I consider these wedding flowers to be LUSCIOUS, which means richly appealing. very physically attractive. I’m always glad when my brides have such good taste and choose such gorgeous flowers. Here’s a little of my process and photos of the luscious flowers. First, I consulted with the bride and showed her several combinations of blush and succulents we could use. These are the flowers she … Continue reading Succulent and Blush Wedding
I never realized that blue and yellow could be so stunning together until I was asked to create these floral designs for a wedding. This is the ‘Blaze Collection’ named after the delightful bride who commissioned the pieces. Blaze Collection ________________________________ It took some creative thinking to figure out how to add the novelty handle to the bridesmaids bouquets. Here are some photos from the … Continue reading Royal Blue and Sunflower Yellow
Here are some fresh floral arrangements I made for a friend for her daughter’s wedding. She decorated the jars and candle holders and the little pails with LOVE. It was such a beautiful reception. Continue reading Centerpieces with Fresh Flowers
I love it when I get to work with fresh flowers. A good friend ask me to do some centerpieces for her daughter’s wedding. The colors and the flowers were all my favorites. I was in Flower Heaven. My friend gave me examples of how she wanted the centerpieces. She was using mason jars that she had decorated and the cute little pails above. The … Continue reading Nosegay Bouquet Centerpiece
These delightful pillows are the work of granddaughter, mother and grandmother. My granddaughter is in love with dragons and drew these dragons when she was 8 years old. The grandmother, that’s me, adapted the dragon for embroidery and colored and embroidered the little guys. The mother, Catherine, created the patchwork design and sewed the pillow. The color and shading on the dragon is done with crayons and set … Continue reading Dragon Pillows
I’ve been pondering that age old question this week, “What kind of flowers do ZOMBIES wear to the PROM?” It started Sunday when I got a request through my ETSY shop from a nice guy who wanted me to make a wilted corsage for his gal to wear to a charity zombie prom. Prom? Zombies? All I could think was, How fun is that!” and … Continue reading Zombie Prom Flowers
Prom flowers or wedding flowers that have a souvenir hair clip that can be worn after the event. I decided that I wanted to come up with some kind of a corsage where one flower could be detached and used as a hair clip. Isn’t that a great idea. I puzzled through how it could be done and tried various things and here is my … Continue reading Corsages with Detachable Clips
Here is a new craft I play around with when I get time. It’s called needle felting and it is quite fun. It could be a great way to take out your frustrations, kind of like a voodoo doll. You are just basically just poking with a sharp needle over and over and over again. It’s pretty basic and easy to learn. I found lots … Continue reading Needle Felting
Christmas Corsages I decided to make some traditional corsages for Christmas. These are great gifts for grandmothers, mothers or mothers-in-law and Christmas is on a Sunday this year. I gathered all of my sparkly Christmas materials and put together 14 corsages. Here are photos of some of the corsages. Check our our Etsy store Southcastle Creations to see more. Continue reading Corsages
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