Creative Floral Arranging

Explores flower arranging as an art form, with a special emphasis on creativity and developing your own style.

Uses text and illustrations to explain the basics of floral arranging, including discussion of supplies and materials; and features instructions for a variety of projects using fresh, dried, and silk plants, such as wreaths, swags, baskets, bundles, and centerpieces.

Explore flower arranging as an art form, and develop your own personal style.

Learn the secrets to designing showstopping monochromatic arrangements in this spectacular guide from floral artist Kiana Underwood. Underwood shares her techniques for creating dazzling single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. Organized by season, the book includes how-tos for 40 arrangements— including a lush green display for spring, an astonishing black bouquet for summer, a striking magenta design for fall, and an unexpected, oh-so-pretty pink arrangement for winter. Featuring hundreds of eye-catching images and easy-to-follow tips throughout—such as suggestions for substituting flowers and options for both the beginner and advanced designer—this book is as useful as it is gorgeous. The ultimate resource, Color Me Floral has an extraordinary arrangement to enhance every occasion.

This beautiful book is a complete guide to creating innovative flower designs for any occasion or setting. The150 step-by-step projects are organized within sections on Fresh Flowers, Dried Flower and Flowers for SpecialOccasions. The designs use every kind of flower, foliage or natural decoration, and range from simple andrestrained to rich and flamboyant. Projects include an Aurum Lily Vase, a Bride's Victorian Posy and a strikingFlower Cone. Accessible to beginners, the range of ideas will challenge the most experienced flower designer. There is also advice on basic equipment, harvesting,seasonal availability and containers.

Dazzling depictions of roses, tulips, bleeding hearts, lilies, and other flowers provide a garden of coloring delights. Each of the 46 images features numbers corresponding to a coloring key.

Flowers breathe fresh air into our home décor, but constantly replacing and maintaining fresh flowers can be expensive and tricky. With today’s faux florals becoming more realistic than ever, you can make lovely, long-lasting home décor with silk flowers! Learn how to create beautiful flower arrangements, wreaths, garlands, wall hangings, tabletop centerpieces, and other innovative projects using faux flowers that fresh flowers can’t accomplish. Arranged by spring, summer, autumn, and winter DIY creations, this book also includes step-by-step instructions, helpful design, color scheme, texture, technique, and composition tips, and beautifully staged in-home photography to help you see all the possibilities and let your creativity bloom year-round! Written by an interior designer based out of York, Pennsylvania, author Stevie Storck has been featured in the Huffington Post, Susquehanna Style, Lancaster Online, and Houzz. In this book, she provides her expertise and passion for making good design simple so you can take advantage of silk flowers’ longevity and create stunning home décor!