Make Your Own Nosegay
You Don’t Have To Be A Florist To Make A Nosegay
When I first moved to San Francisco I worked for a very large florist. There were at least 10 full time designers and the shop was very busy. This company had quite a few big hotel contracts and did a lot of weddings so I saw multitudes of floral creativity. I used to love it when the drivers would come back from the early morning trips to the flower market with their trucks full of blooms. At that point, everything would look and smell so much better!
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I’m a total garden nut but do love playing with flowers almost as much plants. A vase full of blooms aways make me grin from ear to ear. Nosegays, also called tussie mussies or posies, originated in Victorian times. They were traditionally small, given as a gift and smelled sweet, hence the “nose”. Today the term nosegay is used more to describe a style of bouquet.
I used 2 colors of roses, alstroemeria & button mums to make this nosegay.
The flowers all ready to go.
I cut off the stems so they were all fairly even.
Did you notice the green roses in this nosegay? I love green flowers … blog post on them coming soon!
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