HOW TO DESIGN THE PERFECT MIXED BOUQUET
How do you beat the winter blahs?
It's cold and dreary outdoors. The holidays are over, your house seems a little bare.
I suggest flowers!
Flowers do more than just brighten your home.
They actually have a brightening and uplifting effect on your mood, too.
Research has shown the impact is more powerful than a bar of chocolate!
Welcome to MONDAY MORNING BLOOMS!
If you have come here via my friends Shirley, Pam or Mary....
I'm so happy to see you here, and hope you will stay a while.
I'm away at market this week sourcing products for our FrenchGardenHouse Gift Collections.
I'm showing you photos of a table I set a while ago.
It was set with a family dinner in mind.
Since the colors of the grey linen tablecloth and the white and grey delft dishes were so neutral,
I chose bright, happy flowers in pinks and a soft apricot color.
It's my take on a traditional mixed bouquet.
Here at FrenchGardenHouse, I like to keep my flowers in the same color family.
But you can mix colors to your taste in your mixed bouquet.
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN PERFECT MIXED BOUQUET:
- DO combine bunches of different flowers.
- Buy lots of greenery. {Probably more than you think!}
- Put room temperature water in your vase, and add flower food if desired.
- If using a clear glass vase, I just add a few drops of bleach to keep water clear.
- Begin with the greenery. Strip every leaf off that will be in the water. Then criss-cross the stems in the vase. This creates a collar around the top of your vase that will support the flowers. And it's a grid-work for your flowers too.
- Make sure you've cut your flowers at a slant and the stems are at most 1-1/2 x the height of the vase.
- Arrange your flowers one by one, inserting them in your greenery.
- Step back, re-fluff if needed, and ENJOY the beauty!
This table features my very favorite hand painted dishes, they are so exquisite!
The clear glasses I've had forever.
And our hi-lo secret, I picked up the black stemmed goblets at a dollar store.
Shh...don't tell my fancy antiques and luxury linens! They can be a little snobby.
What they don't know won't hurt them.
You can see the entire table setting HERE >
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and à bientôt
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Lidy
February 17, 2019
Thank you so much Maristella! You are so kind to say that, and the feeling is mutual.