The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Dripping With Flowers


    Carlton Woods celebrated the champions from their annual Member Guest golf tournament with an absolutely gorgeous event on Saturday night. In this instance, pictures truly don't do our work justice. With a woodsy and almost ethereal ambiance we aimed to please with rich autumn tones and bright bold blooms. We had such a great time decorating the entire ceiling of the wine room at the Fazio with...
  • Carlton Woods Golf Tournaments

    As I've mentioned before May is our busiest month so I still have lots of events to catch up posting about, and they are just all so beautiful I can't help but share them with you! The following few events were for a golf tournament at The Carlton Woods Country Club. This first picture includes rich reds, coppers, oranges, and browns creating a romantically rich and intimate setting for dinner....
  • Purple Is All The Rage

    With it's rich depth and royal history purples have come swinging back into the bridal color pallets. The jewel tones of the color creates instant drama that you can't help but admire. These gentlemen are sporting 2 different styles of boutonnieres. The Groom (int he middle) has a sleek two tone ivory calla lily with a deep purple throat. The Groomsmen are wearing a traditional ivory rose...
  • Mothers Day Recap

    Mothers Day is one of our favorite holidays. Who wouldn't love a day to celebrate all the many types of mothers in our lives? The Club at Carlton Woods hosts a slew of wonderful events during that week and we have the privlidge of creating some truly stunning showpieces for them.
    This year we used 2 different color schemes for each clubhouse. For the Fazio club house at The Carlton Woods Creekside...
  • Easter Weekend Part 2

    As we mentioned before Easter weekend kept us hopping! Saturday morning bright and early we headed out to set up for The Carlton Woods- Nicklaus Clubhouse Breakfast with the Easter Bunny event. This annual event is a fun filled breakfast meant for all the little ones you love. Complete with an easter egg hunt, face painting and pictures with the easter bunny our arrangements were the perfect...
  • Allied Florists of Houston March Meeting

    A Wedding to Remember was a well deserved title for this wonderful event. Each month Allied Florists of Houston gathers at one of the local wholesalers and puts on an amazing program with famous designers for a night of amazing food, beautiful flowers and most important; education. This month we were invited by Greenleaf Wholesale as one of the premier wedding florists of Houston to put together a...
  • Carlton Woods Advisory Board Dinner 2009

    The Holidays are in full swing here at The Blooming Idea, and this week we have officially kicked off the holidays season. We receivedour beautiful shipment of poinsettias in white, pink, two tone and gorgeous red. This week we also had the opportunity to decorate the Carlton Woods for their annual advisory board dinner. Centered around an all out Christmas theme with red, white, green and hints...
  • Happy Thanksgiving

    We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of great food, family, friends, and of course beautiful flowers!
    We had the time of our lives creating a giant cornucopia bursting at the seams with flowers for the Carlton Woods Thanksgiving day feast. We also made a turkey out of flowers, and a beautiful table scape with baskets of fruits and veggies, colorful plants, and beautiful flowers. Even...
  • 7th Anniversary Party-2009 Holiday Open House

    First and foremost we want to thank all of you who came by to celebrate with us. It is always a pleasure to get to spend some time with our customers in a more casual setting, and for you to come see the wide array of possibilities for your holiday decor.
    Each desk had a holiday color scheme, a beautiful showpiece, and a few coordinating pieces to inspire our clients. Autumn graced the first desk...
  • Angles and Texture

    One of our favorite things to do at the shop is come up with new, distinctive and creative ways to use flowers to accentuate any event. Combining different textures with sharp angles gave these tablescapes a very masculine and dramatic aura.

    We also used the same idea in two tall coordinating arrangements with the equisitem, pin cushion protea, james storii orchids, and varigated flax leaves.

  • A Tablescape For Royalty

    Draping mango calla lilies, funky curly willow, twisted bells of Ireland, feathered peach roses, and copper accents created this beautiful tablescape for the Kings Table at the Carlton Woods.
  • Carlton Woods Member Guest Event 2009

    Lushious, Luxurious, Vulumptuous & Stunning...

    ...happens to be the most appropriate way to describe our latest event at the Carlton Woods. Using solid silver standards and bowls filled to capacity with the most luxurious white and ivory flowers, they filled the room with an overwhelming sense of royalty.

    In addition to over 40 centerpieces we also created a beautiful table scape for the Champions...