Fall Colors - Part II

Last night I finished making the chocolate brown proteas and the remaining flowers for the corsages.. This morning I painted the protea and decided to work on the bride's bouquet... This is the end result!

I added some red bud like berries to tie more of the red color palette in without adding another flower and decided to use some grass like leaves as the green filler accent. It's got a hint of tropical with the protea, tuberose flowers and the grasses and very earthy and fall like with the reds and oranges. The protea was another first for me on this bouquet order... They are on the smaller side because I didn't want it to overpower the bouquet. All in all, the colors balance each other and definitely is rich in color. Up next, the MOH bouquet and then tomorrow will be finishing off the boutonnieres and corsages.

After I complete the MOH bouquet, I'll be focusing my attention on the next order - centerpieces.. another fall like arrangement to share by end of this week! More pictures to come, promise!

Fall Colors - Reds, Oranges, Greens and Browns

The last couple of days I've been working on the next order in line. Kirsten found me via Etsy and asked me if I would create her fall-like bouquets for her wedding. We're doing 2 bouquets, 8 wrist corsages and 9 boutonnieres. Her inspiration bouquet was dark chocolate almost purplish proteas, pin cushion proteas, two tone orange roses and bells of Ireland. She wanted cranberry red, pumpkin orange mossy green and browns.

Last week when I touched bases with her she asked if we could instead do succulents versus the original plan of green cymbidium orchids. I said, "sure, no problem." Honestly not knowing if I could do it, but voila.... I think they came out pretty good! I am still in the process of making her proteas, but tried to make a small one for her groom's boutonniere. So far so good. Just need accent painting of a chocolate purple or chocolate red and we're good to go! So what is going to be the final product is the chocolate brown proteas, green succulents, red and pumpkin orange ranunculus, ivory tuberose and two-tone orange roses. Definitely a vast difference from my previous pastel and soft color palettes I've been doing of late.

Tomorrow I hope to start work on another order.... This week is my crunch week. 3 orders have to get out the door hopefully by Saturday since Monday is a holiday...