Friday, September 10, 2010

Friday flowers

A mixed bouquet from the flower stall.

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I love all the different textures, even though it requires a bit more work than my usual one flower arrangements. 

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I'm certainly not a professional, so feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt, but when I'm putting together something like this I start by pulling out the largest flowers. In this case, that was the dahlia, the lilies and the snapdragons. I put my trusty flower frog in the bottom of the vase and stick the larger flowers in securely, spreading them out more or less evenly. Then I start adding in the filler flowers, often sticking a stem in and then pulling it out to trim it a bit. It's not effortless for me, because I'm always having to correct and re-arrange, but I do love the process.

9 comments:

  1. for a non professional, you do a pretty good job!
    i <3 how creative you are.
    have a good friday!

    gina

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  2. i love those red lilies! your place must smell fantastic this morning.

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  3. I really think I should start a similar tradition. Flowers are bring a smile to my face. :)

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  4. Love flower frogs.
    They make things so much easier.
    These photos are gorgeous!!

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  5. :) you're good - i use the kerplunkt method

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  6. gorgeous! i think your tips are right on -- a little structure & plan of action for a lovely bouquet.

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  7. These are my favorite yet (I've seen your last 7 or so). Just beautiful!

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  8. Beautiful pictures :) the flowers are gorgeous!

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