Jeanne d'Arc Living Magazine - ISSUE 2 (2010) Awesome Spring Homes

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B lue S pring Sensations The F airest R ose of Winter

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The calendar tells us it is winter, and February is indeed the harshest of the winter months. Still, the sensation of spring bubbles within us. Signs of spring are showing all over the place, and before long, a carpet of snowdrops and winter aconites will grace our lawns, and Christmas roses peek out their little heads as the blackbird sings its very first springlike song in the sun. We know what the season has in store for us and it boosts our energy and gives us extra strength to plan and dream. Our imaginations help us paint pretty pictures; fantasies of what we’re able to do with our homes this spring for example. The ability to imagine and envision an idea is just as important as the ability to depict it when the time to carry it out comes. Think of the décor of your home as a painting. You’re the artist, and you need to envision the outcome before picking up the proverbial paintbrush. Once you start getting creative, your mind will often snowball and the initial result gets fine-tuned and you end up with a much more harmonic picture. The energy you pick up from the warming sunrays allows you to focus and improve on your initial ideas. The rays also give you an energy surplus to overcome all sorts of obstacles and hurdles.

This brings me to the crux of the matter; inspiration! Inspiration is the driving force behind imagination, mental pictures and creativity. We sincerely hope that this magazine inspires you helps you to becoming inspired. We know from experience that meeting ant talking to likeminded people can trigger a flow of imagination and ideas.

We’ll do our very best to pass our inspiration and sense of community on to you.

Easter is upon us, and it is the longest and most important Christian festival of them all. It may not mean an awful lot to most of us, but it is actually a mixture of religious, heathen and popular traditions, and most families today have their own set of traditions. Regardless of your faith, this is a chance for you to unwind, relax and take a break from the daily humdrum. You may also want to decorate your home in the spirit of the holiday. If you’re not exactly too keen on yellow eggs and little chickens, this issue of the Jeanne d’Arc Living magazine offers you plenty of ideas for less “intrusive” and busy decorations. All it takes is a bit of time and a tad of ingenuity and you’re done!

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Editors: Vivian Christensen Mail: vivian@jeannedarcliving.dk

Page 28. Things we Love for the Home Page 30. French Cheese

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Flower Arranger: Susanne Sølvsten

Page 53. Clothes we Love Page 55. Belgian Antique and Brocante

Photo & Styling: Lonnie Würtz Jensen & Anette Støvring Christensen

Page 72. Decorative Tins

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The Fairest Rose of Winter - Christmas Roses & Hellebores

During the cold of winter, when you least expect it, you suddenly see the bright glow of the impressive flowers and their awesome colours. The presence of Christmas Roses is enthralling and uplifting. When you see them bloom, you know that spring is closing in you.

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The range of colours spans from pure white over into green, and from a delicate rose to a strong purple.

Most flowers are quite simple, but some sorts come with spots or coloured centres. Some are actually almost black in colour. The blackish sorts are manmade and only available at specialized nurseries.

We consider snowdrops, anemones and winter aconites the first heralds of spring, but the Christmas rose precedes these and beats them to the punch. By the time these proverbial heralds come around, the Christmas rose is already blooming and showing off its beautiful colours. This flower is an herbaceous perennial that can be enjoyed all year round. It blooms for three months between Christmas and March or April, but it looks great during the rest of the year as a less striking leaf plant. The Christmas rose measures between thirty and forty centimetres in height and it is very hardy all season round. They thrive in ordinary garden soil that is not too wet or dry. It does however prefer a bit of shade.

A Da rl in g Bouq uet in an Eg g B asket: What you need: Various Christmas roses and Hellebores from the garden Ranunculus and Umbellifers from the florist’s.

What to do: Place a beautiful vase in an old, French wirework basket. Fill the vase with water and prepare the flowers. Start out by placing the umbellifers in the vase and use the basket to support the bouquet. Now, place Christmas roses, Hellebores and Ranunculi among the umbellifers. Keep adding flowers until the bouquet is plump and handsome. The leaves from the Christmas rose should be used as well.

H o w t o m a ke your Bouq uets last

Cut Christmas roses look adorable in bouquets. Unfortunately, most of us aren’t able to make them last for very long. A piece of advice was given to us: If you submerge the stems in boiling water for twenty seconds right after you pick them, they should last notably longer. Before putting the flowers n the vase, make a few 2-3 centimetre long incisions into the end of each stem to allow them to draw water. The flowers will last longer if kept in a cool environment. Before placing them in the vase, submerge them in cool water so that only the heads are visible. This makes them turgid and prepares them for room temperature. When the water is changed, but a bit of each stem and make new incisions.

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His torica lly Speaking :

It is known that monks brought Hellebores to Scandinavia from Southern Europe. They used the Christmas rose as a medicinal plant and so it was known as the “monastery lily”. It was said to heal various ailments and illnesses despite the fact that it was and still is poisonous. Legends speak of a shepherd that set out to Bethlehem on the night of the birth of Jesus, but as he wasn’t able to find a suitable present for Baby Jesus, he sat down and wept. Where his tears fell, flowers shot out of the ground. Flowers as pretty as roses; Christmas roses. The shepherd picked a single rose and brought it to Baby Jesus. Botanically, however, it has never been proven that Christmas roses have ever existed around Bethlehem.

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The name ”Hellebores” derives from the Latin ”hellein” that means ”to kill” and ”bora” that means ”food”. This essentially means that the Hellebores is a killing food, and this seems suitable as the entire plant is poisonous. The root and the seeds of the plant are the most poisonous, and the poisonous qualities of them do not fade when the plant is dried. Three ripe seeds are more than enough to cause serious poisoning. Many tales are told of the Christmas rose, and in olden days it was used for several uses including medicinal. In the countryside, it was used as an Oracle flower. Twelve flowers would be planted; one for each month of the year. The weather of the coming year war read off the way the buds would unfold. Closed buds were omens

of bad weather, and open ones would forecast fair weather.

The following Christmas hymn “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming” originates from 14th century Germany, and it is actually a Catholic hymn known as a Maria carol.

Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming, from tender stem hath sprung!

Of Jesse’s lineage coming, as men of old have sung.

It came, a floweret bright, amid the cold of winter, When half spent was the night.

Isaiah ’twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind; With Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind.

To show God’s love aright, she bore to men a Savior, When half spent was the night.

We’ve made a handsome display with plain stems from Christmas roses and Hellebores in small bottles on a platter, and it’s very easy to make one of your own.

If you’re expecting company, a simple way of spicing up the table is placing single flower heads in a little bowl by each setting. We’ve decorated each wine glass with matching lace.

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