Hot Ambiance with Flowers

It is simplistic to think that the floral designer is just sticking a few flowers in a vase.

Floral art is very much a matter of finding solutions for any corner of the home and creating an AMBIANCE WITH FLOWERS..

This involves what kind of Floral Design choices we suggest for the customer, and involves a large number of variables such as style, look, color, and various elements of design.

This simple set up by the bedside literally uses a single spray of white Chrysanthemums.
I have used little pieces of marble rock to hold the small plastic bottles down and added a sprig of flowers.
Finish with a fragrant candle in the center and add a dramatic touch with the RED platter or runner to complete the theme.

Its your imagination… CREATE A LOOK… A DESIGNER LOOK!!!

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The Flowers are lying!!

Its not funny when flowers lie, the lady seems distinctly unhappy on receiving these flowers… read on to learn why.

By Ben Dobbin

ASSOCIATED PRESS

1:53 p.m. February 22, 2007

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A salesman was ordered to pay back more than $50,000 to an Atlanta-based software company that accused him of begging off work for months by falsely claiming his young son was stricken with cancer.

Lancope Inc. said in a lawsuit that Michael Ruffalo launched a tale of hardship right after he took a sales job in November 2005 as a regional account manager. He was given paid leave and unmasked as a liar four months later when the firm tried to send flowers after being told the boy had died, the lawsuit said.

Frangipani Martini

Next time you have a sit down dinner simply place a blue stemmed glass with a contrasting white Frangipani Flower floating in water.
Add a dash of fragrant floral bath salts, these dissolve and leave no residue.

The fragrance of the Frangipani mingling with the scents of the salts will add a new dimension to your dinner table. I’d try this instead of Candles which have become too De rigieur at dinner tables !!

Place this elegant floral design on the place mat on the right hand side so that your guests do not confuse it with a real Martini!!

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Pressed Flower Stationery

What You’ll Need

• Flowers for pressing, such as Queen Anne’s lace and blue delphinium basically filler Flowers (ask your florist)
• Heavy book
• White spray paint and newspaper( white colour contrasts well, and old flowers look cheered )
• Colored paper scraps
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Paintbrush
• 1 yard of 1/2- to 1-inch-wide sheer ribbon
• Thick white craft glue

Make It

1. Press flowers overnight under a heavy book. If desired, spray paint and let dry.
2. Cut one or more papers into the desire size of the card. Cut additional squares of bright paper for a pop of color.
3. Paint a small amount of water-thinned crafts glue onto the card.
4. Place flower into the wet glue. Let dry. Paint a second coat of glue over the entire card
5. Embellish card with coordinating ribbon and bows.

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A Glorious Carpet of Flowers

Brussels makes a carpet of Begonias….

Awakening You

Ekhart Tolle says Flowers were the Conscious awakening of Man.

Man was familiar with survival, when he saw the first flower bloom, there was a stirring in him that changed the way he viewed the world.

Suddenly there was this beautiful object which he could gaze upon, this Flower and many others filled his heart with a longing. The flower was the first object man viewed that was not connected with his survival.

We have come a long way from that Man many thousands of years ago, but our mind and senses still react to Flowers in quite the same way. Beautiful, to be admired stirring our creativity and awakening a deep consciousness within.

Research in Rutgers University clearly linked Flowers to increased Happiness and Life satisfaction and Enjoyment.

Flowers are used as daily worship to appease almost all Gods of all Religions. It is believed in the Hindu religion that the fragrance of  Flowers invokes the good spirits.

Flowers can be used very creatively and placed all around the home, just like Nature does in her home.

Slurp…the Rose Petals!

Tint frosting pastel pink and pipe a swirl on top of cupcakes.

Thin some corn syrup with water; lightly brush on rose petals.

Toss in sugar. Arrange petals on top of frosting swirl as shown.

 ( please use EDIBLE ROSE PETALS)

Edible Flowers. Amazing Recipes.

CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO READ AMAZING RECIPES.

Greens are good for you.

Just simple “Green leaves” can enhance your decor.

This is specially true for busy people and those who travel a lot.

If you are in and out of your home every few days, its difficult to keep a plant.

Flowers need some special tending too, fresh cut everyday, daily change of water to keep those flowers fresh.

So why not do what these photos suggest?

• Just plain green leaves from your Florist ( if you don’t have a garden) in a vase on a sink top make you feel Fresh every morning.

• A batch of Palm leaves in your Foyer bring a welcoming splash of green life.

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The Flowers of Kerala

WATER LOTUS

HALECONIA

BOUGAINVILLEA

VANILLA PODS

SPECIAL BERRIES

MINI PINEAPPLE ON A STALK

PINK BEAUTY GROWING WILD

THIS RARE MEDICINAL FLOWER GROWS STRAIGHT FROM A BULB IN THE GROUND.

COLORS OF KERALA

These were natural beauties I saw on my last trip to Kerala.
Most of these flowers do grow wild, but are used in various Ayurveda preparations and medicines for which Kerala is famous.
We visited an Ayurveda plantation where some very rare species of herbs and flowers were planted specially to save them from extinction.
Flower oils are another large industry in Kerala, especially the marketing and trading that happens from and Island of Fort Kochi off the mainland of Ernakulum.
The visit was fascinating with many insights into the use of flowers besides decoration.
Do write me for any details that you may wish to know.