The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Vintage Romantic

    Love the soft cream and blush shades used in these vintage romantic style weddings. For this bride's bouquet we used blush garden roses, creamy ranunculas, anemonies, dusty miller and silver brunia. The wedding took place at Olde Dobbin Station. We decorated the aisle with babies breath pommanders and the table centerpieces had blush garden roses, anemonies, hydrangea, babies breath and dusty...
  • Carlton Woods Member Guest 2013

    The Annual Member Guest Event is one of our favorite events at the Club at Carlton Woods. This year we created a theme incorporating natural elements of the season - pumpkins & bittersweet. Different tablescapes were created; one with our iron tree accented with lemon leaf, mango calla lilies and hanging rose petals. The second with a set of three glass candlesticks accented with curly willow,...
  • Foyer centerpiece

    Every week we create an arrangement for The Club at Carlton Woods foyer table. This piece includes lots of different textures of wood, sticks, fungii, pincushion protea, anthurium, cymbidium orchids, gladioli, safari sunset, succulents and bitter sweet
  • June Wedding Review... part 2

     ...part 2 of a ridiculous amount of pictures from our weddings in June!








    Venues included: St. Anthony of Pauda, The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center, The Club at Carlton Woods.
  • June Wedding Review... part 1

    June was a very busy month, filled with beautiful weddings. Here are some of our favorite pictures we'd like to share with you!







    Venues included: The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center & The Club at Carlton Woods.
  • Father's Day 2013

     Father's Day was a blast this year, and with any major holiday, there's usually a fabulous party at The Club at Carlton Woods. This year was no exception!
     With stunning tropical buffet centerpieces in a modern and masculine style, these flowers were awe-inspiring.
     With bold mixtures of colors, fabulous tropical and unexpected textures and soaring designs you couldn't help but say wow!
    Some of the...
  • Parties Galore

     This time of year naturally brings along with it a million reasons to celebrate! Here are a few pictures from recent parties! (Above, cylinders with antique green hydrangea and roses with silver accents).
     Table centerpieces with tropical flowers of anthirium and baby birds of paradise, paired with roses and green spider mums.
    Beautiful focal points in tropical flowers, including: heliconia,...
  • Dinner Parties

     Dinner parties are always fun, and even more fun with beautiful flowers! These tables centerpieces were fun, contemporary and beautiful in color. The arrangement on the left is made with dark burgundy dahlias, antique green hydrangea and hanging amaranths. The arrangement on the right is made with tulips, hypericum berries (or coffee bean), and two tone orange roses.
    The buffet arrangements on a...
  • May Wedding at The Carlton Woods

     This post is all about the romance of weddings. What a BEAUTIFUL wedding at The Club at Carlton Woods. With flowers literally everywhere the entire clubhouse was transformed into a beautiful romantic oasis for the couple to celebrate their union!
    The ceremony decor consisted of a square arch covered with white hydrangea, peach and yellow roses, various green vines and accents of curly willow. 
    The...
  • Mother's Day at The Club at Carlton Woods 2013

    Mother's Day at The Club at Carlton Woods is always a party! With soft shades of lavender, white, pinks and yellow the club house was filled with a soft romantic feel.

    The table arrangements were done in a traditional style in pedestal vases with two tone pink and white roses, statice, miniature garden roses, and my favorite, lavender stock.
    Over at the Fazio club house the arrangements were a...
  • Dinners at The Carlton Woods

     The Club at Carlton Woods is a lovely place for any event, from intimate dinners to lavish receptions, the accommodations are wonderful. The centerpieces above were made with vivid two tone roses, blue hydrangea and orange tulips, and green cymbidium orchids with accents of greenery.
    These long and low arrangements sat on a long dining table and added just the right amount of color and personality...
  • Easter 2013... part 3

     The next two events are the easter dinners at The Club at Carlton Woods. Each club house has a different theme and color palette. This year at Fazio we went with a more contemporary design with groupings, clusters and arching loops .
     With a simple with and green color scheme and pops of traditional easter colors these beautiful arrangements truly stood out.
    I love the clustering effect in large...