Around the Web
enter your email


powered by FeedBlitz

Around the Web
Design Sponge
February 5th, 2008
Flower Lab

copy-of-flowerlab.jpg
Although my floral design style tends to be very lush, eclectic, and full (see the intro post yesterday), I also appreciate very simple arrangements of flowers. Nothing makes your house feel like spring has arrived than daffodils. Here is a quick easy idea for a spring floral display. I created a vignette with a dozen daffodils, super-moss (which is preserved moss), and chemistry lab glass for vases.

You can get super-moss here or even at a craft store near in your town. You could also use fresh moss if it is available. (If you have read my blog before you will know I am a huge fan of moss and anything “woodland” so here I go again!)

I got these Erlenmeyer flasks at an antique show but you can buy inexpensive modern ones online at The Science Company.

I started by laying out several patches of moss into a loose line. I then filled the bottles with water and placed them intermingling with the moss. I then cut stems of daffodils at different heights and placed them in the bottles. This would work well with a variety of flowers but I like having all one type – you could do tulips, ranunculas, hyacinth, or even larger bottles with blooming branches.
Happy Spring!

flowerlab.jpg

Blog Widget by LinkWithin
3 comments
Rachel said:
February 5th, 2008 - 8:21 pm

Hi Pam — loving your guest blog. This post reminded me of a story I did at Country Home about industrial glass:
http://countryhome.com/collecting/whatshotnow/industrialglass_1.html

So fun to collect.

-rachel.
http://www.portlandspaces.net/blog/the-design-district

fanny said:
February 6th, 2008 - 12:44 am

those flower arrangements looks awesome.

Kaija Markoe said:
February 8th, 2008 - 8:38 am

Really, really beautiful…and seemingly pretty simple too. Love.

Write a Comment:
Design*Sponge reserves the right to restrict comments that do not contribute constructively to the conversation at hand, contain profanity, personal attacks or seek to promote a personal or unrelated business.

Name (required)

Email (will not be published) (required)

Website