Dorothy would like a bouquet with pink, white and green.  To match with her petite body shape, I decided to make a 6 inch bouquet with pink Spray Roses, Rannunculus, white Hydrangea, white and pink Eustomas, Billy Buttons and Green Trick Dianthus.  The combination turns out to look sweet and refreshing, just like the bride!

Boutonniere for the groom

Corsage for the parents

Wrist corsages for the bridesmaids

Corsages for groomsmen

Received an inquiry from Whatsapp in January about Valentine’s Day flower product, it was from Rachel’s husband (http://uniquebridalworkshop.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/purple-and-cream-for-rachel/).  He would like to order a V Day bouquet for his lovely wife (how sweet is that!) and asked about different options.  So I suggested to go for a flower gift box instead of a flower bouquet.  After much discussions, the design of the gift box is finalized as seen above.

Rachel was thrilled when she received the gift box and left her “thank you note” on the Facebook page.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Rachel!

“Something old, something new

Something borrowed, something blue

And a silver sixpence in her shoe.”

Here’s something blue for Pearl!

And the bouquet made for reception decoration…..well, not just something blue now.  It’s a big bunch of blue!  Anyhow, it looks like a big cotton candy to me…..for some reason.  It’s sweet!

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¸.•¸.•..¸…Signing off…¸¸.•*`*.❉
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┊ ☆            xXx ❤ C
☆ ❉
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The Secret Language of Flowers (H)

The List of Flowers:

1. Harebell. Meaning: Resignation. “I bow to your will, but still hope on.”
2. Hart’s-tongue Fern. Meaning: Gossip. “Set a curb on your idle tongue.”
3. Hawthorn. (A large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae.) Meaning: Hope. “Despite your answer, I shall strive to win your love.”
4. Heliotrope. (Heliotropium) Meaning: Devotion. “You are my sun.”
5. Hellebore. (Commonly known as hellebores, members of the genus Helleborous  comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants the family Ranunculaceae. Many species are poisonous.) Meaning: Lying tongues. “Do not believe any ill tales of me. I can explain everything.”
6. Hemlock.  (Cicuta, commonly known as water hemlock, is a small genus of four species of highly poisonous plants in the family Apiaceae.)Meaning: Scandal. “I have been maligned and unjustly accused.”
7. Hepatica. (Bisexual flowers with pink, purple, blue, or white sepals and three green bracts appear singly on hairy stems from late winter to spring.)Meaning: Confidence. “I trust you.”
8. Herb Paris. (It has solitary flowers with four or more very narrow greenish threadlike petals and green petaloid sepals.) Meaning: Betrothal.  “Take this flower as a pledge.”
9. Herb Robert.  Meaning: Steadfast devotion.  “I am your slave.”
10. Hollyhock. (They are biennial or short-lived perennial plants growing to 3.5 m tall, with broad, rounded, palmately lobed leaves and numerous flowers, pink or yellow in the wild species, on the erect central stem.) Meaning: Ambition. “With you as my wife I could achieve great things.”
11. Honesty. (Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family of Brassicaceae. It includes two species, Perennial honesty and Annual honesty.) Meaning: Frankness. “I have told you all.”
12. Honeysuckle. Meaning: Plighted troth.“This is a token of my love.”
13. Hyacinth, Blue. Meaning: Devotion. “I will give my life to your  service.”
14. Hyacinth, white. Meaning: Admiration. “I admire you.”
15. Hydrangea.  Meaning: Changeableness. “Why are you so fickle?”

Mimuroto-ji – Kyoto

Mimuroto-ji, the Temple of Ajisai (Hydrangea in English), is the tenth temple of The Western 33 Temples where amulets are offered to pilgrims.

Despite the centenial history of this Temple, the hydrangeas (‘ajisai’) or sometimes also referred as the flower of ‘tsuyu’ (rainy season) are the main attractions during the monsoons.

In the rainy season, the hydrangea blooms and changes its color from blue to red in the rain. The hydrangea originally comes from Japan. In 1879 (Meiji era), an English gardener brought a hydrangea back to the UK and varieties were bred from this seed in the West. Some were brought back to Japan, and now, the most popular and usual hydrangea is a variety from the West.

History
After being established by Emperor Kōnin in 770, the temple was supported by imperial patronage and so it prospered during the Heian era (792 – 1192) when it was a popular place for court outings. It was rebuilt after it was entirely burnt in a fire in 1460, but when its properties were confiscated after being lost in a battle in 1573, the temple fell into decline. The current buildings were rebuilt in 1805 after yet another fire destroyed the temple.

During the civil war of the late 16th century, the monks of Mimurotoji supported the puppet shogun Yoshiaki Ashikaga, and the temple was completely destroyed by the opposing forces of Oda Nobunaga. At that time the temple bell was confiscated along with many other temple treasures. When the temple was later restored by Hideyoshi Toyotomi, daimyō Mashita Nagamori (1545 – 1615) had the remains of the bell in his possession. All that remained of the bell was just the ornamental bronze head, in the shape of a dragon. Thinking that this ornament would be of no use to the temple, he decided to keep it. However, on making this decision he was suddenly struck down with serious illness and it was thought that perhaps the bell was in fact cursed. So Nagamori sent the remains of the bell back to Mimurotoji, along with a large offering of rice. With that, his health improved and thereafter he continued to send yearly offerings to the temple in gratitude.

How to get there:
• 30 minutes from Shijo station to Mimurodo station via Chushojima station on Keihan Railway, then 15 minutes on foot.
• Keihan-Uji-Bus Company operates several times a day from JR Uji Station to Mimuroto-ji via Keihan Uji station.

For more information visit the official website:
Mimurotoji Official Website 三室戸寺 (available only in Japanese)

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