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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Wildflower ice cubes

When you have friends over, what a beautiful idea to freeze flowers (or raspberries or mint) into ice cubes for their water glasses. Here's the how-to.

83 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous!!! Perfect for a garden or tea party.

    Have you seen the "freezing grapes" technique for chilling wine? This kind erminds me of that!

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  2. so beautiful and so easy.

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  3. Wow, I love this! Perfect for a summer party outdoors.

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  4. simple idea, and will make your guests feel special :)

    http://girlynote.blogspot.com/

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  5. That's brilliant! Definitely doing this for my next get-together. (:

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  6. So beautiful. Perfect for a spring get together. (Or to bring spring into fall)

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  7. For kids, you can freeze different colored kool-aid cubes and drop them in water or sprite for a rainbow treat!

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  8. That is a great idea.

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  9. Those are so beautiful!

    http://chicgeekery.blogspot.com/

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  10. oh, I LOVE these! So gorgeous!

    -meesch
    http://www.aperfectkindofday.com

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  11. This is so cool! I bet you could do a winter version with mint and cranberries. Off to check out the link. :)

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  12. I'd love to freeze raspberries! What a fun idea!

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  13. i love this! we're getting married at an arboretum, and i feel like this would fit in with the theme perfectly. Thanks for the great idea!

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  14. I made them with fresh mint and pieces of lemon last summer for a dinner partie. Everyone loved them and the green-yellow colour combo was so lovely:) They look oh-so beautiful. Kisses, Joanna.

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  15. rad, rad, rad! i've seen it done with berries, but not flowers!

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  16. Ops..I mean party:) xo

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  17. beautiful! and easy to do! it would work with iced tea, don't you think?

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  18. woooooow! that is so beautiful!! How perfect for a party in the spring!

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  19. How lovely! Thanks for sharing!

    http://makingroomwithus.blogspot.com/

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  20. This is so creative, cheap and beautiful!!

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  21. How beautiful! I'm thinking it's perfect for a Spring/Summer wedding reception...

    Bubbs...

    www.paris-on-my-mind.blogspot.com

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  22. So pretty!
    www.poolovesboo.blogspot.com

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  23. these have "bridal shower" written all over them!

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  24. mint and cranberries would be gorgeous!!

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  25. What a beautiful idea. I am doing this for my mom for her birthday this year! Thanks for sharing!

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  26. WOW I love this! so so pretty

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  27. I'm pinning this! :)

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  28. ahhh! i love these cubes! they're so cute!!

    allister bee blog

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  29. I'm tempted to do this with resin so I can have them forever. SO pretty!

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  30. Oh my stars! My mom used to make me these every year for my birthday when I was growing up. Its my birthday today so this was so exciting to open your blog and find these, thank you!
    B of http://lhirondellerouge.blogspot.com/

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  31. Nature is so beautiful. Have you seen this epic video of nature at its best? http://vimeo.com/31158841

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  32. so pretty :) we have small, french strawberries planted in the garden that i would love to try this with.

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  33. Love it! Girl power! The mint idea is wonderful too...

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  34. I love the colors! What a fabulous idea!

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  35. This is SO beautiful!! I pinned this too! I cant wait to try this out

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  36. Anonymous12:30 PM

    These are totally gorgeous!!! I am doing them for Thanksgiving for sure in water on the table.

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  37. This is SO pretty... perfect for those balmy summer days!

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  38. I love this idea! :-)
    Next summer..

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  39. Such a neat idea! Will definitely try this!

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  40. ooh that's so pretty!

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  41. Thanks for the tip, going to try at Thanksgiving get together (first time hosting!)



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  42. Outstanding. So simple and lovely. Thank you for this.

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  43. So beautiful! I want it be summer again so I can try this out in a G&T:)

    http://www.theblossomshed.blogspot.com

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  44. OMG, this is GORGE. I would love for you to do a post on what the heck to cook for 20 people in a NY apartment! (With only one oven) We are having a Xmas party and my bf invited an army and now I don't know what to make! Help!

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  45. if I went to someones house with wildflowers in the ice cubes I would be SO . SO HAPPY :)



    www.dragonnfruit.com

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  46. genius idea...I'm so gonna do this :)

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  47. loool this is fabulous!
    xoxo, Betül

    http://balladofseasons.blogspot.com/

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  48. Oh my gosh... what beautiful ice cubes! I've seen deliciously sweet fruity ice cubes... but floral? Genius!

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  49. Just stunning. Like a little bouquet in a glass!

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  50. was just admiring this on Pinterest.....so fancy!

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  51. oh my goodness. i wish it was spring!

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  52. These are so pretty! I totally did the gross version for halloween here (http://www.glitterandganache.com/?p=240) but can't wait to try a more elegant approach!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  53. Those are absolutely beautiful.

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  54. wowowow!! love it!!! sooo beautiful!!! thanks you so much for sharing!!!

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  55. i've seen rasberries before but never wildflowers - gorgeous!!

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  56. Genius! has opened my mind to many edible items that can be frozen in ice cubes!

    www.eleanorsara.blogspot.com

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  57. Wow that is so pretty! Looks refreshing.

    www.york-avenue.blogspot.com

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  58. Perfect for a summer party outdoors. Beautiful ice cubes but can 't believe that it is ice cubes. Can 't wait to make one for my self. this is fabulous!

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  59. Love this idea! So beautiful! And think of the possibilities...

    http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/

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  60. This is so pretty! What a great way to keep the summer time with you during the winter! Freeze them! Wow!

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  61. Lovely idea! I'm going to try this next weekend.

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  62. this is such a gorgeous way to serve up a drink! i'd love to see such pretty flowers in my glass!

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  63. Thank you for sharing. I am definitely going to give these a go! Have a lovely day. Amy x
    http://www.miloandmitzy.blogspot.com

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  64. How pretty!! A must try for me.

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  65. so beautiful
    what an idea!

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  66. that's AWESOME. I think I'll try this a lot during the winter when I need my daily dose of spring...
    south korea can get reeaally gloomy and crappy during the winter...):

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  67. lovely ice!

    beainfashion.blogspot.com

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  68. this is the coolest thing EVER I love it

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  69. Anonymous7:58 PM

    Love..love this..but I am.not a flower person..so could somebody give me some names of some flowers that would be safe..I only recently found out that Lilies of the Valley are poison but I don't think they are considered wildflowers but would like some safe names please.

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