The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Love is in the air

    Can you believe that February is right around the corner? Sometimes it feels like January is a month that flies by without many people realizing what month it is! Well, we are here to give you fair warning... Valentines Day is right around the bend!
    Each year at the shop each designer gets to create a masterpiece to call their own. These pictures are a few of the 2012 Valentines day specials from...
  • New Years Eve Extravaganza

    Every year we look forward to decking out The Club at Carlton Woods for their annual New Years eve party! This year the color scheme was reminiscent of everything underwater, with teals, purples, deep blues and greens it was a beautiful combination that gave the Club a completely new look for one night.
    This beautiful piece showcases movement by using different mediums to cascade around a...
  • Kathleen O'Ryan Fine Art Photography

    We love working with other event vendors and seeing their craft. Especially photographers. No matter how many pictures we take, we can never seem to capture the true beauty of the arrangements we create, but low and behold, the professionals always do.
    These are some shots from Kathleen O'Ryan Fine Art Photography of a bah mitzvah celebration that she sent over to share with us.
    It's amazing how...
  • Our 9th Annual Holiday Open House

    Each year we celebrate our anniversary with a fabulous holiday party. We also host a food drive and encourage all guests who join us to bring a little something to donate to the food bank. But most of all it's a fabulous opportunity to completely deck out the shop with all our fabulous holiday decor.

    From lush garlands to unique centerpieces, we've got all you need to dress up your home.
    We even...
  • Amber Romance...{part 2}

    ... Now on to the reception. The newlywed's reception was held at The Carlton Woods Creekside Fazio club house. To dress up the entry walkway we continued the theme of iron with shepherd hooks and lanterns. (right before the guests began arriving we also laid down a heavy layer of rose petals along both sides of the walkway). On the doors we hung the couples initials which were made from autumn...
  • Rock and Roll All Night

    The theme for this years annual Member/ Guest Gala at The Club at Carlton Woods was taken from the amazing decor at The House of Blues in Houston.
    With rust, gold and navy silk draped from floor to ceiling you couldn't help but feel like you were where the party was going to be! Our flowers popped off the fabric colors creating beautiful focal pieces that truly took center stage for this amazing...
  • Wild Western Weekend

    The Club at Carlton Woods is always busy this time of year with parties, wine dinners, golf tournaments and amazing galas. A few weeks ago they had a spectacular western weekend as a kick off to their annual member guest gala. So here is a sneak peak at the weeks earlier events.
    Western themes can vary from bandannas and burlap to wild sun flowers and wheat grass. It just depends of what type of...
  • I Do...

    ... is a phrase that many happy couples are uttering this month! The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center has a beautiful deck overlooking the golf course and a lake with a fountain that has it's own gazebo tucked away among the tall pine trees. This spot is a true favorite for brides. With it's beautiful scenery you can easily see why.
    This couple, with their white and purple color scheme chose...
  • Bold Colors with Great Contrast

    The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center has a wide array of beautiful ballrooms. The ceremony pictured above is in The Glass, looking out over the water. With the bold color combination of the flowers the room was really transformed into the perfect setting for her ceremony, then flipped and used for the reception later that night.
    The Emerald ballroom is also one of my favorites with it's tall...
  • Retirement Party at John Cooper

    The folks over at The John Cooper School know how to throw a party! Especially when they get the art department involved in the planning.
    These beautiful centerpieces were a fun mix of textures and colors, emphasizing line and structure.
    It's always fun to use non floral accents to create different textures. In these arrangements we used a mixture of veronica, miniature calla lilies, miniature...
  • Champagne in June

    With a timeless soft white, fresh green and champagne color scheme this wedding was truly stunning. The rehearsal dinner was Friday night at the bride's home. We used a cluster of bud vases each filled with either an anthirium, rose, or rannuncula and accents of grass on half the tables and on the head table, while the other tables held a low, full and luscious arrangement with a mix of hydrangea,...
  • Just a Pinch of Purple

    As you walked into this wonderland of silky draping white fabric and purple uplighting you couldn't help but stand in awe as the gorgeous arrangements took center stage. With a base of silver and white green and purple accents the flowers took you by surprise in every way.
    The bride found these beautiful silver faux curly willow trees in square silver pots that we used as a base for half of the...