Memorial Basket
It's really getting into spring now, and the trees are blooming beautifully here in the Philadelphia area. For some reason, baskets have been appropriate lately, so I did one last week and this week. The one last week was really lovely, and I'm very happy with how it turned out, especially since the arrangement was sponsored in memory of someone. Below are 3 views of it; 2 have been slightly altered in photoshop, since I was playing around it it a little.
The flowers used here are pink lilies, lavender and buttery white roses, a type of spiky green leaf, and I'm not exactly sure what the white feathery stuff is, but it reminded me of astilbe.
Spring Basket
This last week I used the little basket again--I keep using it because it's cute and a nice, compact size. Mini yellow roses, pink snapdragon, gerberas (which I hardly ever use), and dark pink alestrumeria (Peruvian lily). Also some greens. I don't like greens very much--they're filler without flowers even, so I tend to design without them as much as possible. If you put enough flowers in, you just don't need them. This one took a little longer--most of the stems are very big and working in a tight space can be tricky. But this one got compliments as well, so apparently I didn't do a bad job.
No idea what's up for this week, we'll see what inspires me when I go to the market!
