Before the outline of a bouquet is finalized, a color combination can render a small arrangement to appear peaceful, chaotic, airy, vibrant, harmonious, or chaotic. A novice arranger may find each individual flower visually appealing when looked at in isolation, only to discover that when assembled together, the result has a difficult time conveying a […]
Have you ever practiced a vase and been disappointed that a stem looks too short? You hold your flower up against the vase, feel like you have made one confident cut, and when you put it in the vase you see that it was too short. Sometimes a flower even disappears entirely behind the rim! […]
The stems matter long before any flowers touch the vase. Stems with remaining leaves dirty the water, and stems with dry ends have harder time drinking. Stems with crushed or careless cuts have a shorter freshness period. These are not floral embellishments; they are the basics for how a stem and any arrangement behave. The […]
First, you’ll want to pick a bouquet that is easy to understand. Instead of picking a handful of pretty flowers to see if they work as a group, think of your bouquet as a series of jobs to complete: focal flowers, supporting blooms, filler flowers and greenery. You’ll want one or two focal flowers, a […]
