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What Makes ‘Hot Momma!’ a Most Inspirational Mother’s Day Floral Design?

It’s always a challenge to create affordable and personalized designs for your customers in the midst of high-traffic floral holidays like Mother’s Day. Here’s how one professional florist meet...

Designing Botanical Shoes and Purses with Franςoise Weeks

Has a simple idea ever led you to discover your true passion? Floral designer Franςoise Weeks has experienced such inspiration. Today her love of creating botanical art from natural materials is...

Personalize Mother's Day flowers with these four Mom Trend videos

In a busy retail flower shop, it’s challenging to personalize every Mother’s Day arrangement in the midst of filling so many orders. Yet we know that personalizing designs to individual tastes is a...

'One-size-fits-all' wrist corsage is Most Inspirational Corsage Design

Donna Fitzen wanted to design an on-trend, easy to wear prom corsage that expressed simplicity and sophistication. When she accomplished that goal, she submitted a photo of her design to the OA...

Trendsetting guys wear floral art for prom boutonnieres

It can be hard to convince some guys that it’s cool to wear flowers, even to their high school prom. How can you inspire them to enjoy this popular tradition? Suggest they wear a piece of tren...

Gluing flowers into prom wristlets is fast and easy

In the past, designing a prom wristlet meant wiring and taping flowers together to create a fashionable corsage. With its long hours of finger-tiring handwork, prom season was one florists coul...

Decorating Floral Easter Eggs with Natural Materials

I always look forward to spring and Easter is one of my favorite holidays. I like the feel of crisp and frosty mornings that turn into warm and sunny days. It’s a time of daffodils, tulips and hyac...

The story behind the Most Inspirational spring wedding bouquet design

Floral designers love the smile that lights a bride’s face when she sees her bouquet and loves it. According to Lori Himes AIFD of ABloom Ltd. in Walkersville, Maryland, that feeling is even mo...

Design Sensational Wedding Floral Centerpieces

When it comes to wedding reception décor, an impressive centerpiece is surely the belle of the ball. Today, we explore the dramatic effect of sensational wedding centerpieces with photos shared ...

Brides Love Creative Floral Cascade Bouquets

In this season of opulent weddings, the return of the graceful cascade coincides with trend-savvy brides falling in love again with formal elegance. Cascades are back! Traditionally, cascades...