The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Let The Parties Begin!

     It's that time of year again when we make time to celebrate the wonderful things in life with family and friends. And what a better way to celebrate than by having a party! But we all know that no party is complete without flowers!
    Floral centerpieces can completely change the mood in a room. They can create romance, excitement, and anticipation, just by being around. Every party deserves a little...
  • July Weddings {part 2}

    The most beautiful things about flowers, is that they are a product of nature and can be used to create some of the most beautiful things on earth. There are millions of possibilities and anything you can dream we can create! This beautiful reception alternated tall and short centerpieces, using blue agapanthus, alstromeria, bells of Ireland, mixed greens, antique green hydrangea, button poms and...
  • July Weddings {part 1}



     This beautiful bride had a stunning bouquet of white hydrangea, white roses, white peonies and blue delphinium blooms, while her bridesmaid carried a fragrant bouquet of ruby stock with blue ribbons.
    These bouquets were beautiful and also fragrant! We love to encourage our brides, if there are no allergies, to hold something fragrant. Especially since you will be told multiple times throughout the...
  • New Years Eve Extravaganza

    Every year we look forward to decking out The Club at Carlton Woods for their annual New Years eve party! This year the color scheme was reminiscent of everything underwater, with teals, purples, deep blues and greens it was a beautiful combination that gave the Club a completely new look for one night.
    This beautiful piece showcases movement by using different mediums to cascade around a...
  • Anadarko Holiday Party

    Happy New Years!

    For the past two years we have had the privilege to decorate for Anadarko's annual Holiday party, and oh what a lovely party it is! With over 200 arrangements, 50+ cocktail table arrangements and buffet centerpieces the Marriott ballrooms were bursting with floral gorgeous-ness!
    With a mixture of cushion poms, cream roses, pinecones, mixed evergreens, oriental lilies and gerber a...
  • Catching up!

    *Also as a reminder, don't forget that THIS THURSDAY the 17th we are celebrating our 9th anniversary with our annual Holiday Showcase and food drive at the shop from 5-8 p.m. Remember we are offering 40% off holiday silk arrangements! We will also be serving a wide array of goodies, wine and cheese, so come by and celebrate with us!*

    October is always such a busy month that it often takes us a...
  • Rock and Roll All Night

    The theme for this years annual Member/ Guest Gala at The Club at Carlton Woods was taken from the amazing decor at The House of Blues in Houston.
    With rust, gold and navy silk draped from floor to ceiling you couldn't help but feel like you were where the party was going to be! Our flowers popped off the fabric colors creating beautiful focal pieces that truly took center stage for this amazing...
  • Retirement Party at John Cooper

    The folks over at The John Cooper School know how to throw a party! Especially when they get the art department involved in the planning.
    These beautiful centerpieces were a fun mix of textures and colors, emphasizing line and structure.
    It's always fun to use non floral accents to create different textures. In these arrangements we used a mixture of veronica, miniature calla lilies, miniature...
  • The Yellow Rose of Texas

    Yellow and teal have become a popular color combination for this years summer weddings. The intensity of the yellows against calming teal blues lends itself to be a very soothing and highly complimentary color pallet.
    Overlooking the lake by the club house at Augusta Pines her outdoor ceremony had a beautiful backdrop. We used our wrought iron square arch covered in draping greens and yellow and...
  • Sea Food Buffet... Fish Anyone?

    The annual sea food buffet at the Fazio club house is one of our favorite events. It's always fun to add a little surprise in the flowers. Last year it was goldfish, this year we opted for the beta fish! They swam around in the larger showpieces. He was gorgeous and fit in perfectly with the vibrant blues and greens.
    We always love using tropical greens and unusual flowers for fun textures and...
  • Easter at the Carlton Woods

    Brunch, Lunch and Dinner! We did it all this year and had fun with the GORGEOUS cherry blossom that we got in. Blooming branches just scream spring!
    One of the events had a white and yellow color scheme and so we thought it would be fun to use tulips, gerbera daisies and yellow button poms. To help elongate our tablescapes we used some of our silver votive cups with one fun tulip sticking right out...
  • Wild Weekend

    May is one of those months that seems to be simply wild. We love it here; from the weddings to the graduation parties, prom and Mother's Day we stay hoppin'! The picture above are a few styles of arrangements that we used in The Grand Ballroom at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center. Due to the tall ceiling and shear magnitude of the room we like to use a few different styles of centerpieces...