Paper Dreams

Testing an idea: Flowers with messages. But not the Victorian kind, where a red rose means love, and a wild rose means pleasure and pain Lol.. The written kind. What kinds of messages might be interesting to see? Let me know in the comments :)

Sometimes I dream in paper. Beach themed vase, and a rose made from an old French natural history book. Visit. www.samantha-odber.squarespace.com , this one's up on the website. Speaking of websites, the usual paperdreamsflorist.ca will be down for a month or so; my domain name came due, but the payment wasn't set to auto ..by the time I realized (2 weeks late) they required 10x the normal amount to reinstate it. It'sa shakedown I tells ya! The default link here is correct though, and will suffice while I wait.

My little apprentice My son stayed up last night to hang out with me, and try his hand at floral arranging, but wound up learning to make this orange flower. He fell in love with a white version, so I taught him to make his own. Still needs practice, but it turned out pretty cute! I'll have to post the lovely bouquets he put together with random flowers from my desk. Even had the opportunity to teach some art concepts, like repetition and colour theory. Reminds me how I'd love to get back in the classroom one of these days.

"..and there upon the book, a bright bouquet of blooms sat, illuminated by the last golden beams of sunlight." Nothin' I like better than the golden hour each evening. I don't worship the sun, but my heart is rarely fuller than when I'm sun bathing like a cat in front of a window . Outside is cool too. *Improving on the ranunculus, but not quite there yet...

It's not spring yet, but "I can feel it, coming in the air" this afternoooon lol. Is there a flower you'd like to see me try? Spending a fair bit of time designing new flowers, and trying to come up with cost effective filler florals/greenery. Tell you what-- this isn't it It takes 3x longer than I'd like, to keep the leaves sturdy with wire, and add detail (still needs perfecting, I know.) Ferns still beat these by a mile.