Subdued
For this Mother's Day bouquet in beautiful shades of brown, 5mm aluminum wires are wrapped with metallic wool, in between is a brown fabric heart. A beautiful symbolism: the heart is pierced with one thread and the remaining threads 'grow' around it as well as the flowers weaving through the threads. Sanguisorba, Talinum 'Long John', Cambria orchid, Phalaenopsis, Gloriosa, Japanese Allium, Scabiosa, beautiful brown carnations and wonderfully fragrant Polianthes tuberosa are incorporated here.
Rose Disc
A thick round MDF disc was taken as the base for this table arrangement. In it, holes were drilled for the approximately 60 glass tubes. After drilling, the holes were cleaned well and first sprayed with copper metallic paint. Between the tubes is a braid made of Talinum 'Long John' - these will dry beautifully. The stunners in this arrangement are the Avelanche Peach roses! These are in the tubes along with some beautiful ranunculus, nearly black Scabiosa and Anthurium. The base can be reused endlessly or even rented out.
Expressive
For a smaller budget, working on a bridy from Smithers Oasis can be a godsend. This bridy already has a very beautiful stem of its own. Basically, this bridal bouquet is tied around but the flowers are at very different heights because working with depth is very nice here. However, there are a number of expressive flowers incorporated that should not compete with each other and all have their own place so placement of materials is very important. The flowers incorporated are Avalanche Peach roses, Scabiosa, Clematis fluff, orchids, Anthurium, ranunculus, germinis, Talinum 'Long John', and Sanguisorba.
Winter Happiness
An oval-shaped pot is filled with Oasis floral foam. The base of this stitched arrangement are Amaryllis bulbs in different sizes and branches with larch and pine cones. Between these are incorporated different flowers, candelabras with handmade candles, pine cones, cinnamon sticks and dried lotus fruits. Green materials: Helleborus, Nerine 'Sophie', prepared dandelion, pimpernel (Sanguisorba), Salix catkins and wild Asparagus.
Bowl bouquet
An impressive autumn bouquet with a brown frame, handmade vase and flowers in mostly shades of orange. The base is made using the chicken wire technique with 1.6 mm florist wire. Braided through this are young shoots from fruit trees, prunings from the garden and therefore free. Together with the wire, these form a kind of basket. There are also woody mossy branches in the basket that were blown out of the trees in the garden after a big storm. This old dead wood is not only decorative but also technical: they lend themselves well to incorporate the Physalis seed pods between them. Each of the seed pods was put on wire and joined together to form branches. Beautiful expressive flowers were placed between all the branches: Celosia, Gloriosa, Zantedeschia, Guzmania, germinis, chrysanthemums and beautiful bee materials such as Talinum, Hypericum and Sanguisorba.
On discovery
Oasis TerraBrick Floral Media was placed in a beautiful handmade bowl. All processed flowers were first carefully cleaned after which all flower heads were processed at one height and only by stitching technique. Many beautiful varieties in colors to match the theme have been incorporated into the spherical disk shape. Discover chrysanthemums, Zantedeschia, Sanguisorba, Guzmania, dill, Talinum, Dianthus, lisianthus, Rudbeckia, grasses and Clematis fluff.