The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Amber Romance... {part 1}

    Rich amber tones are always inviting while at the same time stirring memories of holiday traditions, warmth, friendship and in this case... love.
    This stunning wedding was a beautiful event with an even more beautiful bride. Her bouquet was a textural mix of rich autumn colors with vibrant two toned roses, mocara and cymbidium orchids, mango calla lilies and chocolate hypericum berries, wrapped in...
  • Catching up!

    *Also as a reminder, don't forget that THIS THURSDAY the 17th we are celebrating our 9th anniversary with our annual Holiday Showcase and food drive at the shop from 5-8 p.m. Remember we are offering 40% off holiday silk arrangements! We will also be serving a wide array of goodies, wine and cheese, so come by and celebrate with us!*

    October is always such a busy month that it often takes us a...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Entry Table Elegance

    The Club at Carlton Woods is never lacking in it's decor. Especially with their new weekly addition of a beautiful arrangement on their entry table at the Nicklaus clubhouse.
    Each week the design changes, along with colors and types of flowers. We try to keep it interesting by creating multiple pieces and going super contemporary or doing the opposite and staying traditional with high impact...
  • Back to School

    It's that time of year again when all the kiddos go back to school! Yeah for more normal schedules, right? Make sure you thank all those people who helped you survive the summer with a beautiful bouquet of flowers! And better yet, send some to your kids teachers, school staff, or principle. I'm sure they would love the beautiful surprise. Can you think of a better way to kick off a new school...
  • Vibrant Hues of Summer

    The contrast you can achieve with hot colors is always eye catching and tends to leave a lasting impact!
    This summer bride had her ceremony at the lovely chapel at Ashelynn Manor. The rich wood floors were the perfect backdrop for vibrant rose petals and full altar arrangements.
    Her reception decor included pomanders hanging from shepherd hooks on either side of her cake table, a trio of vases with...
  • Beautiful Contrast

    Yellow and blue has been a popular summer color combination. It's a fabulous pair with such vibrant contrast you can't help but admire all the color.
    Her ceremony was at The Woodlands United Methodist Church in the Robb Chapel. She had simple decor of greenery swags for the pews. which added the perfect touch and created a beautiful line of sight up towards the altar area.

    Her reception was also at...
  • The Yellow Rose of Texas

    Yellow and teal have become a popular color combination for this years summer weddings. The intensity of the yellows against calming teal blues lends itself to be a very soothing and highly complimentary color pallet.
    Overlooking the lake by the club house at Augusta Pines her outdoor ceremony had a beautiful backdrop. We used our wrought iron square arch covered in draping greens and yellow and...
  • Easter at the Carlton Woods

    Brunch, Lunch and Dinner! We did it all this year and had fun with the GORGEOUS cherry blossom that we got in. Blooming branches just scream spring!
    One of the events had a white and yellow color scheme and so we thought it would be fun to use tulips, gerbera daisies and yellow button poms. To help elongate our tablescapes we used some of our silver votive cups with one fun tulip sticking right out...
  • Wild Weekend

    May is one of those months that seems to be simply wild. We love it here; from the weddings to the graduation parties, prom and Mother's Day we stay hoppin'! The picture above are a few styles of arrangements that we used in The Grand Ballroom at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center. Due to the tall ceiling and shear magnitude of the room we like to use a few different styles of centerpieces...
  • Time Period Parties...

    ... are always more fun! We recently made fun arrangements in vintage malt glasses for a 50's themed party at The Club at Carlton Woods.
    The bright vibrant colors stood out and created a fun and youthful ambiance throughout the room. Fun accents like aluminum wire and color changing lights helped add to the party atmosphere!