So last week we made a headdress with the gorgeous clematis flower. This week I’m making a matching bouquet inspired by some fun plaid ribbon I found at a fabric store. You will need:

Flowers:

-2 bunches of light pink sweet pea

-1 bunch of liliac

-1 bunch hot pink ranunculus

-1 bunch cappuncino ranunuclus

-1 bunch geranium

Tools:

-flower tape

- floral pick or wire

-ribbon (2 yards of each, mine are from Michael Levine)

-pearl headed pins

Begin by cleaning your flowers and taking off leaves. Trim you flowers and let them hydrate and open for a day. Use pruning shears to cut a trim the lilac and cut a slit in the bottom to allow for water uptake. Once your ready to arrange wire the ranunuclus as needed (the heads tend to be floppy and sometimes need additional support).

Start by gathering a handful of flowers, rotating as you add stems and place flowers at different heights for texture. Its helpful to use a mirror to ensure your bouquet looks good from all sides. Use floral tape to hold your bouquet together. Then over the tape, use your colorful ribbon and wind it around the bouquet. Finish by pinning the ribbon to the bouquet. Here, I added two additional trailing pieces of hand-died silk ribbon for additional color.

Cut your ribbon, and keep it long if you like that trailing look. Put on your clematis headdress and you’ve got a very colorful, and slightly bohemian, wedding day look.

I’m  so excited to introduce a new column, floral chic with photographer Nancy Neil. Today, I’m going to show you how to make a floral head wreath using gorgeous clematis. You will need: 6-7 stems of clematis, 20 gauge floral wire and pliers.

Start by measuring the circumfrence of your head and twist two pieces of the wire together to make a circle. Take your first piece of clematis and a small piece of wire (about 2″). Using your pliers, wrap the small piece of wire near the head of the flower to secure it to your circle. Since clematis is a vine, you can take the stem and wind it around the circle to cover your wire base. Secure with additional 2″ pieces of wire where you need to.

If you’re making this ahead of time, you can put the stems in floral water tubes to keep the flowers hydrated. Once you’re ready to wear, take the stems out the tubes and clip any extra stem length off. Next week, I’ll be making a coloful bouquet to match our headdress.

Kick your heels up with your ‘maids and rock some cowboy boots wedding day. Benefits: comfy, warm, and you can get down on the dance floor. Photo by the always inspired Kirsten of Beaux Arts Photographie.

Adorable yellow peep toes with plaid details? They’re quite simply perfection! Photo by Beaux Arts of my Seychelles shot in Cambridge.

This weekend my husband and I are celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary (my how time flies)… I’m looking forward to taking some time for quiet countryside walks and enjoying a margarita or two. What are you weekend plans?

PS “On the rocks” posts will resume next week!

I’m a big fan of aqua, and paired with yellow and white, the color combination is so perfect for spring. I could see daffodils and ranunculus in the centerpieces and containers of aqua colored glass. Would you consider this happy palette for a wedding or home design?

I love visitng local markets when I travel, taking in the local flavor of a place, and this fruit stand in England is exactly where I want to be right now.

The wildflowers, local fruit, the rustic old table, and even the distressed cash box equals styling perfection for me.

And here is the lady who owns the fruit stand. What a simple and beautiful way to make a living.

 I love this fresh summertime color scheme- shades of ocean blue with pops of yellow and white. The combination feels slightly preppy, I could see a striped white and blue runner with yellow flowers. Would you consider this summer fresh color combo?

I’m feeling  so inspired by this editorial photographed by Signe Vilstrup of a car overflowing with flowers (I love this acacia behind the model).

I love this idea for a wedding, how fun would it be to flowers out for guests so they can make their own little bouquet or they could put flowers in their hair…

And of course, the photo opportunities are endless… Would you consider a flower cart for your wedding?

I’m loving these adorable lemon yellow Louboutins, perfect for a spring wedding.