I Can’t Bring Myself To Say ‘Boutonniere’.
May 14, 2011 at 4:02 pm 8 comments
I love buttonholes. I love the way they are becoming more like little posies on your lapel and how young blokes, those who have never really known a time when it wasn’t done to moisturise, embrace wearing arrangements that would once have elicited talk of pansies – and not in the horticultural sense.
And I love brides who want their flowers bright!
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Belinda Norrington | May 14, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Wow, teeny works of art o nimble fingered one!
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jwblooms | May 14, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Why, thank you! Although the last thing I am is nimble-fingered – I am normally so clumsy. x
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sandra | May 14, 2011 at 5:19 pm
YOur box of buttonhole flowers looks like a collector of rare insects’ display. Lovely.
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jwblooms | May 14, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Oh, yeah – like really trendy dragon-flies. x
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Benjamin Ranyard | May 14, 2011 at 8:47 pm
wow. so very on the money. xx Beautiful……x
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jwblooms | May 14, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Thank you – very kind, but I can’t take the credit as it was the bride who suggested the bright colours and ribbon. x
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Anja | May 15, 2011 at 9:22 am
I understand very well your comment about brides who want flowers in bright colours. I have done some designing of gardens, and so often people want soft blue and maybe some pink and lavender.. To match their white house. And I just have to put my Sarah Raven books back in the shelf and find inspiration elsewhere…
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jwblooms | May 15, 2011 at 9:34 am
Hi, Anja. I know what you mean. I do love the subtle and tasteful blue-pink-white look, but it is also great when someone requests something a bit bolder. I think SR’s style is getting through, though. I’m getting more people asking for the deep purples, magentas and lime greens – yay! x