The Flowers of Golden Felicity
Jun. 15th, 2006 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daidoji_giseiYesterday I made my first trip ever to a florist to arrange flowers for an Event. It made me feel very grown-up, which is both peculiar and delightful when you are 41.
The Event in question is the 50th wedding anniversary reception of mbf Karin's parents. The reception is being arranged by Ann, Karin's older sister, and she's farmed some of the tasks out to her siblings--Karin got 'arranging for decorations'. Ann, the parents, and the reception are all in Nebraska and Karin is in New Jersey, so if you know anything about US geography you can see that this does present some difficulties. But Karin is my best friend, and her family has been very kind to be over the years, so I was happy to volunteer to help out on the project.
After various consultations Karin settled on flowers, and Ann's choice of frosting decorations for the cake (white with yellow) set what colors we were going for. Karin also thought a nature spin, if possible, would be nice because her parents met in a botany class in college. I got a florist recommendation from Linda, who's the kind of person who sends flowers to people (I've always admired this about Linda, and hope to be like her some day) and yesterday set out to scout our options.
The florist shop had a book of design ideas and two of them were arrangements that had little birds-nest ornaments in them. Bingo! They are also running a special on roses which I think we should take advantage of. (Truthfully, I'm thinking of going and getting some myself because the only way I get flowers is to buy them. And I am a total rose fangirl.) The clerk was very friendly and patiently went over prices and options for various things (corsages, boutonnieres, loose flowers of various kinds) while I scribbled notes. I've forwarded the info to Karin and am waiting to hear back from her.
My next task is to obtain small vases for the tables that people will be sitting at. Karin thinks that her mom may still have the vases from her wedding reception, so I'll try that first. Failing that I'll go hunting. I wonder, does anyone make decent quality plastic champagne flutes? I usually use recycled bottles or nice drinking glasses for flowers at home, so I'm fuzzy on what's out there in the Real Vase category. I guess this is another chance to feel like a grown-up.
The Event in question is the 50th wedding anniversary reception of mbf Karin's parents. The reception is being arranged by Ann, Karin's older sister, and she's farmed some of the tasks out to her siblings--Karin got 'arranging for decorations'. Ann, the parents, and the reception are all in Nebraska and Karin is in New Jersey, so if you know anything about US geography you can see that this does present some difficulties. But Karin is my best friend, and her family has been very kind to be over the years, so I was happy to volunteer to help out on the project.
After various consultations Karin settled on flowers, and Ann's choice of frosting decorations for the cake (white with yellow) set what colors we were going for. Karin also thought a nature spin, if possible, would be nice because her parents met in a botany class in college. I got a florist recommendation from Linda, who's the kind of person who sends flowers to people (I've always admired this about Linda, and hope to be like her some day) and yesterday set out to scout our options.
The florist shop had a book of design ideas and two of them were arrangements that had little birds-nest ornaments in them. Bingo! They are also running a special on roses which I think we should take advantage of. (Truthfully, I'm thinking of going and getting some myself because the only way I get flowers is to buy them. And I am a total rose fangirl.) The clerk was very friendly and patiently went over prices and options for various things (corsages, boutonnieres, loose flowers of various kinds) while I scribbled notes. I've forwarded the info to Karin and am waiting to hear back from her.
My next task is to obtain small vases for the tables that people will be sitting at. Karin thinks that her mom may still have the vases from her wedding reception, so I'll try that first. Failing that I'll go hunting. I wonder, does anyone make decent quality plastic champagne flutes? I usually use recycled bottles or nice drinking glasses for flowers at home, so I'm fuzzy on what's out there in the Real Vase category. I guess this is another chance to feel like a grown-up.
