We’ve all seen those beautiful flower bouquets at the grocer… and at the same time- we may feel a little intimidated- about arranging them ourselves…
One of the Health and Wellness Benefits of Flowers- lies waiting for us in the arranging process. When we arrange flowers- our body reacts by rele...

Today I’m creating a Centerpiece in a cut glass vase- using two market bunches from our Friends at Splendor Proteas… featuring King & Mink Protea- and Brunia- two of my favorite flowers!
We’ll use a tape grid to aid in arranging- and also Chrysal’s CVBn Tablets to reduce bacteria growth… This is ...

Today I’m creating a Green Grass Arrangement- to welcome my Friend Laurie Keller- Famous Children’s Book Author – of Arnie the Doughnut and We are Growing- who is visiting to be a part of Episode 402- Bein’ Green – of Life in Bloom. Watch it here!
I wanted to incorporate Growing Grass into the a...

Today I’m creating a Bouquet – that will be part of my segment with my Friend Taryn Nance- for Season 4 of “Life in Bloom”… Flowers Care (You can watch it here) Taryn is joining me to make Elderberry Syrup- so I thought it would be great to create a bouquet that is Elderberry Color- using Hydrang...

Let’s create a bouquet of Eucalyptus! I love Eucalyptus- it’s fragrant and it has such wonderful texture- there are so many varieties of Eucalyptus too… so we can mix and match Baby Blue, Upright, Silver Dollar and Gunnii together in this bouquet- I’m sharing my tips for making your Eucalyptus la...

Today I’m creating a collection of different colors of Lisianthus- for one of our upcoming Flower Features – in a wonderful Vase from Accent Décor- it features Lisanthus- (or the “Poor Man’s Rose”… from several different flower growers…
Kitayama Brothers, Golden State Flower Growers, and Kennico...

To Kick off the NEW Year- let’s talk about COLOR Theory- and different ways we can “turn our feelings into flowers” or better yet- affect our or others feelings… with our flower color choices. Different Color Combinations evoke different feelings- and we can magnify that with our choice in Flower...

Let’s talk about Color again- and specifically about Analogous Colors! Combinations. I love Mid-Century Modern Artifacts- and I collect them- especially when it comes to flower containers, planters or vessels.
I found a wonderful example- and was so excited to find that it came in different colo...

Our Color Lessons for today- will help us cause Excitement- I’ll be creating a Complimentary Arrangement with my Dramm Tools: The Bypass Cutter and Compact Pruner (in Coordinating colors no less!) Complimentary Colors are colors that are opposite another on the color wheel. Complimentary Colors c...

Today’s Color Lesson- is created using Triadic Colors- we have two choices- Primary Colors or Secondary Colors! I chose the Primary Colors- Yellow, Red and Blue- these are the basic colors that start the color wheel- the combination of the Primary Colors creates the secondary colors.
The Primary...

Let’s Explore the use of an Ombré Selection of Colors- (going from Light to Dark in the same color) and create a Faux Flower Arrangement- using Permanent Flowers from Dollar Tree!
Dollar Tree has a great selection of flowers- and allowed me to choose an Ombré Palette in the color Pink. We’re mak...

I adore Coffee- not only the taste- but the entire ritual of making coffee as well. I love grinding it… I love smelling the rich aroma and of course creating it in my Chemex Coffee Maker… the entire process- is relaxing and rejuvenating!
You can image how excited I was to be contacted by Cintha P...

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating an arrangement to go with one of My Favorite Cocktails- “Flower’s Grave”- and I’ll be sharing this cocktail in Season 5 of “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom”. I always like to accompany my flower cocktail hour- with a lovely arrangement- and today I’m creatin...