Reddit mentions: The best flower arranging & floral crafts books

Aw, thank you!!

I really like the look of crepe and tissue paper flowers. And the supplies are super cheap too. I actually made rose buds from the Lia Griffith site but used tissue paper instead (those are the hand drawn templates I made in picture four).


I've been using the exquisite book of paper flowers and Paper to Petal. The Exquisite book has really pretty flowers and good technique. I don't love most of the flowers in the Paper to Petal book but it has good info on technique. Based on these two books, I've also made up my own flowers too.

Jane Austen, definitely. The language is accessible to a modern reader, and the moral themes of defining acceptable behavior and finding love are very relevant to a teenage girl. I'd start with Sense & Sensibility and then move on to Pride & Prejudice.

American classics every American girl should read: Gone with the Wind, Little Women, My Antonia.

For modern stuff, maybe The Hunger Games (it's violent, but if she doesn't mind that it's a fun read), The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (I'm reading right now - excellent!), The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen.

I'm going to be DIYing as many paper flowers as I can. Flowers are crazy expensive but I love them and want my wedding to look lush and whimsical.

So I got two books, The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers and Paper to Petal.
Im also thinking of having one large flower for my bouquet, like this

I love paper flowers. Have you seen this book?

Paper to Petal: 75 Whimsical Paper Flowers to Craft by Hand by Rebecca Thuss

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385345054/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Fte8Cb8VH5H5K

Or this one

The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Unbelievably Realistic Paper Blooms by Lucia Cetti
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617691003/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lue8CbSBMRXBK

I got this book. Right now I have two cacti, and it's nothing special. I don't even have them in a nice container yet, but they seem to love the heat in the van.

https://www.amazon.com/Gardening-Miniature-Create-Living-World/dp/160469372X/

I've made tissue paper flowers not crepe, but loved this book. very easy once you've got into the swing of things.

my tip is to make a test bunch that you're happy with first, then figure out how many of each flower type you need and work through them in batches.

so for example I had 2 peonies, 1 dahlia, 3 begonias etc in each bunch. then I cut out enough petals/centres/leaves in whatever colour I needed to make all of the peonies in one go, then moved onto the begonias. that way you're not swapping and changing between types and techniques and you can power through.

once I had enough of each for all of the arrangements, I started putting the bunches together, always copying off the very first test bunch.

It's called Kokedama. Instead of a pot or a hanging basket, I wrap the roots and soil in a thick layer of long fiber sphagnum moss, then I bind the whole thing together with twine.
According to a book I read, the thick compressed sphagnum actually retains water better than a terra-cotta pot, which is known to sort of wick moisture away from the roots and soil. (I take that factoid with a grain of salt, but here I am having made 20 of them)
Whenever the ball feels dry and sort of light, I soak it in a bucket of water, either until the ball sinks, or about 10 minutes, whichever comes first.
If you want to learn more, I was given this book for my birthday and I highly recommend it. It taught me in one day.

One book

Another book

I don't own either, but they have good reviews!