Dana's flowers

When Dana got in touch about a bouquet for her wedding, she wanted something a little different from the norm, but with a feminine twist, preferably with water lilies. I suggested roses and circle flowers, and created a soft, lacy lily for her from some of my favorite paper ever:

Making a prototype flower (always a little nerve-wracking for me) wasn't the only challenge for me with this order at first. Dana requested a palette of earth tones, silver, yellow, and teals, and at first I had a real problem mentally reconciling those colors.

Then I thought of a birch and maple grove in autumn... something a bit like this...

Except with a range of softer teal blues than that bright cerulean... like this...

I love the play of different textures in this bouquet... the barkiness of the brown leaf paper, the slightly embossed blue and yellow florals, the softness of the lace lilies, the pebbly silver paper.

And to give it the final feminine touch, the stem was wrapped in a deep brown grosgrain ribbon, overlaid with cream colored vintage cotton lace.

I had such an amazing time making this bouquet! Congratulations to Dana!