Laura's presentation was titled Trends and Styles for Table Flowers for 2014. She presented four different tabletop themes for dinners, parties, and weddings. We hope this presentation inspires you to participate in our upcoming Tabletop Extravaganza which will be held in April!
Laura's first design, Harmonious Romance, featured the Pantone Color of the Year - Radiant Orchid. To demonstrate the color range for the design Laura used paint chips in colors of Shrinking Violet, Barely Pink, Blushing Bride, Lilac Snow, Sheer Lilac, Radiant Orchid, Mulberry, and Beaujolais. As the mechanics for insertion of flowers Laura formed a wire Lomey collar woven with bullion wire and beads into a stemmed disk. She created a hand-designed wire heart which was dropped into the vase. Mauve ribbons were basket weaved into a placement onto which the designs were later placed.
Beginning with ornamental cabbage, roses were added in a European hand-tied manner with the colors graduating from dark to light in the ombre style. The Lomey disk was threaded up the stems of the bouquet and the arrangement placed into the vase.
