Some Floral Offerings

The last two weeks, no one signed up for the altar flowers at church, so I did some up--I got to do flowers and practice, and use one of my talents in a more ministerial manner.

The first week, I did a one sided arrangement in a cool circular vase I found at Michael's. There's floral foam inside, surrounded by shell pieces in two colors. The flowers are delphinium and bells of Ireland in the back, orchids, and Fuji mums. There were several things left, and I was able to put flowers on everyone's desks, and one orchid fell off, so I put it in a glass with some shell and wire (which you can't really see in the photo, but this one's prettier).

Last week, I did a hand-tie in a very tall vase for the altar, with red stones in the bottom. The lovely yellow roses were nearly the only open ones I could find at Produce Junction, along with orange and red carnations, pink alestrumeria (Peruvian lily), and some nice deep greens and a red hypericum berry. The feathery grass and cornflower seed pods came from around the church. I was definitely going for a fall/harvest color palate and feel.

Our new welcome center was installed last week, and I had plenty of flowers, both from what I bought and the grounds, for a smaller arrangement. This is in the brown teapot my aunt got in Japan in the 50s, which the pink lilies were in a few weeks ago. This view is from the top. The purple is butterfly bush, I think the rest are fairly common.