Pretty in pink

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 · Posted in , , , , , , , , ,

Today I played with pretty flowers, pretty pink flowers. I always seem to gravitate towards pink flowers - either just lovely shades of pink, or pink and vibrant green, or pink and lilac, or hot pink and red (yes, that combo works for me). I like the autumnal reds and oranges and the festive christmas shades well enough but I always get tired of them before the season is through and long for that pretty hue.

So today I got my mitts on some lovely pink tulips and double headed lisianthus and ended up creating a sweet bridesmaid's posy. It turned out a little smaller than I thought but it would be just right for a little one to carry. I had had good intentions to go out and forage for some ivy but I decided against it due to the large amounts of snow we have outside that had frozen overnight. I know that sounds like a bit of a pathetic excuse, but I'm recovering from a badly sprained ankle thats still not quite right, and I just didn't fancy injuring it again. So I tried out some of the leaves from my long suffering nameless house plant as a backing for the posy, but they didn't look quite right. I had planned to have trails of ivy surrounding the posy and cascading down from the edges, but instead I used some olive green ribbon to finish it off, and popped it in a small pewter jug which I acquired recently, isnt it cute?

Oh, and I noticed that my mini echeveria has grown itself a brand new nubbin! This is also very cute, and makes me feel very excited.

Enough of my rambling anyway, photos of my sweet pink posy are below.
I couldnt resist adding in the last photo, the cats were pestering me all day today, and were fascinated by the soft willow. So here is Lily with pussy willow.

Summer pastel wedding bouquet in pink, blue, white and lemon

I thought I'd take the oportunity today to share some pictures of flowers I did for a wedding a couple of weeks ago at the beginning of June. The wedding was at the beautiful Kippilaw House in Melrose in the Scottish borders, and the couple wanted a summery pastel theme for the flowers. I included white roses - a flower which had featured heavily in their relationship since they met, along with gorgeous scabious, pastel pink sweet peas, lemon alstromeria, gypsophilla and mixed freesia. The bouquet also had a lush green trail of ivy and soft ruscus.
I hope I can put up more pictures soon - its been a busy few weeks and a busy few weeks are ahead, plus I'm waiting to get some professional shots back from photographers that are WAY better than mine!

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