On Second Thought

Hi Friends, 

 

I know…it’s been awhile AGAIN.  Wish I could be a better blogger.  I do hope there are a few of you who still check in with me from time to time!  I do love it when you come for a visit and once again, I’m going to try harder to blog on a regular basis.

 

Let me just show you a big project I’ve worked on recently. 

 

This was a TOTAL redo.  My customer had an old copper boiler that she had filled MANY years back.  You may remember the look…Drieds and more drieds.  Now, I used to really love this look too, but dried arrangements are nearly impossible to clean.  After they become really dusty, it is a great idea to pitch everything and start over.  My customer came to that conclusion and brought this to me for a make over.

 

Does it make you want to sneeze?

 

I really try and “interview” my people to find out just exactly what they have in mind for their arrangements.  Sometimes they have no earthly idea and leave it totally up to me.  Other times they are very specific.  Most fall right in the middle..having some idea but not totally.

Betty’s words to me were that she wanted the arrangement to be natural looking with a “woodsy feel”.  She looked around and picked out a few specific things she liked.

 

I set down to begin this big project

 

 

 

Here was my first attempt for this copper container

 

Nah, it just wasn’t doing it for me.  I’ve mentioned before that on large arrangements  ~~ after I’ve completed most of the look, I always bring it upstairs and set it on my kitchen counter.  I walk past it several times and look to see what changes it needs.  I was not happy with this one. 

 

 

Here is Take Two

 

I liked it.  I pulled out some of the messy grasses and inserted a moss ball (lower right of above picture) and the long wooden branch that draped across the front.

Woodsy and Interesting. I also like the balance better.

Lots of texture too.

Okay, time to call Betty over for her inspection and approval.

 

Betty was the boss as this Is going home with her to live with for probably several years to come.

She did not like the red berries and asked if we could pull those out and put something else in.  Her first thoughts were she didn’t want flowers (only some natural looking orchids).  After seeing the arrangement complete, she decided she DID want a few flowers.  She went with hydrangeas.

Here is the final look that met with customer’s approval:

 

 

 

If customer is Happy, then I am happy!

 

I’ve had a few more ladies stop by in the past week, so more work to do.

Thanks for coming by to see me!

 

Donna