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10 Pink Bridal Bouquets

 

Pink Bouquets Not Just For Brides

I think pink bridal bouquets are so beautiful. They come in so many different shades. I want to inspire you with all the textures, variations in style and shapes.

You don't even have to be getting married to enjoy them. They may spark an idea for an event, a project you're working on or simply enhance your DIY flower skills. Or you can just pin them to share with others.

10 Bridal Bouquets By Color Each Week

 I will post 10 bridal bouquets of a different color each week until I run out of colors.  It might be nice to show centerpieces each week too. I don't know. We'll see how it goes. 

10 Pink Bouquets:  

1)  Image:  Fleurology

2)  Image:  Martha Stewart

 

3)  Image:  Floral Design Events

 

4)  Image:   The Kitty Pad

 

5)  Image:  Martha Stewart

 

6) Image:  soul flower

 

7)  Image:  The Stylish Bloom

 

8)  Image:  My Wedding Flower Ideas

 

9)  Image:  via Funky Trend

 

10) Image:   via Funky Trend  

 

Okay. You're right. That last bouquet is not pink, but someone who likes callas and pink would love it.

Which one of these pink bridal bouquets do you like?

Mimi

 

 

Green-Haired Man Creates Vertical Gardens At New York Botanical Gardens

The 10th Annual Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden is featuring an incredible installation by Patrick Blanc.

Bill Cary

Patrick Blanc, a Paris botanist  and artist has built a reputation creating lavish vertical gardens all over the world.  His work at The New York Botanical Garden features some orchids, but mostly he focuses on what he calls "vegetative architecture and the color of leaves."

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 Patrick Blanc invented the modern concept of "the green wall."  He is considered a "rock star" in the field of creative botany.

Video - See a BBC interview with Orchid Show designer, Patrick Blank here.

Photos - You can view 11 photos from the 10th Annual Orchid Show here at the post "Spring Colors in Bloom at Orchid Show" from the website, DNA info.com. 

The Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden runs now through April 22, 2012. You can get tickets here.

What do you think of vertical gardens?

Mimi

Let Your Light Shine

 

"Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.

                                                                        Wilfred Peterson  

 

 

Love this pink ranunculus and purple anemone which often look blue in photos.

You'll find this image on my pinterest pinboard called "Living A Floral Lifestyle."  

Which image on the pinboard do you like best?

Mimi

 

Image: via justcallmegrace

Top 5 December Wedding Bouquets

Red flowers predominate in the unusual bridal bouquets I've selected for December. 

 

1) Image:     Martha Stewart

 

2) Image:   Flora Nova

 

3) Image:   Flora Nova

 

 
4) Image:   Flower Studio

 

5) Image:   MissNowMrs

 

Do you feel about feathers in bridal bouquets?

 

Mimi

Top 5 December Flower Arrangements

Here are some stunning flower arrangements for December:

 

1) Image:   Bloom by Anuschka

 

2) Image:   Ovando

3) Image:   Quatre Coeur

 

4) Image:   Amy Merrick

 

 

5) Image:   Buds and Blooms 

 

Which one of these arrangements do you think feels most like December?

Mimi

 

 

Happy Birthday Fly Me To The Moon Florists

Image:   Fly Me To The Moon Florists

 

Please Join Us In Celebrating The 4th Anniversary Of

Fly Me To The Moon Florists

Established November 30, 2007

 

We're honored to create flower arrangements for you!

Mimi

Are You Charmed By Flowers?

Image:    Fly Me To The Moon Florists

 

"To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which is far better to enjoy,than to attempt to fully understand."

Henry T.Tuckerman

 

As a florist, I spend a lot of time looking at flowers. You'd think I'd get used to it by now.You know. Looking at flowers with great wonder. 

How brilliant the colors. How specifically placed each petal.The amazing scent. Or lack of one.

Just when I think I've seen it all. There's some other,different flower.  

Saw a rose last week with green stuff coming out of the center. That's a rose?

I try to remember the names of the unusual ones. At least until I can get out the door of the wholesaler.

But I've given up on memory and have begun writing them down.  

So I can go back to our shop and research them.

But mostly, I just sit in amazement enjoying their beauty. Grateful to be in their presence.

How about you?

Mimi

5 Tips For Displaying Poinsettias

 Poinsettias! They're not just red anymore!

Image:   Southern Hospitality

Poinsettias come in a wide array of colors. Red, white and shades of pink. Poinsettias  are also available in colors nature never intended.

You can find poinsettias in almost any color. You can even buy one to match your couch. Those poinsettias have either been tinted or painted. You can see some here.

Most of us just take the traditional red poinsettia and plop it down on the nearest table. That's okay, but you may want to consider a few of these ideas:

 

Image:  BHG

1) Super-size your poinsettias. Get really big ones that will make a statement in your space. Imagine how the room above would look if they had two dinky little poinsettias on the floor.

Image:   via Boutique Paoeny

 2) Consider a color other than the standard red. And place a bunch of them in one spot. This is where you use the smaller poinsettias.  

 

Image:   BHG

 3) Cut a few stems and place them in small vases.  Place them on a cake stand or two to give them height. You can also place them on a tray or in a row down the center of a table.

 

Image:   Southern Living

4)  Place potted poinsettias in a basket or large bowl with other potted plants. You can even add cut flowers in a vase tucked down inside or in water tubes.

 

Image:   BHG

 5)  Put your potted poinsettias down into decorative pots and set it on a mantel or table. Add a few accessories in complementary colors to create a vignette.

So those are my ideas about how to display poinsettias. What are yours?

What do you think of tinted, painted and glittered poinsettias?

Mimi

 

Linking to:

French Country Cottage

At The Picket Fence

Coffee & Conversations

Chic On A Shoestring Decorating

Common Ground

My Romantic Home

Primp

Stuff and Nonsense

 

How to Make Simple Mini Thanksgiving Flower Arrangements

Image:  BHG

You know you've seen them!

Those beautiful Thanksgiving centerpieces.  

 

Image:  Martha Stewart

Autumnal-hued roses, mango calla lilies, dripping with bronze chyrsanthemums, red pears, foliage of many kinds and other stuff you can't even name. Sometimes, there are even candles embedded in them.

I know, because I make them.  

But, maybe this year you'd like to try something different. Perhaps you want a simpler, more relaxed Thanksgiving.  

 

Image:   via Flower Picture Gallery

Have I got the centerpieces for you!

Centerpieces that involve nothing more than cutting small clusters of flowers and putting them into a glass or small vase. 

 

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You can put one of these mini Thanksgiving centerpieces at each place setting. You can place them here and there along a table. Or you can cluster them in a group on a cake stand or pretty tray. 

 

Image:   Sandra P Photography

 Here's how to get the look:

• Get a few small stem glasses or vases. They don't have to match or be the same size. I'd use all the same color though for continuity. The shape doesn't matter, but the stemware must be deep enough to hold flower stems. You may not want to use your finest for this. Buy mismatched ones from your local thrift shop.
• Buy a bunch or several bunches of flowers depending upon how many arrangements you plan to make. Sunflowers are way too big and heavy for these arrangements. Small flowers, roses, pom poms, berries, carnations are good choices. Consider the colors you're using on the tables as a jumping off point for your flowers.

 

Image:   NewlyWoodwards

• Or make mini arrangements of all one kind of flower or all one kind per vase. You decide what you like best.
• Condition your flowers. Learn how here.
• Cut the flowers apart and create little bouquets of flowers. Trust your own judgement about what looks good.  
• You may want to take the flowers and separate them into piles first. If you are making 5 arrangements then make 5 piles with a rose, then add a carnation to each pile, then the next flower... That way you 'll be sure to have enough flowers for all your mini arrangements.
• You can do this the day before you need them. 
• These arrangements are great for other places in your home like the bathroom, bedroom or office.

 

Image:   Martha Stewart

The mini flower arrangements above were made in small glass candle holders and then wrapped in corn husks.

If you'd like to elevate your mini Thanksgiving flower arrangements and don't have a cake stand. Learn how to make one here. 

I often make these kinds of mini flower arrangements at Fly Me To The Moon Florists. Customers buy them as birthday gifts for co-workers. You can make these yourself and give them as gifts too.

Have you ever used these mini flower arrangements?

Mimi

 

Linking to:

French Country Cottage

At The Picket Fence

No Minimalist Here

Coffee & Conversations

Home Is Where My Story Begins

Chic On A Shoestring Decorating

Common Ground

My Romantic Home

 

Only The Freshest Flowers Will Do

Green Flower Arrangement - Fly Me To The Moon Florist

 

I made this flower arrangement 3 weeks ago for one of our weekly flower contracts.

Would you believe, with a few minor substitutions, it is still sitting on display in our flower shop. 

Each week we deliver a fresh arrangement and bring back the old one. Sometimes they still look so good I keep them in the shop for display.

At the crack of dawn every Monday and Wednesday, you can find me in the Chelsea Flower Market in New York City.

The flowers arrive at the New York airports at 2:00 am. I try to get there as soon as the wholesalers take the blooms and foliage out of the boxes.

I take the freshest and most interesting flowers to Fly Me To The Moon Florist where they are handled with tender loving care.

Guess that's why this one lasted so long!

 

How long would you like your fresh flowers to last?

Mimi