How to Design Black & White Flowers
The myth---that florists shove bunches of flowers into vases, then bill out pricey arrangements with little effort---couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, floral designers are experts at botany, horticulture and color theory so each creation is both beautiful and unique. Think black and white floral arrangements are simple to design? No way. Due to their simplicity, designers find such arrangements a challenging task and offer practical advice to those who want to try their hand at them.
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Make a creative assessment of the occasion for which the arrangement is to be designed. Consider the theme, time of day, season and audience when you plan out ideas for appropriate floral arrangements. Research the culture for which you're designing the arrangement to be certain black and white won't offend family or friends.
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Visit a floral shop and experiment with shapes and sizes to see for yourself how many black and white flowers are available to you. Take advantage of what's in season to save money as special orders can be pricey due to the fact that most must be flown from exotic destinations.
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Match up event themes with the flowers you choose, like white orchids and black roses for tropical settings---or make the display a dramatic pairing of black and white orchids. Add drama with a single, red bird of paradise in the center of the design.
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Design small bouquets of Queen of the Night tulips with white carnations for an affordable spring wedding or place a single black rose into the center of a gathering of lilies of the valley, then tie up the bouquet with long, streaming black and white satin ribbons.
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Plan to mix tall with tall and small with small to achieve design perfection. Combine white tulips with "Queen of the Night" tulips to create a gorgeous formal floral design that looks as great as a wedding bouquet as it does in a centerpiece. Complement these flowers with white satin ribbon, a see-through black crystal vase or a third color if requested by event planners.
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Pair splashy white magnolias with black roses to design banquet centerpieces that capture the flavor of the south. Cluster the magnolias in the center of the arrangement and fan various sizes of black roses away from the white blooms for spectacular contrast.
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Wrap large black tulips and long white calla lilies snugly in floral wire. Join both ends to make a circlet garland of black and white flowers designed to fit around the crown of the head for wedding attendants.
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Substitute white zinnias, gladiolus, lilacs, asters and apple blossom for any of the designs detailed in Steps 3 to 8, but to achieve the ultimate in simplicity, a single calla lily wrapped with one long stem black rose can't be surpassed for elegance, so don't discount this small design idea that looks sensational---especially if the folks for whom you're designing these arrangements are on a tight budget.
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