I have been really lucky to work with some great ladies on my corporate work. They give me linen colors and let me have a chance to use basically whatever I want to. It allows me to experiment with flowers I don't use very often. It also allows me to use my interior design experience exploring textures and colors.
Last week was busy in the design studio making fall creations for 2 events at Indiana University. I used some traditional fall flowers and added in a few unusual pops of texture for fun. I used trachilieum for the first time. (Its the purple puff-ball looking flower below.) It is rough and a little prickly to the touch. It was the perfect pop of eggplant color that the client requested. I also used lavender mum, green button mum, alstromeria, green hypericum berries and seeded eucalyptus.
I was so pleased with how the centerpieces turned out, and more importantly, the client loved them!
