The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Flowers as Art

     Art comes in many different mediums. Our medium is flowers, and sometimes it's amazing what a little creativity can produce.
    Flowers are by themselves so beautiful, and due to the vast variety of different blooms the possibilities are endless. Keeping in mind the basic principles for design (color, balance, line, focal areas, etc) we combined firey colors and moving lines to draw the eyes in and...
  • Can You Tell Purple Is Our Favorite Color?





    Clustering flowers is one of our favorite ways to make a big impact. When paired with strong lines and beautiful colors it's always striking and makes a big impression. We love using different lines and shapes to create visual interest in our pieces. Like the Eremurus (Fox tail) in the top picture the curving vertical lines creates a sense of movement, while the green anthirium add stability to...
  • Parties Galore

     This time of year naturally brings along with it a million reasons to celebrate! Here are a few pictures from recent parties! (Above, cylinders with antique green hydrangea and roses with silver accents).
     Table centerpieces with tropical flowers of anthirium and baby birds of paradise, paired with roses and green spider mums.
    Beautiful focal points in tropical flowers, including: heliconia,...
  • Mother's Day at The Club at Carlton Woods 2013

    Mother's Day at The Club at Carlton Woods is always a party! With soft shades of lavender, white, pinks and yellow the club house was filled with a soft romantic feel.

    The table arrangements were done in a traditional style in pedestal vases with two tone pink and white roses, statice, miniature garden roses, and my favorite, lavender stock.
    Over at the Fazio club house the arrangements were a...
  • Pink and White Wedding



    I've said it before and I'll say it again (or type rather), professional photographers do an amazing job capturing the beauty of our flowers in a way we just can't seem to replicate. These stunning pictures were taken by Archetype Studios and we just had to share!
     The wedding was held in the Robb Chapel at The Woodlands United Methodist Church.
    While the reception was held at The Woodlands Resort...
  • Carlton Woods Member Guest Event

     In the fall of each year The Club at Carlton Woods holds its annual Member Guest event. This year it couldn't have been on a more beautiful day. The skies were blue, there was a light breeze and the temperature was near perfect. So what could have made the day more fabulous? Well our stunning flowers of course!
    With a mix of low, medium and high standing arrangements we created lots of focal...
  • July Weddings {part 2}

    The most beautiful things about flowers, is that they are a product of nature and can be used to create some of the most beautiful things on earth. There are millions of possibilities and anything you can dream we can create! This beautiful reception alternated tall and short centerpieces, using blue agapanthus, alstromeria, bells of Ireland, mixed greens, antique green hydrangea, button poms and...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Hitomi comes to Houston!

     Hitomi was able to make it to Houston this last month and we were luck enough to be able to go see her show. Hitomi is a fabulous designer, whose creativity is endless. We love going to see different designers so we can become inspired and take some of the ideas we see back to our shop! Here are just a few of the many things we learned about from the fabulous Hitomi!
    Bouquet wraps, decorative...
  • April Weddings in Review...

    Here is a fabulous photo recap of our very busy April! {Above: The Vista staircase decor with floral tie backs and draped tulle with peach, champagne and ivory roses and yellow alstromeria}
    {Bouquets in a handtied style with white hydrangea, white dendrobium orchids and stephanotis)
    {The Forest Deck at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center with white hydrangea pew decor, and a multi colored...
  • One More...

    ... Custom Valentines Day arrangement The Michael! It's a beautiful contemporary design with tall gladiolas, ruby red tulips and stunning stargazer lilies.

    Order yours today... their sure to go fast!