Summer's Dyed Daisy Delights

Summer had some very simple requests for her flowers: daisies...ONLY daisies...but her specifics were very specific: Sky blue, chocolate brown, polka dots, curly willow, wrapped stems, white blooms for certain wedding party members, blue for others, brown ribbon for one, blue ribbon for another, polka dot ribbon for her, exact numbers of flowers for each centerpiece and more! It may sound like a lot, but it actually makes my work very simple and clear! I had my list of names and a flower color next to each name and a ribbon color next to each flower for that person. Boom! Everyone knew exactly what was theirs and it made distribution and pinning very clean.

The blue daisies did have to be dip dyed very lightly and carefully the night before the wedding, but once they were dry the construction was pretty straightforward. The theme carried through the entire event with polka dots all over every table, picture, and decoration with daisies and curly willow...blue and brown were a lovely presence in every corner.

What a great way to bring sweet young touches like dots and daisies into a sophisticated theme of blue and brown!

Thanks so much to Steve and Summer for including me in their awesome, detail-oriented aweseomeness!


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Get Well Soon

I had a call recently from a sweet return client, Maddie, who had an ailing friend that she wanted to make feel better. A get better soon arrangement? All Maddie could say is that I should make it happy, and possibly include the color purple. Sunflowers, pink/purple daisies and kagaroo paws made for a very cheerful concoction that I hear brought great smiles to everyone. Thanks, Maddie for such a pleasant occupation!

Yellow Rose of Texas?

You would think that the state flower would be the Yellow Rose, right? At least, they should make it the yellow rose after the fame of the song, but no. The State Flower of Texas is actually the Bluebell! Who knew? Well, I'm headed to Texas tomorrow for a wedding over the weekend and thought I'd post some recent work in honor of the Lone Star State.

Brian and Amy decided to use the colors of the college where they met and fell in love...bright sunny yellow and deep navy blue. Amy was so fun to accomodate with requests like, Daisies, but not Gerber daisies, and even with a math degree she wanted it messy without being too messy...not uniform and straight but not droopy either. She had the specific color requests and if the blue wasn't a real honest deep navy blue we needed to try something else, but otherwise, she was so willing to hear ideas for alternate flowers and arrangements. The blue Delphiniums that we used are a cousin to the Texas Bluebell, and ironically enough, there are yellow roses there too! with the greenery and a couple of spots of white to add interest, it was a lovely collection of flowers.

The fun part came when the groom offered some assistance. The groom?? Yes, the groom! Brian had been an avid lover of Oragami for years and wanted to include at least one blue paper flower for his bride. The idea sparked and we all loved it! In the end, Brian made more than 20 flowers for us to use in ALL the arrangements, and they were a huge hit!

What a bright, beautiful, cheerful collection of fun! Thanks, Brian and Amy for allowing me to bring such loveliness to light!