Operation DIY Wedding Flowers

Adele' looks pretty shady and suspicious here- but I promise, I asked permission beforehand!

 Operation Wedding Flowers is under way.

I would have preferred making large and lavish bouquets of things blooming right outside the door for a DIY wedding... but as far as I am aware, a whole lot of NOTHING blooms in the end of December.  

Corynn loves dried flowers so the plan is:   use LOTS of scavenged greenery (a-hem, Christmas tree scraps), supplement with all the free (or dirt cheap) dried flowers we can find and add a small selection of fresh flowers for accent/statement flowers.

I spend more time than I should these days wondering how this flower would look dried- or maybe that roadside weed?  How would marigolds fare? I even cut a bunch of echinacea cones and beebalm seed heads to see if they might mimic blue thistle flowers if I painted them with a tinge of blue...) I have no idea what I am doing or it if will work.  If it doesn't work, it doesn't work... but what am I out?  Nothing.  But if it does... well, aren't I clever?!

Someone-who-shall-remain-nameless-because-we-found-out-too-late-that-it-is-illegal-to-do-so, cut some pretty fronds of dune grass when they were at the beach, thinking they would be a nice addition to our stash of dried florals.  (They are.  And SUPER thoughtful of said person.  But they are also illegal to cut so... I would hate for a police raid to interrupt the wedding ceremony because someone caught wind of the dune grass. Hmmm.  It's a pickle.)

The girls and I have been pruning all the hydrangea plants of the neighborhood (okay- maybe just Aunt Holly's.)  Now they sit in the Granary awaiting their time to shine.  (I knew I worked on cleaning that upstairs out for a reason.)

And then one day last week we made a trip out to Corynn's work, which is all about the pretty dried florals and picked up two bouquets of dried flowers for $8.00/piece with her store discount.  We will probably get 4 more when there is a nicer selection but it made for a fun afternoon trip together.

Now pardon me... I have to find someone who will let me prune their pampas grass.  ;-)

I'll leave you with a picture of Ineke behind the sign Andrew built and Corynn painted as a commission for the store...