Tip 1 of 10 (10 Tips to Flower Arranging)
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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Can I add something about the significance of particular flowers?
Typically, a florist will organize flowers by season and holiday. Flowers have various different meanings in different cultures.
The holidays and events for which flowers are used vary. Poppies are used to remember fallen soldiers only in Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries.
The cultural meaning of colors also strongly affects the choice and use of flowers. People often prefer flowers that are associated with their ethnic group or country, and various colors may have special meanings of luck or death or love or other basic human traits.
A flower such as a red rose might to some mean love, but to others it might be considered indecent or simply puzzling. The vastly divergent views on the color white can lead to major flower issues. White is viewed as standing for death in many Asian cultures but is considered a symbol of purity and innocence in many European and American cultures. Such differences can lead to difficult issues when a bouquet of white lilies, for example, is delivered.