Rukkilill- Cornflower

The blue cornflower has been the national flower of Estonia since 1968 and symbolizes daily bread to Estonians. In Estonian the flower is called a Ryeflower :) and you can find it in the rye fields very often. And in summertime we love to weave wreaths from rukkilill.

Rukkilill is so beautiful and means a lot to me. It’s like having a little piece of Estonia here, far away from my country. So last week lots of rukkilill`s started to grow in our house.

Here is Annabel`s painting of rukkilill.

 

We used the image of the rukkilill…

… to decorate the wreath…

… to decorate the table…

… to decorate the wall…

… to decorate the window…

… to decorate the cake.

…. and…  to decorate myself :D

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About the cake.

The cake idea is from here.  Of course ours is not as beautifully decorated as the original, but it still tasted very good.  My lovely friend, who  hosted the dinner party, made the cake.. my job was to decorate it.

“Kokkama Ragnega” (“Cooking with Ragne”) is one of my favourite cookery blogs. She has got so many interesting recipes there along with very beautiful pictures!

Here is how I made the cornflower:

Linked to: “Craft Schooling Sunday“.