Journal archive
December 21, 2011
It’s a travel day for me, so I had to work fast (while still finishing my packing). My last day using the callas, I just could not resist one more arrangement with them. Tomorrow I may be scouring the woods for materials to work with!
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December 19, 2011
December 18, 2011
In this design I used a blue container with some large garden calla lilies, white ginestra and some painted silver eucalyptus (I didn’t paint it, it was recycled material). The color blue can symbolize peace, calm, stability, security, loyalty, sky, water, and cold. White is a sacred and pure color and can also represent reverence, […]
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December 16, 2011
Simple white and green arrangements are wonderful during the winter season, here I have used evergreens with white hydrangeas and “Eskimo” roses. The Eskimo roses are a lovely white like the December full moon, opened to a full multi-petaled bloom. I’ve left one side of the container open to show some of the water in […]
Read story →December 15, 2011
Winter berries are always plentiful this time of year so I thought I would do something with them. The combination of winter berries (ilex) and pepper berries seemed too close in color so I added some bitterswwet for contrast and to get some movement with the twisting vine. It’s simple and understated for a winter […]
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A very quick post and arrangement tonight, massed flowers using a rock as fixture. In this case the rock acts as the kenzan in a way, it holds the stems of roses, lisianthus, orchid and juniper in place. It’s a small piece, almost like a little landscape or garden.
Read story →December 13, 2011
In the freestyle ikebana I did today there are two stems of red amaryllis, one is straight up and the other is inverted in an upside down position. The upside down stem is wired in two places to the taller upright stem, to keep the upside down bloom fresh you simply add some water into […]
Read story →December 12, 2011
A quick holiday vertical composition for today, done in a self made vessel. The roses are one of my new favorites, an antique gold color variety called “Combo”. I’ve paired them with a stem of holly and some juniper to create this vertical design. The Combo roses really make this arrangement, the full open blooms […]
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