The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Carlton Woods Member Guest 2013

    The Annual Member Guest Event is one of our favorite events at the Club at Carlton Woods. This year we created a theme incorporating natural elements of the season - pumpkins & bittersweet. Different tablescapes were created; one with our iron tree accented with lemon leaf, mango calla lilies and hanging rose petals. The second with a set of three glass candlesticks accented with curly willow,...
  • May Wedding at The Carlton Woods

     This post is all about the romance of weddings. What a BEAUTIFUL wedding at The Club at Carlton Woods. With flowers literally everywhere the entire clubhouse was transformed into a beautiful romantic oasis for the couple to celebrate their union!
    The ceremony decor consisted of a square arch covered with white hydrangea, peach and yellow roses, various green vines and accents of curly willow. 
    The...
  • Wedding Trends 2013


    2013 is bringing a whole new set of wedding trends in the flower category. With a softer more ethereal feel, the 2013 colors have also shifted. Softer, muted colors are ruling the scene this year with a focus on anything in the mint family.  
    Bouquet trends: Cascades! A vintage bouquet silhouette will make a big return this year. Cascades are returning as vintage styles have begun to rule 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...
  • 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...
  • St. Anthony of Padua and The Club at Carlton Woods

    July was a month filled with all sort of gorgeous flowers. One of our favorites was a wedding at St. Anthony of Padua, with the reception at The Club at Carlton Woods.
    All the florals for the ceremony were made in a traditional very full style in all gorgeous whites.
    The sanctuary looked amazing with extra large altar arrangements and a garland of flowers and greenery to dress up the kneeling bench...
  • Pave'd Centerpieces

    These gorgeous centerpieces were made for a gentlemen's golf team dinner at The Club at Carlton Woods. Every now and then it's nice to change your decor up a bit. It can be as simple as changing a color or making something taller, but in this case we did the opposite; we went short or more appropriately, pave'd.
    Pave' is a technique where everything is kept short and clustered together for dramatic...
  • A Royal Tablescape

     Tablescapes are always eye catching and set a beautiful romantic mood for any event. They are by far one of my favorite types of floral decor. I love the different elements, texture, and heights that can be incorporated into one cohesive piece.
    For this event there were two golf teams whose colors were red and blue having a fabulous dinner at The Club at Carlton Woods. One side of the table was...
  • Faux Tropical Tablescape

    It's amazing what a little color and interesting textures can do to dress up a dinner table. These fun coordinating centerpieces, along with out chocolate beaded votive holders created a fun, and visually interesting table scape for our guests.

    Do you have a party coming up? Let us help you dress out your table with gorgeous flowers and candles. Come by and look at our design books to get...
  • Client Events from May

    May is by far our very busiest month of the year. With weddings, Prom, Mothers Day, Graduation and other parties we are busy busy busy! It's always a wonderful feeling to create beautiful pieces for our clients and these are a few of our favorites. The pictures above is a close up of a beautiful table scape we did for a birthday dinner on the patio. It was a beautiful line of antique green...