~ Random Beauty ~

Lately White Iris Designs has been all over the place when it comes to floral designs. We've had a lot of different events going on & here are is a sampling of the flower art going out our door.



Antique hydrangeas, Eos roses, horse tail, seeded eucalyptus & lycopodium. There are only 2, yes 2 hydrangeas in this bouquet. They were huge & they were gorgeous!



Breakfast for wedding vendors....we sat the table. Combination of succulents, roses, apples, pears, coffee beans, oak leaves, candles, moss & creativity. This was fun! We even used the lids to the apothecary jars that we placed candles in...they had succulents & roses under them on a bed of moss. If you click the photo, you will enlarge to see all the details. These monthly meetings are held at University Plaza Hotel in West Lafayette.



This was a massed style bouquet in a shallow glass dish that has aspidistra leaves swirled inside to conceal the flower stems. The bouquet consisted of shades of pale pink & creamy yellows using gerbera daisies, roses & alstromeria. The roses used were Eos, Sahara & Antique Caramel garden rose. I got the roses in for approval by the bride for a wedding we are designing for in August.



Glass container with aspidistra leaf at the bottom & stacked Circus roses designed for Yellow Bowl Bakery. The bakery gets a surprise bouquet each week...by surprise, I mean they never know what flowers we will be bringing!



This was a bouquet for the front window of The Muse Venue during The Taste of Tippecanoe celebration. The venue is located downtown Lafayette, & is a great contemporary site for wedding receptions, corporate events, parties & on the weekends they have live music & other fun events.
This was a tall purple glass vase with deep burgundy/plum hybrid lilies, green hanging amaranthus & curly willow.


Here are the two bouquets we designed for The Muse Venue & Bea One Restaurant's booth at The Taste of Tippecanoe.
They are both in glass vases with aspidistra leaves submerged to hide the flower stems mini green cymbidium orchid sprays, blue thistle, green hanging amaranthus, fox tail, curly willow & bamboo.

We invite you to choose White Iris Designs for your next wedding or event!

~ Weeds.... Beautiful or Nuisance? ~

A little blog about the beauty in all that is around us......it is all in how you look at it. This is the perspective of a woman & a flower lady.....



Besides the water looking muddy.....I think the creek is so pretty....weeds & all!



From the full on shot of the creek bottom, yes it just looks like weeds.....but as I ventured in farther, I found some beauty amongst the nuisance.



This reminds me of some of some of the strange species of sea life.



Thistle fuzzies holding on for dear life to this "weed". I love the color & the texture of this particular one.



Bugs eye view of thistle against the blue sky. The clouds that day resembles the thistle after they blow & turn into the floating little fuzzies that carry the seeds.



Unique view from under Queen Anne's Lace....again a bugs perspective!



So pretty....how can you call these weeds?



This shot is of the creek bottom (again bugs eye view) looking up & over the state highway that is just beyond the grasses.

Just so you know, I did NOT lay down in the weeds to get these shots......just held the camera low, point & click. They are pretty.....but who knows what else was buried down deep in there!!

This is all gone now, as my father in law, who doesn't share my love of the beauty of the weeds.....mowed them all down!
That is the perspective of..........a man & a farmer!

Go....embrace the beauty of Your weeds!

Beauty Around Us ~ In My Kitchen Window ~

Yesterday I spent the day outdoors, mostly mowing our yard & my in-laws' yard. But after wards I grabbed my camera & took the Ranger down to the creek bottom to see what beauty I could find amongst the weeds. Here is some of what I found, along with what is in my kitchen window.



In my kitchen window today is a vase of fresh spearmint with the bloom off the top of a sweet red onion plant in the middle.



On the other side of my window sill is (or should I say WAS) a vintage creamer with various varieties of day lilies & one of my heirloom yellow roses. I say WAS because they are not there this morning, but for 1 day they were beautiful.



This is a yellow daisy type flower that grows wild in our creek bottom.



I found this busy bee working his magic on the beautiful blooms of this large Phlox.



A lonely sweet pea blossom that grows against some vintage wrought iron fence in my front yard. Last year it was covered, but this year, for some reason I don't have very many blooms. I love the pretty, delicate pink blooms against the weathered, rusty look of the iron fence.



Another busy bee working feverishly on a clover bloom, I found in the creek bottom. If you click on this photo to make it larger, you will be able to see the detail of the pollen ball he had collected. Makes you wonder at the complexity of nature, when you see such a small bee with this huge ball of pollen he was carrying around. It had to weigh a ton compared to his size. Amazing!



One of my very favorite "weeds" Queen Anne's Lace grows all over the creek bottom & the ditches. I love the delicate details of each tiny bloom that makes up the entire flower.



I love this shot of my Stargazer Lilies. It captures the beauty of the coloring & detail of each part of the flower all in one.

What's in your yard, your ditches, your creek bottom or your flower beds? I know you have beauty all around you, just waiting for you to explore. So grab your camera & take a walk on the wild side of your home.......you will be astonished at what is growing right under your nose!

Next post I will show some of the endless varieties of "WEEDS" growing in our creek bottom. Some are truly beautiful when you look beyond them being a nuisance.

Happy 4th Of July....enjoy & be safe!
God Bless America!!