I believe flowers are therapy and choosing the right colors for your friend’s flower bouquet is important.
Until 3 years ago I thought I am not good at arranging pretty bouquets, until one day when I tried to make my own bouquet for a friend who happen to celebrate her 30s. I am thankful I managed to create a beautiful flower bouquet with recycled paper at the time as I wasn’t as equipped as now.
I have to warn you that once you get your first flower blouqouet right, you will get obssessed to do it all the time. It takes between 10-15 minutes from the moment you lay the first stem, until you have made the ribbon for the bouquet.
I have tried all supermarkets, however I prefer M&S and Tesco for having more choice of colors and the flowers last longer. It is not a rule to buy them from supermarkets, but I prefer as I can buy more and mix the way I like.
Order for under £9 over 20 sheets of flower wrapping paper and for under £5 over 5 meters of Satin Beige Rinbon . I have purchased from Amazon, Pink and Beige Wrapping Paper. I will soon invest in newspaper and brown paper as I think it gives the arrangement more character.
Choosing the colors of the flowers you will use is the most important part of the process.
This is my personal guide in choosing the colors according to what life events my friends or family are dealing with, dreams they want to peruse, projects, love, family, studies, etc.
White Color:
It is mandatory in my arrangements as it brings peace and balance in someone’s life.
Purple Color:
I choose this color for those friends who are trying to find focus in their life, haven’t found yet the path in life, are starting new projects, new ambitions, who are spiritual or have lost someone dear.
Blue Color:
This color represents focus, communication. I will choose this color if If I feel my friends are going though divorce, relationship challenges, new beginnings, are still connected to someone dear who has passed away, want to change the job or making new demands at workplace.
Green and Pink Color:
It is the color of love, family and compassion and it has to always exist in a flower arrangement.
Yellow Color:
Although some might associate this color with jealousy, I would not entertain this argument. I believe this color represents emotions, how we manage emotions, how we cherish good emotions, how we deal with negativity. Most of the time, I like to add yellow to a flower arrangement because it helps the person boost his emotions in order to become more ambitious, more determined, more focused, to finish a project, to care about themselves, to love themselves more and boosts self esteem and confidence.
Red Color:
It is a very strong color and helps the other person with more determination, focus and finding the path in life. If the person is overactive, stuburn or they know it all, you might want to avoid using this color. I would personally choose calmer colors such as white, yellow, green, pink.
Orange Color:
If you can add it in all flower arrangements. It helps boost the confidence, overcome fear of loneliness and make you feel a Godess.
You can find a Video of how I recently arranged the flower bouquet for my friend’s birthday on my social media accounts.
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