Design And Style Modern Dried Flowers – Sarah Ogden

Deciding Your Floral Style Choosing Your Colour Story Selecting Flowers and Foliage Foundational Techniques The Spiral Technique Taping Flowers Wiring Preserved Flower Heads Reflexing Preserved Rose Heads PART TWO: CREATE IT Wedding Flowers The Wedding Bouquet Bridesmaid Bouquets Buttonholes Corsages and Accessories Q&A: Mirlah Richardson, Wedding Photographer Room and Event Flowers Bud Vase Trio Table and Floor-Standing Arrangements Epic Installations Q&A: Shannon Bestwick, Wedding and Events Co-ordinator PART THREE: STYLE IT Finishing Touches Vases and Other Vessels Ribbons and Strings Finishing Your Bouquet Q&A: Tara Knott, Wedding Stylist and Events Designer Dressing the Room Placing Bud Vases Using Table Centrepieces Positioning Floor-Standing Arrangements Taking It to the Next Level Final Words Further Information Index Acknowledgements OceanofPDF.com Introduction Do you wish you could enjoy your flowers all year without having to worry about replacing their murky water or watching them die?

I’m here to tell you that not only can you keep your flowers, but they can also look beautiful, vivid and colourful for years. Welcome to the wonderful new world of dried flowers. I’ve been working with dried and preserved flowers for over five years now. My original plan had been to open my own fresh floristry wedding design studio, and I even trained with fresh florals before I came across what I describe as modern dried flowers.

I was instantly hooked. I’m completely biased as I spend my days surrounded by dried flowers, but I honestly cannot understand why anyone would want fresh florals now. Back in the day, dried flowers were exactly that – dried-up flowers. They were left to dry, and they turned brittle, brown and lifeless.

While they had a moment of trending in the 1970s, they never really offered anything different or special. Since then, there have been many advancements in the dried flower world. Twenty-first century dried flowers are no longer dull; there are now hundreds of varieties of dried, painted and dyed flowers –and most recently there has been a boom in the preserved floral arena.

In this book, I will introduce you to a world of dried and preserved flowers in a stunning array of colours, from beautiful pale tones all the way through the colour wheel to bright and bold shades. For me, preserved florals are the big game changer. Some flowers have small, delicate stems, while other flower heads are larger and more impactful, but all have huge amounts of texture.

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