Today is my mom's birthday! I had spent the night at Heather's due to the excessive imbibing of the bachelorette party, and Heather, Steven and I called her first thing this morning and serenaded her with a three part harmony version of "Happy Birthday". This evening we went to my cousin's for dinner and to play with flowers for the centerpieces and bouquets. The dahlias are finally blooming! There are some amazing dinnerplate ones, and some smaller ones, all spectacular. We picked a few and tested out some arrangements, finally settling on simple ones of one or two dahlias with greenery. Guess what worked the best? Asparagus! Its ferny, feathery texture is a perfect echo of the 20s decor, and the leaves hold up well.
We'll need two bouquets, one for me and one for Maili. I fell in love with one of the dinnerplate dahlias. Look at the size of it!
I tried putting it together with some hosta leaves from the garden. The effect was stunning.
We decided to go with orange silk flowers in the same color for Maili's bouquet.
I took the hosta leaves home to test them and see how long they can stay out of water before they start to wilt. About three hours in and so far so good!
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