Spent a little time last night getting inspired by some Dutch Masters paintings:flowers, fruits, stems, and that occasional bug, all loosely arranged, almost as if they were growing right out of the table! Felt very motivated this morning to see if I could create a similar feel.
Unless you have your own home garden or pots of plants to cut from, or a kind friend who will let you forage in her backyard (thank you, Beth!) you'll have to make do with the flowers you can pick up locally. They may not be in the greatest shape, and they are often bunched with groups of other flowers you might not even like, but do NOT let that stop you.
Farmer's markets will be bringing in Spring flowers soon, and even those pre-made grocers bouquets can offer you some material worthy of your efforts. Think color, texture, shape and enough variety to get you those layers of interest.
A few of the cherry blossom branches from last week's arrangement were still in good shape and formed the initial structure.These hellebores and jonquils from the front porch pots, along with some Viburnum, and a bit of vine, gave me plenty to work with.
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| Thistle, wax flower, lisianthus, mums, and Euc |
This arrangement ended up with a total of 13 different plants, with the greens being mostly eucalyptus (without the seeds...TJ's option), mostly the less expensive mum, lisianthus, and wax flower, some fancy tulips (twelve) a few lilies and a few white roses.
All in all, I think the more naturally grown elements are the prettiest, taking an ordinary grocers bunch and turning it into something much more pleasing.
In May I'll hold a workshop with friends to inspire some more would be designers to play with nature. Come join us!
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