Fall is Here

It has been a busy summer so I haven't done much in the way of arranging until recently. It was time for a new arrangement for church and a wreath for the door at home.

I just created one arrangement because the stage area gets a lot of use in the fall with our fall fest and the children beginning to practice for the Christmas program. Luckily this arrangement only looks heavy. I used a mix of dried and artificial flowers in this piece. The eucalyptus, seed pods, yarrow, and cat tails are all dried. The mums, dahlias, artichokes, and leaves are artificial. The container is a barrel, which I think is fun for fall. 

Our church is hosting the area presbytery meeting this month so I was asked to make an arrangement for the foyer too. I found this great large cornucopia at the pottery several weeks ago and just had to have it. I decided this was the perfect use for it. I created some asymmetry with an arrangement containing a cream rose, a pomegranate, a seed pod, an artichoke, an ornamental cabbage, some leaves, and wheat.

I had three more pomegranates and some chinese lantern flowers that I removed from their branches. I placed these items in a glass bowl. I love these colors!

After the fun at church, I was in the mood to make something for the house. I used the rest of my wheat and some red and orange grass. I added a curled bit of bamboo for interest on the right side of the wreath. I used a greenery base. This picture was taken with my phone so it's a little fuzzy.

Happy Fall!

Lori's Bridal Shower

Yesterday, I helped a friend throw a bridal shower for one of our friends. She's getting married in April on the beach. She's a casual, fun girl so we had a casual fun shower with a nod to the beach. Her colors are malibu blue and yellow. Instead of flowers, I used wheat in sand-filled cylinders to mimic the sea oats that grow on the dunes of our beaches.

Kiera, (who also threw the shower) got this great idea from pinterest. I love the heart idea and the fact that these veggies with ranch are served in glass tea light holders. It's a great way to reuse something you already have instead of finding storage for tea light holders, then buying tasting dishes and trying to find storage for those as well.

I used another wheat sand cylinder at the beverage station and a teal beverage tub for ice. We wanted a fun casual, beachy theme without beating the beach theme to death.

Here are the design elements before I took them to the shower.

This is my favorite one because of the beautiful sand dollar. My brother brought it back from Hilton Head

It was so much fun! I can't wait for the wedding!