Making Arrangements

making ARRANGEMENTS

(& we’re not talking about dinner plans)

A few thing to know when creating your own spring inspired flower arrangements.

By Felisa Funes, Owner and Florist of Of the Flowers

The joy of springtime flower arranging is playing with all of the blooming branches — Almond, Pear, Cherry, the list is long. Although spring is often associated with soft pastel colors, some of the blooming branches can be quite bold and saturated in color, such as one of my favorites: the blooming RedBud tree. This season I have been especially drawn to all the deep purples, such as Black Ranunculus; the purple is often so deep is reads as black. For the more adventurous designer, a graphic composition can be achieved by enlisting both long lines, interesting branch shapes and high contrasting colors. I’m sharing three of my spring arrangements that might be beyond the traditional look and feel of the season.

1. This arrangement resembles the balancing of scales. The darkness of color on the left side is counterbalanced by the volume of the more airy material on the right. The gravitational center allows the eye to accept both sides as balanced.

2. This arrangement very well illustrates the idea of color blocking. Clusters of similar hues congregate together to give your eye spots to rest as it is pushed upward with all the curvy pointy lines.

3. The fun of this arrangement are the long lines. I found a curvy piece of blooming pear tree that allowed me to lead the viewer’s eye through the arrangement and beyond. Anything placed next to this arrangement is immediately drawn into the conversation.