The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Autumn Dinner

     Beautiful fall weather is always inviting for fabulous family dinners, social gatherings and of course a good party!. These whimsical centerpieces were filled with australian greenery, two toned yellow and orange roses, burgundy daisy poms, and brown hypericum berries with curly willow accents.
    For the cocktail tables we created these whimsical arrangements using copper flat wire, river rocks and...
  • Modern Halloween

     Purple has been sneaking itself into Halloween color schemes for a few years now. When parked with lime green and black it definitely sets the stage for a fun and almost mysterious Halloween color scheme. Plus we love the color with all the richness and depth it brings into arrangements it's hard not to resist.
    Here are a few of our fabulous Halloween arrangements that highlight this new fabulous...
  • October is Finally Here!

     Autumn has finally arrived; which for us at the shop is always a reason to celebrate! Not only is it our favorite time of year when the weather cools down and it's near perfect weather for being outside, but it's time to start decorating for the holidays and getting ready for all the fabulous parties.

    Halloween is such a fun holiday and we've noticed a huge rise in vintage inspired decor. These...
  • Carlton Woods Wedding in Purple


    Purple and green are fresh and fun colors and for the summer always inviting. This beautiful wedding at the Woodlands United Methodist Church in the Robb chapel was absolutely stunning. The bride had fabulous taste and paid attention to the details, like having arrangements on the corner of her buffet tables, and having a stand alone bird gave for cards with a beautiful cascading arrangements on...
  • Centerpiece Fabulousness!

    Each week at The Club at Carlton Woods we create a table scape on the main table in the entry way. So every now and then we like to show off what fun things we've done! This purple color scheme was fun to accent with curling sego palm leaves and clustered purple spider mums.
  • Carlton Woods Weekend

     These beautiful pieces were the centerpieces for a fabulous weekend at the Carlton Woods. The contemporary red and white color scheme was augmented by the beautiful eggplant accents throughout the pieces. WIth White oriental lilies, red full roses, plum miniature calla lilies, dusty miller, white roses and cabbage the arrangements were full of texture and movement.
    Using monstera leaves as large...
  • Hot and Cold

     Summer time brings the heat! What better way to cool off than with a dip in the pool? Or even better, a pool party. And what party would be complete without flowers! And what would be more cool than floating flowers? Pool floats are amazing displays of flowers that can be done vertically or horizontal, like the Cadillac emblem pictured below.
    And on a hot Summer day you'll need something cool to...
  • Lemons and Plums...

     May is always a beautiful month, especially for a wedding! This ceremony on the Forest Deck at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center  was a soft combination of lemony yellow and sky blue with white accents.
    The reception was held in The Emerald Ballroom at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center. With alternating styles of arrangements the combination of yellow tulips and blue hydrangea...
  • Carlton Woods Events of April

     The Club at Carlton Woods keeps us busy! We love creating wonderful pieces for their many gatherings! Here are just a few centerpieces we did for a few of their April engagements!
     Azeleas, cherry blossoms and tulips, what could be better?
     Fabulous colors, with wonderful contrast: yellow roses, green hydrangea, purple dendrobium orchids and blue lisianthus with curly willow and mixed vines.
    Mardi...
  • Easter Weekend... Part 3

     Sunday morning The Club(s) at Carlton Woods, both Fazio and Nicklas hosted a fabulous Easter Brunch.  Fazio's color scheme of pink yellow and blues was a fun fresh combination, reminiscent of the fresh spring air that we've been enjoying for quite some time.
    With fluffy blue hydrangea, giant yellow roses, yellow forsythia blooming branches, yellow tulips, pink miniature garden roses and variegated...
  • Easter Weekend... Part 2


     Saturday morning at The Club at Carlton Woods - Nicklas they host their annual Breakfast with the Easter bunny event! It's such a fun event for the kids. The colors are always bright and the flowers always beautiful and very "Spring-y"

     Our centerpieces this year were terra cotta pots with groupings of flowers including: lavender stock, yellow tulips, blue hydrangea and peach gerber a daisies!


    The...
  • Easter Weekend... part 1

     Each year we have a wonderfully busy Easter weekend with lots of events and fun parties. But we always like to showcase our annual events at The Club at Carlton Woods starting with Friday nights seafood buffet. Above is a fabulous piece with purple mocara orchids, green anthirium, purple tulips, curly willow, and green spider buttons in a giant sea shell.
    We coordinated the fun purples and green...