I heart flowers.

I got to do some floral for restaurant parties this week, and am really excited about my foray into floral arrangement! The picture above is one of the three "modern patriotic" arrangements I did for a woman who is celebrating her anniversary on the 4th of July, she wanted red, white and blue tones, but didn't want it overly flag-like (her words). I chose deep pink cottage Yarrow, white daisies, blue cornflower, sea thistle, and buplerium. The thistles and bluperium (the green stuff) look so firecracker-y that I thought they worked beautifully. The yarrow is a great deep pink, so I got to use the tones she was looking for, but I modernized it. I really like it. A lot.

The arrangement at the end of the post was for a 5th wedding anniversary and the husband, who planned the party as a surprise, wanted to re-create the wedding bouquet. So, white calla lillies, yellow freesia, white hydrangeas, and white listanthus were used to create a beautiful and classy arrangement. I used a tarnished sterling silver bowl to put the flowers in, I like the play of the dainty freesia and lisanthus, and the modern calla lily, with the traditional, but shabby bowl. The bride LOVED it and said that it was very similar to her actual bouquet.

Woot! Can't get much better than that! So here I am, a month into the birth of Leap floral, and I am loving it. I am actually thinking of getting another client or two. Nervous? Yep. Learning how to profit from this? Trying. So far, I am having trouble gauging how much floral I need for an arrangement, but I am getting better. My eyes are just bigger than my wallet (as usual).

So if you need flowers, for anything, or invitations printed, or just want to chat, reply to my post, email me at leapfloral@gmail.com, or stalk me at Loft 610, I'd love to help!! :)