Artistic Flower Arrangements

This week I lost my best friend.  She was a joy to have around the house and kept me and hubby laughing at her antics.  I am talking of our dog Freeway.  Since the day we found her at the shelter until the day we had to take her on her last trip to the vet she will always be remembered fondly.  Freeway loved her belly rubs every morning, before her daily walk with my husband.  She loved  to be petted and cuddling on the couch .  She relished visiting her friends around the neighborhood when she and hubby would go on neighborhood watch together.  All my husband had to do was jingle the keys to the truck and she was there, ready to go.  Yes, I will miss her silent begging for treats and loving nature.  She was the love of our lives for 9 years, and we will miss her dearly……..Good bye my friend.

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In my next few posts I’m presenting ten tips on flower arranging that I think will be helpful to anyone interested in the subject.  So with that said here is your first tip:

Flowers.

Beautiful.  Colorful.  Delightful.

They are the perfect décor to your home, the perfect touch to your wedding, and the perfect gift for that someone special.  Flowers, in both small and large arrangements, are a surefire way to light up someone’s life.

And you don’t have to spend a small fortune to do it.  With a little know-how, you can create your very own flower arrangements that are just as great, even better, than your flower shop.  It just takes a little knowledge, a good eye, and some creativity.

Go with Your Gut and Toss out the Rules

There are hundreds, even thousands, of books and articles about flower arranging.  Every one of them will give you rules—what you should and should not do, color combinations to avoid, types of flowers that just don’t match, and kinds of containers you should never use.

Don’t listen.

Flower arranging is all about your own creativity.  If you think something is going to look good, it probably will.  Just like all art forms, you have to go with your gut.  Do you love the colors pink and orange, but every rule says you should never mix pink and orange?

Forget it.

Go with your instinct and mix your favorite colors.  It surely will be aesthetically pleasing to you and definitely will be a display of absolute creativity.  You might not want to use your pink and orange arrangement for a wedding and maybe not everyone will like it, but your out-of-the-box thinking will give you complete enjoyment and personal satisfaction.  You will have created a unique and extremely beautiful arrangement for you to treasure.

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