My new fave: The pincushion flowerby Tara Nolan |
It was about a month or so ago that I first laid eyes on the pincushion flower. So when I needed to figure out what I wanted to carry at my wedding (which took place this past weekend), yellow pincushion flowers came to mind not only for their unique beauty, but because I liked the sewing connection, as well. I also ordered some extra to display on the tables at our venue, School Bakery & Cafe. Besides the yellow orbs of the pincushion blooms, I was pretty clueless as to what else I could put with them. Without having an example flower on hand, Helen at Anthi Floral Boutique was so helpful recommending complementary greenery — Jamaica greens and bear grass for the vases and aspidistra for the wedding bouquets. For vases I used Bernardin jars that I got thanks to my Uncle Glenn, and then I tied black raffia around the necks as a finishing touch.
For the bouquets my sister and I carried, we removed the greenery from the lower stem of the pincushion flowers and wrapped them in aspidistra and raffia.
Below is an image of one of my vases. I was very pleased with how they turned out!
Tags: anthi, aspidistra, bear grass, bernardin, jamaica greens, pincushion flower, school bakery & cafe, wedding flowers
Stunningly simple! The pincushion flower is so detailed that you don’t need any fillers in the arrangment! Nice choice Tara.
This is beautiful! It was great meeting you today Tara. Really a small world, imagine me inviting Gabriela and you know her from the blogs!!! Thanks again for the tickets. I was really inspired with the demos.
So nice to meet you, too, Rita!!! Glad you enjoyed the show