Comments on: Small “Tight” Flower Arrangements 101

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:57:12 +0000

Lovely..

By: evel del rosario

evel del rosario — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:09:13 +0000

love it! sana next eyeball, you’ll include flower arrangement demonstration.. i’ll be the first one to register.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:32:39 +0000

Very nice flower arrangement, MM! Love the colors! :)

By: Sanojmd

Sanojmd — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:54:16 +0000

Oh, yeey! This ignoramus is right after all.. There was roses in that flower arrangement..

By: Jaja

Jaja — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:43:00 +0000

So nice! love the vibrant colors! =)

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:43:41 +0000

Additionally, Marketman, what is a good way to bind the flowers together? How do you tie them to keep the spherical shape? What material would you use? I imagine after binding you would stick the stems onto the wet floral foam, right? Thank you!

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:40:28 +0000

Very, very nice. Those carnations are divine.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:19:15 +0000

millet, it isn’t “classic” queen anne’s lace, they seem to have just called it that. madspartan, an interesting theory. However, I have one crew member that after I have done one or two of these arrangements, can continue replicating them without much effort. And she is female. She is the go-to person for flowers in our home. And my sisters and mom were/are far better flower arrangers than I am… so the gender thing doesn’t seem to work in our family… My mom was good with flowers in general, and was serious with her Ikebana, a much more artistic form of floral arrangement. But I think it is the eye for something aestetically pleasing which was passed on the kids somehow…

By: millet

millet — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:04:01 +0000

how beautiful! and the blue tablecloth sets off the whole thing dramatically.

i’m not sure that’s queen anne’s lace, because its petals are a lot finer, and i beleive it comes only in white.

By: madspartan

madspartan — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:44:40 +0000

These last couple of posts sooo make sense now. Not to mention a relief!

The first time I tried to make my own arrangements, my husband had to take over after my frustration had me in tears. He, of course, made one stunning arrangement after another — and made me feel worse!

His mom (being the perfect corporate wife) arranged flowers for their dinner table and the rest of the house every week of his and his sisters’ (there are 8 of them) lives! This was because they always had dinner guests. I imagine this was true for your childhood as well.(Moms rule!)

I’ve since learned how (in my awkward way) — by developing a tight friendship with floral foam. ;)

But looking back — men seem to have a better knack for arrangements. Observation lang, ha? I used to always choose a male florist back when I didn’t know how pa. For some reason, the women florists lacked an eye for oomph and tended to “theme” out the colors. The male florists were braver (or maybe color blind?) and had more adventurous and brilliant arrangements.