If you would like a heavenly fragrance, luscious blooms, beautiful color and a dash of class, here is an arrangement you can make with your own Garden Roses and a blue and white Ginger Jar. This is made with large blooms from Tea Roses planted in my garden, and hydrangeas and greens from Trader Joes. See how: http://www.floristinyou.com/ginger-jar
Ginger Jar Roses
DIY spring arrangement with fragrant lilacs and roses, and bright daffodils. You will also learn how to put together a bird's nest. See how:
Spring is here. It's time for crickets, daffodils, tulips, and iris. We won't put crickets in this arrangement but we will use tiny lights that may remind you of fireflies. And we will use small stones like you might find along a creek bed. This swirl is a fun arrangement and easy to make. See how:
Tulip Swirl with Lights
Last week you learned how to make Fabric Covered Mason Jars. This week you will see how to make an arrangement for them. The arrangement is quick and easy, and has a fresh fun look. You will be using pink Gerber Daisies and pink Wax Flower. It is simple, yet delicate. Here's the link for making the Fabric Covered Mason Jars: http://www.floristinyou.com/fabric-covered-mason-jars
And here's the link for the arrangement: http://www.floristinyou.com/gerber-daisies-and-wax-flowers
Spring is here and what a fun way to use some fresh cotton prints, cover pint sized Mason jars with them. It's not that hard...just a little sticky. You can mix and match prints and the flowers that will fill the mason jars. See how: http://www.floristinyou.com/fabric-covered-mason-jars
It's that time of year. The camellias are in bloom in Southern California. If you have camellia bushes you can make this arrangement with the flowers from your garden. See how here: http://www.floristinyou.com/white-camellias
DIY Valentin'es Day arrangement with these fabulous, showy, Camellias. Look at their golden stamens like silken threads. Best of all, you can cut these fresh from your own yard, or your neighbor's (with permission of course.) See how: http://www.floristinyou.com/valentine
It's almost here. Want to make something spectacular? They are glamorous, they are sparkling, they are glitter roses, and they are easy. See how. http://www.floristinyou.com/valentines-day-glitter-roses
Valentine's Day Glitter Roses
This is a DIY arrangement with Billy Balls and Cotton. This arrangement is as fun as it's name is silly. Don't go crazy and pull all of the cotton out of the pods. Get the TIPS on how to work with this 'sticky' Cotton on the stem. http://www.floristinyou.com/cotton
Billy Balls and Cotton
DIY arrangement with a beautiful array of flowers in a contemporary cement bowl. You will use pink Peonies, pink Ranunculus, white tipped pink Tulips, fringed pink Parrot Tulips, yellow/peach Lisianthus, and burgundy Aster Matsumotos. From the garden you will add Lavender, and blue berries from a bush, and twigs from a tree. You will finish the arrangement off with Silver Dollar Eucalyptus, and some tiny sprigs of pink Pepper Berry. Are you ready to have this spring colored arrangement grace your home?
Well Christmas is over and Peonies are out! Here's a gem of a little arrangement, made with pink Peonies, variegated pink roses, and Mini Green Hydrangeas. It's perfect for a centerpiece, or to give to a friend. See how to get the tea-leaf into the vase. http://www.floristinyou.com/winter-peonies-and-roses
Winter Peonies and Roses
Would you like to make a fresh Christmas wreath? You've come to the right spot. While you're doing that you can learn how to make a bow for a wreath as well as how to moss a decorative bird and put it on a perch. Here's the link: http://www.floristinyou.com/template-1
Here's an elegant arrangement that's really easy! You will use red roses, red spray roses, red coffee beans, and Cedar, Scotch Pine, and Douglas Fir. The reds and the greens look festive in the silvery Mercury Glass and the scent of the greens is a reminder of the season. Here's the link:http://www.floristinyou.com/mercury-glass-chalis
Would you like to make your own 'earthy' cornucopia, with a piece of eucalyptus bark, and miniature fruit and veggies? Complete the centerpiece with a sheaf of wheat in a vase with a burlap ribbon trim, and a decorative pumpkin covered in cork. It's easy. Photos and instructions: http://www.floristinyou.com/harvest
Harvest Wheat and Fruit
Would you like to take a photo tour seeing wildflowers along the coast of Maine and see some of its light houses, walk in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's family garden, and sit across the water from the Bush compound in Kennebunkport Maine? http://www.floristinyou.com/field-trips/
Remember the magic of watching A Midsummer Night's Dream amid the woods in an outdoor theatre, or in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford upon Avon in England, or at whatever Shakespearean festival you attended? Have those faeries stayed in your mind? Create a little magic of your own by making your own faerie crown: http://www.floristinyou.com/fantasy-faerie-crown
Fantasy Faerie Crown photo credit: Cody Owens
Fresh limes, spider mums and daisies, Oh my! Are you ready for fall? This arrangement will help get you in the mood. If your weather is like it is here in LA, its' still pretty warm, but you can tell the season is turning to Fall, and I know back East the leaves are turning. I will add "Wildflowers in Maine..." to the blog soon. This arrangement is fresh with the bright yellows, whites, and lime green colors. Here's a link:
http://www.floristinyou.com/fresh-limes-spider-mums-and-daisies
Fresh Limes, Spider Mums and Daisies
Want to make a simple yet elegant arrangement? You can't miss with this art glass vase, glass pumpkin, and floating Spider Mums. Art glass is in vogue right now and a wonderful way to add color to your home. For step by step photos and instructions: http://www.floristinyou.com/amber-vase
Would you like to know more about the art glass that comes from "The Kingdom of Crystal" in the forests of Sweden? See photos of floral arrangements in Kosta Boda pieces: http://www.floristinyou.com/kosta-boda-glass
Kosta Boda Glass
Would you like to make an arrangement from nature inspired by the ancient Japanese art form called Ikebana? Purchase a kenzan floral "frog" and come along on this adventure into the representation of heaven, earth, and man. http://www.floristinyou.com/page-ikebana
