Bouquets

Nothing does more to brighten a room than a bouquet of flowers. While formal arrangements are stunning, they can also be a bit stilted. I prefer the spontaneity of gathered-from-the-garden bouquets. When I have lots of flowers blooming, bouquets get big. Sometimes, I scavage for 1 or 2 tiny stems, which I put in a small perfume bottle. Almost any container stands in for a vase--milk pitcher, beautiful old liquor bottle, teacup, or even the hot pink liquid soap dispenser that I think is too pretty to toss away.  Here is a bouquet I arranged for a client's table. I mixed in ivy from a pot on the patio. The container was hiding in the back of a kitchen shelf. I loved the photograph (by Scott Frances for Wilsonart, who published this room in a company magazine) so much that I used it in my book SUN COUNTRY ELEGANT!  Wish you could post pictures of your bouquets on this site. Is there a way?.