Bit of Ivory

. . . was definitely my hardest yet. We were doing big vases using the lacing technique. We were supposed to be able to fit 3-4 fingers in the mouth of our vase. Well, I could fit 4 fingers in my vase alright, but it’s rather short– it’s more of a bowl than a vase, actually. So I had to cut my stems really short, and no matter how much I laced my leather leaf fern and lemon leaf foliage, nothing would stand up straight. I was getting rather frustrated, but finally decided to let the fact that nothing was standing up work to my advantage. After much wrestling, though, it looks stunning. I think it’s my favorite design so far.

It’s very asymmetrical, which I’ve never done before (my head says “let’s do an asymmetrical design!” buy my eye just *won’t* let things be out of balance). I simply *couldn’t* get this design to balance, so I made it as asymmetrical as possible. For my focal point flower I used a bright yellow gerbera daisy. My line flowers include a dark purple stock, a white snapdragon, and a green Bells of Ireland, which I love, and three spikes of heather. For mass flowers I used white-and-purple lisianthus, yellow carnations and dark purple pixie carnations, yellow and purple Peruvian lilies, and three yellow Persian buttercups. For filler flowers I used a few yellow button mums and some purple aster. For filler foliage, I’ve got Ming Fern, plumosa fern, and sprengeri fern (I can’t find good pictures of these).

I’m going to take a picture, no worries. I need to get my film developed, and then I can scan my other arragements as well.