Baby Flower Arrangements

Baby Flower Arrangements - Flowers are really such an individual form of expression that it’s tough to label things as appropriate or incongruous. It really depends on your own preferrences and the message you’re trying to get across. You have can always talk to the ma of the baby and see what she suspects could be good for a baby shower. For baby showers, most people need to stay with pastel colors and a delicate look. Of course, most people include baby’s breath, but this isn’t an absolute.

Some of my fave flowers for baby showers and new arrivals are : stock, lisianthus, lilies, tuberoses, roses, sea lavender (caspia or limonium ), godetia, snapdragons, alstroemeria, larkspur, and dendrobium orchids. These are lots of flowers that I love to use for a baby shower, simply because it not only gose with the baby shower out look but also it will make the shower look more for the kid then anyone else. Please excuse me if I get too basic with my info. I don’t know how experienced you are with floral design.

To make it to appear more nice you might use, the above flowers go best in bubble bowls - small bowls similar in appearance to goldfish bowls. These could be a little tough to work with. What I recommend is to buy some floral tape, not floral stem wrap, and tape several pieces across the head of the bowl in a crisscross pattern. Then use of greenery to cover the tape. Ensure the stems reach the water, and remove any leaves that fall below the water line.

You’ll need something that cascades a bit to cover the perimeters of the tape on the bowl. Some greeneries I recommend are : plumosa (asparagus fern), salal (lemon leaf), leather leaf, silver dollar eucalyptus, seeded eucalyptus, and ivy. You may use baby eucalyptus, Bells of Eire , and myrtle for a bit of height.

Don’t stuff the bowl full of greens, as this could make placing flowers tough. But use enough to cover the majority of the tape. If any tape still shows after the flowers are placed, you can always fill in with greens afterwards.

After this, add your flowers, starting with the largest flowers first ( like lilies or roses, if you choose to use them ). I usually advocate to use strange numbers of flowers - 3, 5, 7, etc. You should make the arrangement symetrical, but attempt to use sundry textures against each other for the most interesting look. Then add your tall flowers, and eventually, fillers (baby’s breath, sea lavender, etc.).

Of course, you can still arrange flowers in an urn. It tends to give a bit heavier, more formal look. You’d soak your brick of floral foam by filling a look. You’d soak your brick on top of the water and allowing it to sink, when saturated, the top will be around 1/4 inch above the water line. If you try to inch above the water line. If you attempt to submerge the brick, which will kill the flowers.

Cut a piece of foam that fits tightly into your container, and then a bit of floral tape across the foam diagonally to secure the foam. Use greenery (I suggest salal and leather leaf) tape across the foam. With these arrangements, you should start with your tallest flowers first to create the frame for the arrangements, then place your focal flowers, then smaller flowers, and finally, fillers.

Vase arrangements are also a favorite and are never outdated. You would use the same technique as with filling a foam arrangement (greens first, follwed by tallest flowers). Vase arrangements do not need to be taped, usually. Be warned that these are very hard to transport, though.