if I can find a few hops.
At night, the vignette must take on a mysterious mood with the candle glow and the reflections. Because I like things in three, I suggest adding a taller size candle; the cage is big enough for three.
Posted by: At home with Kim Vallee | September 10, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Amazing. Our wedding in August had a green and ivory theme and I truly wish I had seen these images beforehand. Gorgeous work!
Posted by: Angela | September 10, 2007 at 04:02 PM
I am LOVING that birdcage. Where did you get it or where can we find something similar? Thanks!
Posted by: G | September 10, 2007 at 04:20 PM
I LOVE your hutch. That's exactly the sort of thing I want for my house...when we buy one. Except that sort of thing isn't common on Long Island. But I'm going to look! The hops and the birdcage are pretty nice too.
Posted by: Pencils | September 10, 2007 at 06:03 PM
Oh, it's so beautiful! I didn't realize that the hops flowers were so small. I made a flower arrangement at my friend's farm that was inspired by you and your creative greenery choices the other day (I used green pokeberries in it).
Posted by: Era | September 10, 2007 at 08:44 PM
Pretty! We actually have a bird cage that we bought that I think was meant to be a candle holder (that is what we used it as). I love it, but the candle melted and hardened so that now we can't open the cage up to put a new candle in.
Posted by: Hanna | September 10, 2007 at 10:48 PM
Wow, gorgeous! (Love that hutch, too.)
Posted by: carlene | September 11, 2007 at 07:26 AM
i made a post in my inspiration blog about this, I hope this is ok for you. of course i added your link as the source of the picture!!!
Posted by: nay-k | September 13, 2007 at 11:01 AM