The New York Magazine published a bunch of articles on flowers this weekend. With an obvious spin toward the NYC flower scene, the articles covered making your own arrangement, caring for the flowers, and using unique vases, among others.
One of the articles featured a sample of the different arrangements you might receive for $100 when asking for the freshest flowers - here is what arrived from florists in NYC:
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West Elm has a sale going on right now. These artisanal vases and pots are all on sale. The top row vases come in a group of three: orange $34.99 (previously, $49.00); white $44.99 (previously $69.00). They have a set of blue vases and a set of small bulb vases for sale too. The bottom row pots also come in a group of three: large pots $29.99 (previously $34.00); small pots $19.99 (previously $34.00).
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Floral patterns are all the rage this season on the fashion runways. For another way to blend fashion with flowers, check out this photo of some beautiful astrantia set inside vintage wooden sewing spools. To get you hands on the spools, check Ebay and Casey Wood's Products.
[image via color line]
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I stumbled across the Southern Wedding Style blog last week. This site has tons of beautiful pictures of southern weddings. Take a look!
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Enjoy the long weekend and take some time to remember those who have died serving our country.
[image from Sister72]
Check out this tutorial on dying carnations - perfect for your Memorial Day Weekend. Take some white carnations, put them in cups or vases with red and blue food dye and see what happens! Click here for the details from Make and Takes. As an added bonus - someone responded to the post and suggested splitting the stem of the carnation in half or quarters and then putting each piece of the stem into different colored water to get multi-colored flowers. This could be a fun little experiment to do with your kids.
Pictures via Make and Takes and found via Lovely Little Things.
More vases to help with the single-stem-grouping flower arranging style! Available from Graham and Green in the UK in either a 7 or 12 stem group.
Found via Lovely Little Things
