Comments on: Flowers for a Wake…

By: rico

rico — Mon, 07 May 2007 12:01:26 +0000

amazing!! this one will deffinitely cost a lot of money to make..hehehe..even if I go to dangwa

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:30:11 +0000

karen, I don’t have a copy of that picture but it is on the net somewhere. The cross was made with lilies of the valley, thousands of them…

By: karen graeber

karen graeber — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:44:05 +0000

i am searching for a picture of the flower arrangement that was on top of jacqueline kennedys casket. it was greenery and a white floral cross arrangement, do you have a picture of that, thanks

By: M

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:24:32 +0000

It was simply beautiful, MM! Mom remarked that the arrangements somehow expressed much of who Dad was, a distinguished, honorable man who gave his life in the service of others. G received many inquiries as to who did these and how much. She answered, “Even if he was willing to do it for you, you wouldn’t be able to afford it!” Haha!

Thanks, MM! My family and I cannot express in words just how much!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:20:24 +0000

asunta, I don’t even know the stall number, I buy from whomever has the best looking stuff. I do, however cross the road from the fancier area that is all lit up with lampposts to the more seedy area that seems to have the lower prices and bulk deliveries…

By: asunta

asunta — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:26:35 +0000

MM, which stall number do you go to in Dimasalang?

By: millet

millet — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:37:57 +0000

when my dad passed on three months ago, my mom insisted she wanted only three red roses on top of the casket, because red roses were his favorite, and he always gave her three, for any and all occasions. so it was three red roses that were changed everyday of the wake,nothing else on top of the casket, and six small individual arrangements below the casket to represent us kids. not a few visitors remarked on hos calssy the whole set-up looked. now that i think about it, wasn’t that a weird thing to say at a wake? heehee…

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:16:04 +0000

Well composed and executed memorial arrangements. I love the white monochromatic color for memorial which to me equates purity. You gave everything you got and the decedent is looking up there happy and appreciating all your arrangements. You can force open roses. Epsom salt mixed with water is an excellent conditioner for flowers. After you condition them, with your pointing finger start in the middle of the bud beginning with the first petal in circular motion going down the base of the rose massage it with your pointing finger. The idea is to loosen the bud of rose gently. After you loosen the bud, starting from the outer petal of the rose, start to open and curl them using your thumb and pointing fingers away from you. Practice is the key here after force opening six roses you get the hang of it. You have to wipe your fingers with a clean cotton towel or rag to get rid of the oil in our skin before picking up a new rose. Otherwise petals turn brown. All those beautiful rose arrangements you see in magazines were all forced open. I used to moonlight in one of the biggest florists in LA that caters to Oscar nights and big weddings for Hollywood people doing this limited job – force opening roses.

By: manilastreetwalker

manilastreetwalker — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:02:09 +0000

No frangipanis (kalachuchi)?

By: sister

sister — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:05:07 +0000

Thank you for doing it for the family, very well done, marketman. Hope you’re around the neighborhood when I go, would like to request same.