Pink in bloom

My little baby friend, Sara, turned one today. Yesterday she had a rad party. She's not a huge pinky girl, in fact she for her party outfit she was rocking a pair of leopard leggings with a faux fur vest. But I struggled to get past pink with her blooms, as there wasn't much around (and I was too lazy to hit the flower markets). Forgive me, baby?

Analogous in Bloom

I took a workmate through a flower school assignment the other day on colour theory, and it reminded me how much I love creating an analogous design (although hate saying it - try it, it sounds like a made up word!).

Analogous uses three colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel. So it's very harmonious. I have used red, pink and purple flowers in this little design for my dining space. 

I am super in love with carnations at the mo. When you arrange them really tightly like this they create the most amazing mini posy, and the petals look like paper. Carnations - for style, not just for servos! 

Don't you think this looks kind of Mexican? I think it's the colours. Also, Dahlias are crazy beautiful right now, so go out and buy some! 

Budget in Bloom

So it's January, and of course I have no money to spend on flowers, and no flower school to bloom me up every Saturday! I went in search of some cost effective blooms, and I found heaps at Harris Farm, Potts Point.

The carnations were 2 for $5 (old stock but looks to be in great condition). The pineapple flowers (which I have never even heard of before) were about $3 for 6 stems (also old and showing their age a bit but I had to get them for the novelty). The Dahlias were $8.99 and it was a really big bunch, and then I also bought some baby's breath at the markets for $6 (it's coming back, mark my words!) So $23 for an apartments load of blooms. 

How cool are these pineapple flowers?

They like hanging with my shell lamp, very tropical.