Subdued
For this Mother's Day bouquet in beautiful shades of brown, 5mm aluminum wires are wrapped with metallic wool, interspersed with a brown fabric heart. A beautiful symbolism: the heart is pierced with a single thread, and the remaining threads 'grow' around it, as do the flowers that weave through the threads. Sanguisorba, Talinum 'Long John', Cambria orchid, Phalaenopsis, Gloriosa, Japanese Allium, Scabiosa, beautiful brown carnations, and fragrant Polianthes tuberosa are incorporated here.
Natural with colour
Flowers and various leaf shapes are formed from natural-colored Smithers Oasis Rustic Wire, each drilled into a wooden base of the natural foundation and then secured around the glass vases with Smithers Oasis paper wire. This immediately appears decorative, and the bases can be arranged in many different ways – truly all colors suit the neutral base. Here, Gloriosa, carnations, Talinum ‘Long John’, Japanese Allium, Guzmania, Anthurium, and Syngonium leaves have been chosen for some tranquility.
A golden edge
The base of this frame bouquet consists of two wreaths attached to each other with gold-colored olive leaves. By putting them on wire, a handle has been created; a quick way to make a beautiful frame for this Mother's Day bouquet.
Many different materials have been used, including many beautiful varieties in tubes – this offers many possibilities for shop work. Here are applied: Craspedia, Gloriosa, Clematis fluff, Phalaenopsis, Passiflora vines, roses, Guzmania and beautiful Alocasia leaf.
More with less
The inspiration for this bouquet is the theme of sustainability – how to create a lot of impact with few flowers. The base is a structure of fine branches: Salix and Chaenomeles japonica. Vertical branches are attached to two circles of fine Salix branches. When the branches are firmly interlocked and the structure remains stable, the fine flowers can be added: Craspedia, Gloriosa, French tulips, Sandersonia and leaves of Begonia maculata leaves. Then, the whole is placed in a flat gold-colored bowl with water.
Harmony
Red Cornus is woven and knotted in an open structure woven from 1.8mm wire in the shape of a round open sphere. Various glass test tubes are also woven between the Cornus branches. The most beautiful flowers from the Marginpar collection, supplemented with some spring flowers, are placed in the glass tubes. The flower stems are left as long as possible so that the flowers have a nice movement and form a unity with the frame. Gloriosa superba 'Simba Fifty Shades', Clematis 'Amazing Miami', Talinum 'Long John', Helleborus 'Mammoth Red', Tulipa 'Avignon', Nerine 'Elegance Amor' and Ranunculus.
Grown together
Salix branches bent into a U-shape are fixed with 1.8mm braided wire. A refined selection of flowers is placed at different heights in this frame and tied in a sheaf: Chaenomeles, Nerine, Gloriosa superba ‘Simba Fifty Shades’, Ranunculus ‘Butterfly’, Scabiosa ‘Bon Bon Scoop French Vanilla’, Talinum ‘Long John’, Tulipa jonquieres, Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’ and Limonium ‘China White’.