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The Leap Floral blog is the beginning stage of what I hope to be my exciting, fun, and beautiful future. I hope you enjoy my musings on gardening, flowers, recipes and other stuff. The inspiration for the name of my future shop comes from my Aunt Nancy, her favorite saying is "leap and the net will appear." When I was surprised by a forced career change, I was freaked out, but she (and the rest of my wonderful family) explained that now was the best time to make my dream of being the owner of a great little shop come true. So, I took the leap and here it begins...




Saturday, August 7, 2010

Flowers make the world prettier. I like pretty.



I have been a busy bee! I picked up a couple of new clients this week, one that I deliver a fresh bouquet to weekly, which is exactly what I hope to do when Leap Floral Boutique opens, and my mom! The pics attached are of the arrangement I did for a book signing party she is having at her house on Sunday. I used teddy bear gerbera's, mini pittosporum, trick carnations (the moss looking round balls), safflower, and then grabbed some hosta leaves and blooms, king tut grass and black-eyed susans from my yard to complete it. I think it turned out pretty cool. (Sheesh, pretty cool...please, I'm so proud of it I could burst!)
I also used the teddy bear gerbs for the flowers at Loft 610 this week, they are really pretty, muted colors and almost look antiqued. I used them with the mini pit (variegated green and white leaves) and the combo makes a really neat impact on the tables. Oh yes...I also picked up a new role at the restaurant, I am now helping with the event planning portion, it's super fun and great practice for Leap, who knows, maybe I change the name of the shop to Leap Floral Boutique: event planning, flowers, home decor, stationery, gardening supplies, art, and other cool stuff. Catchy, right?


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