Posts Tagged ‘Flowers’
back to school: flower bouquet
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
I think this flower bouquet would be perfect as a centerpiece at a back to school party or as a teacher’s gift.
To make: find a big jar and a glass cup that fits inside. Carefully slide plastic alphabet letters (the kind that are magnets that stick to the fridge) between the jar and the glass cup. Fill the inside cup with water and flowers. Enjoy!
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Tags: Back to School, Flowers, Nicole Hill, Party Ideas
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raggedy ann party: flowers
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
The flowers for this party also match the color scheme. The beautiful and talented Megan Dunford of Persimmon Floral made the two arrangements that I used. She had the genius idea of wrapping the vases in scrapbooking paper and using paper flowers as well. If you look closely at both pictures, you can see all of the different paper flowers that she crafted.
I’m not a florist, but I think the flowers in the arrangements are: white tulips, red spray roses, red carnations, and white stock. And I think Megan painted some china berries white and put them in there too. The paper flowers have a button in the center with floral wire fed through and twisted to make a wire stem.
When adding flowers to a party think outside the box and try adding a touch of whimsy, just for fun.
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Tags: Flowers, Nicole Hill, Raggedy Ann
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valentine party: vases with button bouquets
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
I found these cute white milkglass vases at the thriftstore. They are super cheap and perfect for these little button bouquets that I bought on Etsy from KadyHope. I knew that real flowers would cost way too much during the Valentine’s holiday, so button bouquets were the perfect solution.
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Tags: Flowers, Melissa Papaj, Valentine's Party
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what i’m doing: two floral arranging classes in one month
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Do you ever see those cute flower bunches at Costco or at an outside market? What do you do with them once you get home? I usually take my bouquet and cut off the ends and put them in a vase. I fool myself into believing that they are “wild” and “naturally” arranged. That they look good like that. Um, no. They don’t. I recently took two different floral arranging classes from two completely opposite teachers. One from an extension program through a local university and one at the Art Weekend that I recently attended. The first teacher was an old school, east coast professor type and the other was a hip, self taught wedding florist. I liked them both. And I will admit that with taking just two basic classes, I feel confident that I can now turn a simple bunch of flowers into a decent arrangement. Don’t get me wrong, flower arranging is a total skill that takes time to master. And I’d always prefer to have a pro do it for me. But in the comfort of my own home, surrounded by my four adoring kids who basically think everything I do is genius (they’re still young, okay?) I definitely have enough confidence to make some centerpieces for us. This is a fun and relatively inexpensive hobby and I would recommend a class like these to anyone. Did you see that Jane Packer has classes in NYC? Good thing I know a cool brother with an apartment there… And sometimes Eddie Ross will post a floral arranging class taught by him. I love Eddie Ross. Oh, and p.s. telling a professional florist that you buy flowers at Costco and just trim the ends and then throw the whole thing into a random vase is like telling your photography teacher that you always shoot on auto. They look at you horror stricken. Horror stricken, like you just admitted to a horrible crime. So if you find yourself in a similar situation, keep that little bit of info to yourself.
Three things that I learned:
1. Don’t make your arrangements too tall or else people will move them off of the table. Both instructors mentioned this.
2. Choose your vase and THEN find flowers that will look good in it. Interesting, since I always do the opposite.
3. Put your greens in first in a nice even distribution. No, put your greens in last to fill in the holes. Some contradiction between the two teachers, so either way is fine, I say.
Okay, I totally arranged both of these centerpieces. (Keep in mind that I didn’t get to choose the flowers, they were provided at the classes, so don’t judge.) And my photography is improving too, right?
Tags: Classes, Flowers
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tea party: teapots for vases
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Girly girl tea parties are the perfect occasion to use fresh flowers. So think outside of the box on this one and use some cute teapots to hold your bouquets. And for simplicity I like to put just one kind of flower in each pot.
Tags: Brook Andreoli, Flowers, Tea Party
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american girl pioneer party: the tables
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
I had floral arrangements made for the tables using more “wild” type flowers and I used mason jars as the vases to put a fun twist on it.
I used mismatched china plates and silverware to give the tables a more eclectic, prairie feel. I did have to use paper napkins because my vintage looking handkerchiefs didn’t arrive in time (although I checked the mailbox right before I left for the party, just in case). And I had my calligrapher write up place cards in the same font as the invitation envelopes.
I used small cups and “salad” size plates, partially because the party was for younger girls, but also for a more miniature feel since it was a doll party.
Here are the girls enjoying all of their hard work.
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Tags: American Girl Pioneer Party, Casey Hyer, Dishes, Flowers
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vintage glam barbie party: garden flowers
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
What girl’s birthday party is complete without tons of fresh, beautiful flowers? An easy and inexpensive way to accomplish this is to use flowers cut from your yard to decorate. These roses are from my client’s yard and the beautiful peonies are from my parents’ yard.
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