Today's post is from expert florist Tim Farrell of Farrell’s Florist in Drexel Hill, PA, www.farrellsflorist.com.
Want your party to be an event that all of your guests will remember? Just add the right flowers. Your local florist can create beautiful bouquets to elaborate on a theme, complement any décor, or just add a fun-filled sense of creativity and beauty to an evening of fun and friends.
Want to transfer your space into a tropical paradise? Try adding just a few blooms to an carved wood vase. Stems of heliconia or anthurium are bright in color and unusual in form and you only need a few combined with one or two beautifully patterned leaves to create a dynamic arrangement. Pour a bit of sand and a few shells at the base of your design and you are all set for some Jimmy Buffet music!
You can easily create an Arabian Nights theme on your table by scattering multicolored silk scarves across your table and adding in an arrangement of intensely toned flowers. Look for velvety red roses (I personally recommend a variety called “Charlotte”) and pair them with purple lisianthus and orange Mokara orchids. The bold colors lend themselves to a feeling of opulence. Dim the lights and place about a dozen or so candles on the table and you have a setting fit for Rudolph Valentino.
Another fun party could be themed around the four seasons! You can accent one room with an arrangement consisting of sunflowers and lemons. Lay out many pairs of sunglasses and have guests wear them as long as they are in that room. In another room, scatter artificial fall leaves on a table and group different sized pumpkins around vases of orange lilies.
Have your guest sport Halloween masks as long as they are gathered in this place. Feature winter in a third room with vases of all white flowers like larkspur or stock, nestled these vases in mounds of ice cream salt…..it looks just like crushed ice….but no mess. Mittens are a must when you enter this room!
Lastly, group bunches of tulips, iris and daffodils in clay pots throughout your spring room. Fun old-fashioned Easter bonnets could be available for the women, and you can keep the guys happy with an assortment of baseball caps to celebrate the onset of spring training! Whatever your theme……your local florist will most likely be able to come up with a creative suggestion to make your party memorable.
