Roses are red, violets are blue. Right?

As anyone actually reading this blog knows, I haven't posted in a long time. This is mostly because I am so far behind with the floral arrangements (we haven't gotten past December yet). So I think I'm going to skip all that, and just keep going with what I'm doing now, and hopefully things will pick up.

This upcoming Sunday is the Easter cantata at our church, which, yes, has been done on Palm Sunday the last few years. We have a sermon on Easter Sunday. So like at Christmas, I'm going to do nicer arrangements than usual for both weeks, as we'll have a lot of people in and visitors for both. However, since DH and I are going to be on DC this weekend for an actual mini-vacation, I will be doing the flowers for the cantata Friday night.

What to do for these two services has alluded me for quite a while, but bright blue has always been a very joyful color to me. Of course, there aren't flowers that color naturally, most of the time. The project for this week, therefore, is dying roses blue. A nice, bright, turquoise kind of blue. Many googled sources describe the process as easy: water + food coloring = colored flowers. So hopefully all goes well. I'll be setting it up tonight, and will definitely be taking pictures. And then 1-2 days later, blue roses!

And...edited becuase I just realized I never posted the pictures from the flower show. They are available here.