My blog today has a very simple premise and it is the idea of taking notice of the small things that bring you joy. I know the news at the moment feels huge and very terrifying and so I find that in each day I am bringing myself back to the small moments that just…
Can flowers help us with self-care? I always considered myself lucky to be able to run a business and do a job that I love and during this month of January I guess there is a lot more talk about resolutions, making sure we taking care of our mental health and trying to improve how…
Through the various lockdowns that we all had to go through I ended up teaching myself to crochet thanks to endless watching of Youtube tutorials. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one as we all learnt new skills out of frustration and boredom I wonder, when was the last time you got properly bored? The…
I couldn’t resist doing this blog post as a dear friend of mine popped by with a gift which included this rather lovely vintage book below. It inspired me to think about how we use roses in our wedding work and also my experience of growing them. Written by Mr Cuthbert in 1952 and published…
The sun is shining here in Wiltshire and I was working in my garden this morning and noticed that buds are forming on my coral charm peony plant! Having never grown these before, you can understand I was a little excited. As a florist, I think peony are one of my favourite flowers to work…
I wanted to share more about the Young Blooms Online floristry School at the beginning of the new year. Learning a new skill or updating your abilities is such a positive thing to do as the year begins. I guess you can call something like this a way to invest in yourself. I read this…
I’m beginning to love creating this style of compote arrangement, but I still can’t stop thinking about fruit compotes! I’ll go through some simple step by steps on how to create this design below. Step 1: Materials I’ve used plastic covered chicken wire, a low metal footed bowl/urn and a pair of florist’s scissors. Cut yourself…
Do you struggle to carve out time to purpose your creative ideas, do you wish you had space to think and dream about new ideas! Well, I’ve put together my top tips to help with you with this…. Tip 1: I have lists of ideas of on my phone that I will probably never…
What’s your favourite Spring flower? Have you survived the snow? It was beautiful and fun, but we’ve been looking forward the first signs of Spring which feel like they’re just around the corner. Here is a list of our top 5 favourite spring flowers and a few tips on how to look after them, as…
