Brandy Spears Floral Designer

Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding Bouquet

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:33:00 +0000

Unpretentious, Simple and Natural

Sweet William - Gallantry

Lily of the Valley - Return of happiness

Hyacinth - Constancy of love

Ivy - Fidelity; marriage; wedded love; friendship; affection

Myrtle - The emblem of marriage/love.

Artificial Arrangement for Mom

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:01:00 +0000

My mother lives in the Midwest. I made this arrangement for her out of all artificial flowers and fruits - sunflowers, marigolds, pears, crab apples, reindeer moss and fern curls in Styrofoam.

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Pink Roses and Cymbidium Orchids In A Reed Box

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:11:00 +0000

I found this pre-made organic reed box and thought it would be charming to create a flower arrangement using it. The box came with a plastic liner that I filled with florist foam. The roses are cut short and the cymbidium orchid blooms are placed in spiked water tubes. I used Italian ruscus to form a collar around the edge of the box.

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Floral Designs I Have Recently Created

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:58:00 +0000

Some designs I have been working on for my florist site BrandySpears.com

Photo: A Biedermier style bridal bouquet of variegated calla lilies, freesia, spray roses and lisianthus.

Photo: Bride's bouquet of Valerie pink roses, tulips and cymbidium orchids tied with a chartreuse ribbon.

Photo: Variegated hydrangea, lisianthus and spray roses in a moss covered vase.

Photo: Bride's bouquet of Virginia roses tied in a satin ribbon.

Photo: Phaleonopsis orchids and Italian ruscus cascade out of crown of freesia and spray roses.

Photo: Detail of bride's bouquet.

Photo: Multiple stems of Phaleonopsis orchids cascade out of a fluted vase.

Hope you enjoyed!

Brandy Spears

My Cousins Flower Shop In Tahlequah, OK

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:51:00 +0000

I have been busy this last week helping my cousins who opened a flower shop in Tahlequah, OK. Even though, I am in Los Angeles, I have been helping them via online with knowledge that I gained from being a flower shop owner.

Check out their website A Bloom Florist and give them a shout-out on their blog!

Thanks for visiting my blog,
Brandy Spears

Entryway Arrangement - Sunflowers In Moss Covered Container

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:21:00 +0000

For an organic look, try wrapping your container in moss and ivy.

Photo: A moss and ivy covered container filled with sunflowers, yellow with brown centered mums for a wild flower feel.

Photo: A smaller version I did for a friend's birthday.

Florist supplies and mechanics needed for this project:
A large galvanized bucket vase
Florist tape
Florist knife
Plumber's putty or double sided sticky tape

Flower needed for 1 arrangement:
2 grower's bunches of sunflowers (16 to 20 heads)
1 bunch of yellow mums with brown centers
1 grower's bunch of green misty
Sheet moss
1 grower's bunch of ivy
1 grower's bunch of salal (lemon leaf)
Yellow and white accent field flowers (2 bunches)

How to do it yourself video tutorial:

Part 1:

Part2:

How To Make A Sunflower Topiary Centerpiece

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:40:00 +0000

Nothing says Summer has arrived more than the vibrant colors of sunflowers. In this tutorial, I will cover how to make yourself a sunflower topiary trimmed with ivy and yellow with brown centered mums as an accent flower.

Photo: Sunflower topiary - designed by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Detail view of sunflower topiary - design by Brandy Spears.

Photo detail: Outdoor shot of sunflower topiary with natural lighting - design by Brandy Spears.

Whether designing this topiary for a summer party, wedding reception centerpiece, for yourself or aas a gift to a friend, you'll find out by watching my how to do it yourself video tutorial exactly how simple this design can be.

Flowers needed for 1 topiary:
9 sunflowers with straight long stems
1/2 bunch of salal (lemon leaf)
1/2 bunch of scented mint geranium
4 stems of small yellow mum with brown center
6 long pieces of ivy

Floral supplies and mechanics needed:
Sharp floral knife
Florist tape
1/2 brick of florist foam
Pottery container with a 5" opening

How to do it yourself tutorial:

Have fun designing!
Brandy

Examples of vased flowers for simple centerpieces

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:55:00 +0000

Photo: Rectangular vase of hyrdrangea, cymbidium and dendrobium orchids, two-tone roses, and tulips nestled on top of a bed of scented mint geranium leaves. Design by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Round vase of hydrangea, cymbidium and dendrobium orchids, two-tone roses, veronica, mini calla lilies and tulips nestled on top of a bed of scented mint geranium leaves. Design by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Cube filled with two-toned pink and white roses, green double bloomed tulips collared by mini green hydrangea. Design by Brandy Spears.

Girly Girl Baby Shower - Bridal Shower Centerpiece

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:57:00 +0000

In this how to do it yourself video tutorial, I'll teach you how to create this girly girl centerpiece inside of a decorative gift box. The arrangement is done is pink hydrangea, roses, tulips, dendrobium orchids, and veronica.

The inspiration for this floral arrangement came from finding a decorative gift box from a local discount home goods store. The color of the box was pink, green and white so I lined the box with cellophane and grocery store plastic bags and filled with the same color of flowers to match the box. I incorporated the lid of the box into the design by resting the edge of the filled box on the lip of the lid and finishing off the lid with a white organza ribbon.

Photo: Side view of centerpiece resting on lip of box lid - design by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Front view of arrangement - design by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Back of arrangement - design by Brandy Spears.

Florist supplies and mechanics needed:
1 7-7.5" decorative gift box to compliment shades of pink, green and white
2 blocks of florist foam (bricks)
White organza ribbon
Florist knife
Cellophane roll and plastic grocery store bags for lining.

Flowers needed for 1 arrangement:
9 Esperance roses (allow to open)
2 large stems of white hydrangea
2 large stems of hot pink hydrangea
1 growers bunch of pink veronica
1 growers bunch of green with burgundy center green dendrobium orchids
1 growers bunch of green double bloom local tulips

How to video tutorials:
Part 1:

Part 2:

Whether you use this design for a baby shower, bridal shower or a gift to your favorite girly girl, I'm sure you will get plenty of compliments on your beautiful arrangement.

Thanks for visiting my do it yourself flowers blog. Have fun designing!
Brandy

Clustered French Flower Market Bucket For A Baby Shower, Gift Or Wedding Reception

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:05:00 +0000

The inspiration for this design came from a French hotel ice bucket that I found at a local discount home store. You could distress and paint your own in shades of whites, pinks, greens or black. The design looks like a clustered collection of flowers and grapes after an afternoon of shopping at a flower market. This easy how to do it yourself design is suitable for a girl's baby shower, bridal shower, to give as a gift to a friend, wedding reception centerpiece or to keep for yourself!

Photo: French hotel ice bucket filled with flowers and fruit by Brandy Spears

Photo: Back view of the cluster floral design by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Bird's eye view of orchids, roses, hydrangea, grapes, peonies, tulips - design by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Inspiration came from the detail on this vintage style Paris hotel ice bucket - design by Brandy Spears.

Florist supplies and mechanics needed:

Waterproof metal bucket with 6-8" opening (here is a cute one in pink!)
Florist knife
2 bricks of florist foam
Several used grocery store bags or cellophane
Florist wire
Wire Cutters
Florist tape
Florist water tubes
2 florist picks or chopsticks

Flowers needed to make 1 arrangement:

2 large heads of white hydrangea
3 fully bloomed hot pink peonies
1 large cluster of green grapes cut into 2 pieces and wired
6 blushed pink cymbidium orchids blooms
9 light pink Ecuadorian roses (Esperance variety) opened
Growers package of green double bloomed local tulips
3 stems of miniature green hydrangea

How to do it yourself video tutorial:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Thanks for visiting my how to flowers blog. Have fun designing!
Brandy

Tall Wedding Centerpiece With Green Grapes And Pink Flowers

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:59:00 +0000

Tall wedding centerpieces push the eye upwards and gives a WOW effect when when your guests enter the reception venue. This creation gives a high perception value of cost BUT is half the price of the previous arrangement I did with the same flowers in the previous how to do it yourself wedding centerpiece video.

Green grapes and pink flowers crown this empty vase. Wedding centerpiece design by Brandy Spears

To create this centerpiece I used a 24" glass vase with a 4.5" opening at the top. Using a caged florist foam resting on top of the empty vase, I hung hanging green amaranthus, wired in hanging green grapes, inserted a few stems of green with burgundy center dendrobium orchids. The top of the arrangement was done in shades of pink and hot pink peonies, roses, green tulips, blushed pink cybidium orchids over a foundation of hot pink hydrangea. When placed on a dinner table, measuring from the floor the top of the arrangement will be from 66" to 72" tall!

Photo detail of flowers designed by Brandy Spears.

I intentionally chose to leave the vase empty and instead placed a cluster of green grapes with a cybidium orchid resting on top. This allows the arrangements to have a visual perception of floating in air. If you would like a more anchored to the table look, you could fill the vase with rose petals, orchid blooms or stems or perhaps some decorative wire.

Photo detail of floral design by Brandy Spears

Floral supplies and mechanics needed for this design:

Green florist tape
Florist wire
Florist knife
Wire cutters
20" tall clear vase with 3.5" to 4.5" opening
4.5" caged round florist foam
Plumber's putty

Flowers needed to create 1 centerpiece:

2 large stems of hot pink hydrangea (see photos and video for color)
6 Esperance roses
1 growers package of 10 green with burgundy center dendrobium orchids
6 blooms of blushed pink cymbidium orchids
1 growers package of 9 green double bloomed tulips (local variety)
2 large clusters of green grapes from supermarket
1 growers bunch of green hanging amaranthus
3 hot pink peonies fully bloomed

How to do it yourself video tutorials -
Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Hope you enjoyed and have fun designing!
Brandy

Euro Style Pink Bridal Bouquet and Wedding Centerpiece

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:55:00 +0000

This is a very romantic hand tied bouquet in shades of pink. Hot pink hydrangea, mini green hydrangeas, two-toned Esperance roses with ruffled edges, feathery veronica, blushed pink cymbidium orchids, blushed mini calla lilies and double bloomed green tulips.

Photo: Euro style hand tied pink bridal bouquet by Brandy Spears.

Photo: Coordinating wedding centerpiece in a glass cube by Brandy Spears.

Photo: side view of wedding centerpiece - design by Brandy Spears

Floral supplies and mechanics needed:

Flowers needed for bridal bouquet:

7-8 stems of Esperance roses - 40cm
4 stems of hot pink hydrangea (see photos and video for color)
1 stem of blushed pink cymbidium orchids - 6 blooms (see photos and video for color)
1 package of 12 green doubled bloomed tulips
3 miniature green hydrangea stems
1 bunch of pink veronica ( see photos and video for color)
1 bunch of 5 hot pink peonies (see photos and video for color)
1 bunch of 9 miniature pink blushed calla lilies (see photos and video for color)

Flowers needed for 1 wedding centerpiece (capable of dominating the center of a round table for 8-10 persons):

6-7 large heads of hot pink hydrangea (see photos and video for color)
1 dozen Esperance roses - 40cm
6 blooms from blushed pink cymbidium orchid stem
1 package of 12 green double bloomed tulips
3 miniature green hydrangea stems
1 bunch of 5 hot pink peonies (see photos and video for color)
1 bunch of 9 pink blushed calla lilies (see photos and video for color)
1 bunch of pink veronica (see photos and video for color)

The bridal bouquet: video instructions for designing this pink hand-tied bouquet will include conditioning and prepping the flowers and the design. Preparing the flowers that are going to be used in the design is very important and will increase the life and the beauty of the bouquet.

How to do it yourself video tutorials:
Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

How to do it yourself video tutorial on wedding centerpiece design: I explain a basic design steps of designing a finished product of 10" x 10" pave' design in a 6" x 6" glass cube. This wedding centerpiece is quite large and can easily fill the center of a round table for 8 to 10 guests.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Thanks for visiting my how to blog,
Brandy

Why a DIY floral arranging blog?

noreply@blogger.com (Brandy Spears) — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:19:00 +0000

First, thanks for visiting my blog. I am creating this blog to teach you how to create exquisite flower arrangements like an expert florist. I am the former owner of a flower shop in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles and enjoy passing on my art to others. I hope you enjoy this blog and subscribe to it.

Once again, thanks for the visit!

Brandy