Hi Friends! The blog has been mia lately and I apologize. We have been super busy this summer with some beautiful weddings & photo shoots. Lots of things are happening around here with a new website and some more surprises I will blog about later. But for now, the featured flower of the week….Amaranthus. I […]
Happy Flower Friday and Summer Solstice! With today marking the official start of the summer what better flower to introduce to you all but the Dahlia! The dahlia is a gorgeous summer flower and just arrived at the flower market last week! They are simply stunning and coming in a variety of sizes and colors. […]
Happy Anniversary to my wonderful parents who are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary today!! For something a little more sentimental than a bouquet of Spring flowers, we created a beautiful modern arrangement inspired by my Mother’s bridal bouquet which featured yellow roses and stunning white cattleya orchids. Don’t these flowers just remind you of Spring […]
It’s flower friday again and today we are showcasing a lovely Spring branch, Dogwood! In case you didn’t know already, I’m not sure there is a Spring flower that I don’t like. Cherry branches, dogwood, ranunculus, anemones, peonies…I love them all! Dogwood has a very short season of availability, that being just a few weeks […]
I wasn’t quite sure what to feature this week for flower friday until I walked into the wholesale florist to pick up some goodies for Easter, and I saw some gorgeous Cherry Branches sitting in the middle of the room in full bloom. They were simply stunning. Cherry blossoms are my absolute favorite blooming branch. […]
Happy Flower Friday Everyone! This weeks featured flower is the Hydrangea! There are an incredible amount of varieties of this beauty. They come in a range of colors including white, green, light ‘kiwi’ green, light & dark blue, light & bright pink, deep purple, and mixed varieties. My absolute favorite varieties are the mixed or […]
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, we figured Bells of Ireland would be perfect for Flower Friday this week! Bells of Ireland are a tall green, leafy looking flower. They are not actually flowers, but enlarged calyxes, which are the outer leaves that appear at the base of most flowers. The “true flowers” […]
The delicate and fragrant Sweet Pea is this week’s featured flower. The Sweet Pea is one of our favorite flowers for bouquets over here at Life in Bloom. You really can’t beat it’s sweet scent. Because of it’s delicate and fluffy texture, it is the perfect addition to any bridal bouquet. They are also a […]
It’s flower friday again and today’s featured flower is a landscape plant! Snowdrops! Snowdrops are an early Spring bulb. One of the first you will see all season. Snowdrops always give me hope towards the end of Winter that Spring is somewhere around the corner and will be coming eventually although it never seems soon […]
It’s that time of the week again. This week’s featured flower is the Tulip! Tulips are available almost all year round. However, they are the most prevalent and inexpensive in the Spring. Tulips come in almost every color imaginable and there are so many different varieties. They are simply gorgeous. {images via pinterest} Have […]
