two of hearts

we're gearing up for valentine's day at the flower shop. so today's projects were very heart-centric. here are two heart arrangements that i made. i made the first one with pink roses, and the second one with red roses. surprisingly, i prefer the red arrangement. the heart is more vivid.

[pink roses, peach spray roses, berries, hydrangea & greens]

[red roses, white spray roses, berries, hydrangea, ranunculus & greens]

[i used two layers of dark violet chiffon ribbon]

the roses have pearl-topped pin centers. i'd like to find the crystal ones that i saw on an episode of "my fair wedding." david tutera used them for bridal bouquets. i want dark gem hues, like sapphire and ruby - also gold and silver, or course.

tomorrow, we will be making a lot of these hearts. a dozen or so wood boxes have been stuffed with drenched oasis foam and are waiting to be beautified. these pictures are not high-res, unfortunately, because they were taken with my crackberry. i'll be sure to bring along the SLR tomorrow.