Custom Arrangements for a Candelabra

A very good Etsy customer of mine asked me back during Christmas to create a holiday arrangement for this handcrafted wrought iron candelabra she bought. She sent me the piece and I created a centerpiece for it. She brought it as decoration for her company Christmas party.

She liked it so much that she decided she wanted to have 2 more arrangements that she could put in the candelabra at different times of the year. She fell in love with this purple wrist haku I made a while back and she asked if those colors and flowers could be incorporated. She also wanted a fall color bouquet. She left that one up to my creative judgement. I decided to do burgundy red dahlias, mango callas, yellow freesia and light orange ranunculus with monkey tail fern curls! So this is out it all turned out. Without having the candelabra this time, it's hard to know if it's going to work, but I think it will look stunning and now she has 3 arrangements to put in the beautiful black iron piece to enjoy year round!

I love my clients, especially those who love to buy my work time and time again! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Fall Colors - Part IV

Today was an extremely busy day of a lot of things that I wish didn't happen today. My car broke down after dropping Aidan off at preschool (dead battery). Luckily my husband was still home and could jump it so I could make it back to the house. I was able to work on a few more flowers for my centerpiece order, but my work was cut short because I had to walk to pick up Aidan and walk back. Even though I didn't finish all the items I wanted to get done, I finally finished Kirsten's order!!! :)

Here are some images of the corsages and boutonnieres which completed her order. The corsage wristlets I ordered didn't exactly work. They were too loose and so I emailed Kirsten to see if she wanted the ugly cheap looking elastic wristbands or if she wanted to try doing ribbon corsages (Kirsten - I hope your family doesn't read my blog!) Anyway, we decided to go with ribbon corsages. I think it will look really nice and really bring out the rich chocolate browns. The corsages and boutonnieres are different, some red and some orange, but they all look beautiful and uses the flowers and elements that were in the bouquets.

I'm so glad to finally get another BIG order out the door. My target for the centerpieces to ship is Tuesday so I have a lot to get done....

Best Wishes to you Kirsten and your hubby-to-be!