Read the following list first:
Massage
Pamper
Bubble Bath
Essential Oils
Love Making
Walk on the Beach
Bed and Breakfast
Lavender, Roses, Lilies
Moonlight
Peaceful
Beauty
Cuddle by the Fireplace
Retreat
Vacation
Fine Wine
Fine Chocolate
Soft Pillows
Candlelight
Hugs
Holding Hands
Ocean Waves
Fluffy Slippers
Sailboat
Meadow
Sandy Beaches
Flowers in a Vase
White Light
Harmony
Balance
Meditation
Lazy
Sleepy
Blue Waters
Calming
*** Are You Feeling Relaxed Yet? (this list will have more effects on Ladies than Men)
Do You Feel Relaxed When You Look At This List?
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, you put me to sleep...... Thanks!
Reply:Not really more relaxed, but it does make me want to go to the beach.
Reply:No...because I do not find all those things relaxing...You find all those things relaxing. Some of those things actually cause me anxiety (Essential Oil, Breakfast In Bed, Vacation, Lazy, Sleepy) and others I do no not care for at all (Lavender, Roses, Lilies, Cuddle by the Fireplace, Fine Wine, Fine Chocolate, Soft Pillows, Fluffy Slippers, Flowers in a Vase).
It is important when you are in a relationship with someone to communicate and not to assume that your likes are theirs as well.
Reply:Everything on your list sounds sooo relaxing, it's hard to feel otherwise
Reply:Nope, I don't feel any more relaxed. Sorry!
Reply:no
Reply:just the Bible bath, 57 year male
Reply:oh yeah
Reply:nope my eyes got kinda tired though
Reply:yeah kinda!!!
Reply:Ahhhhh that all sounds wonderful :)
Reply:No, not if I have to do it all in one day.
Reply:Maybe
Reply:Not really!
Reply:Is that the best you could come up with? I'm disappointed.......
Reply:WHO THE ***** GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO COPY MY ALL TIME FAVORITE LIST.
IT'S MINE.
AND I LOVE ALL THOSE THINGS
WOMEN AND GAYS LOVE THEY MORE THAN MEN,SIMPLE:WE ARE MORE IN TOUCH WITH OUR FEELINGS
SO YOU HAVE TWO ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION.
HOW SO?
IM ME AND I TELL YOU IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND,GIRLFRIEND.
Reply:well to be honest i was feeling relaxed already. what was you doing power of suggestion
Reply:to bad it didn't work for me
i need to relax
Reply:Yes it does relax me, I am now in a love making mood!!
Reply:Nope, it's too long. That just aggravates me.
Reply:oh yessssssssss...I am...
Reply:yes, that will be accept enthusiastically from the Ladies
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
First time plant owner here. Teach me the basics?
I went out and bought a bunch of flowers on a whim, and then realized I have no idea how to take care of them! I mean, I understand the watering, sunlight, and temperatures... but what are things I should know, and things to look out for?
The hanging plants I bought are: a fern, two hanging petunia plants, geraniums, and something called a 'new guinea impatiens'.
I also have potted hydrangeas, azaleas, mums, hybrid lilies, and more geraniums.
Questions:
"Annuals" mean that they come back every year, correct? What should I do with my annual hanging pots when they're not in bloom?
Also, can I use the same soil and fertilizer for all of these plants? What kinds work the best?
If I plant the flowers outside, and it rains a lot, couldn't they be drowned?? What about the hanging baskets? I don't want them "over-watered". (I hope that's not a stupid question).
Also, what is the correct way to "prune" my plants, and do all of them need pruning? How often should this be done?
Thanks!
First time plant owner here. Teach me the basics?
perennials are the ones that come back every year,
the hanging basekts you bought (petunias and impatients and geraniums ) are annuals
the fern you need to take inside during the cold months
the potted shrubs, just google some info on them
plants can't really drown outside planted in the ground unless the soil isn't good for draining
you can overwater a plant inside a planter though, so be careful
pruning the annuals just should be taking off the old blooms (dead-heading) sometimes you should take off just the bloom, other plants you should take off more of the stem, down to the last "elbow" of the stem
good luck and happy planting
next year think about doing some veggies too! they are so easy and cheap if you buy them from the seed packs!
Reply:Annuals don't come back. I suggest you Google how to care for your plants in your hardiness zone.
Reply:First off the new guinea impatiens need to be kept in the shade with just a little sun as does the fern. I hang my petunias and geraniums on my open carport so it gets some sun and some shade. Keep watered when the soil drys out.
I don't know what zone you live in so I am not sure what will come back next year. Hydrangeas, azaleas, mums and lilies can be planted in the ground usually. I have never planted geraniums in the ground before but I guess you could.
You could leave them in the rain but I would not all the time it would beat the flowers down. Best to catch you rain water and use it to water your flowers.
I use Osmocot for fertilizer. It will not burn your flowers. Use as directed.
The way you prune is to "dead head" which means to pinch or cut off the dead flowers. With the petunias be sure to get the whole bloom down to the end not just the top. Dead heading helps the plant bloom longer.
What I like to do is plant plants that either re-seed themselves or come back year after year. Not knowing where you are from I can not help you with that. But you can type in on your Yahoo search bar your state and the type Extension Service. See if you find anything there about horticulture or landscape or planting of any kind. This will show you what is best suited in your own state.
cat
Reply:Really all you have to do is make sure they get enough water and sunlight. The impatiens and fern would do best in the morning sun, and shade for the rest of the day. The geraniums and petunias will take full sun and will need to be watered often, depending on how much and how hot the sun that they get is. You can also go through and "dead-head" the geraniums, petunias and impatiens. That is basically picking off the dead (or dying) blooms from the base of the stem, not just plucking the dead flower itself off. It encourages new blooms and new growth and will make the plant more full and thrive.
Annuals are not hardy, and they are only seasonal. Perennials are the ones that come back each year.
The hanging plants I bought are: a fern, two hanging petunia plants, geraniums, and something called a 'new guinea impatiens'.
I also have potted hydrangeas, azaleas, mums, hybrid lilies, and more geraniums.
Questions:
"Annuals" mean that they come back every year, correct? What should I do with my annual hanging pots when they're not in bloom?
Also, can I use the same soil and fertilizer for all of these plants? What kinds work the best?
If I plant the flowers outside, and it rains a lot, couldn't they be drowned?? What about the hanging baskets? I don't want them "over-watered". (I hope that's not a stupid question).
Also, what is the correct way to "prune" my plants, and do all of them need pruning? How often should this be done?
Thanks!
First time plant owner here. Teach me the basics?
perennials are the ones that come back every year,
the hanging basekts you bought (petunias and impatients and geraniums ) are annuals
the fern you need to take inside during the cold months
the potted shrubs, just google some info on them
plants can't really drown outside planted in the ground unless the soil isn't good for draining
you can overwater a plant inside a planter though, so be careful
pruning the annuals just should be taking off the old blooms (dead-heading) sometimes you should take off just the bloom, other plants you should take off more of the stem, down to the last "elbow" of the stem
good luck and happy planting
next year think about doing some veggies too! they are so easy and cheap if you buy them from the seed packs!
Reply:Annuals don't come back. I suggest you Google how to care for your plants in your hardiness zone.
Reply:First off the new guinea impatiens need to be kept in the shade with just a little sun as does the fern. I hang my petunias and geraniums on my open carport so it gets some sun and some shade. Keep watered when the soil drys out.
I don't know what zone you live in so I am not sure what will come back next year. Hydrangeas, azaleas, mums and lilies can be planted in the ground usually. I have never planted geraniums in the ground before but I guess you could.
You could leave them in the rain but I would not all the time it would beat the flowers down. Best to catch you rain water and use it to water your flowers.
I use Osmocot for fertilizer. It will not burn your flowers. Use as directed.
The way you prune is to "dead head" which means to pinch or cut off the dead flowers. With the petunias be sure to get the whole bloom down to the end not just the top. Dead heading helps the plant bloom longer.
What I like to do is plant plants that either re-seed themselves or come back year after year. Not knowing where you are from I can not help you with that. But you can type in on your Yahoo search bar your state and the type Extension Service. See if you find anything there about horticulture or landscape or planting of any kind. This will show you what is best suited in your own state.
cat
Reply:Really all you have to do is make sure they get enough water and sunlight. The impatiens and fern would do best in the morning sun, and shade for the rest of the day. The geraniums and petunias will take full sun and will need to be watered often, depending on how much and how hot the sun that they get is. You can also go through and "dead-head" the geraniums, petunias and impatiens. That is basically picking off the dead (or dying) blooms from the base of the stem, not just plucking the dead flower itself off. It encourages new blooms and new growth and will make the plant more full and thrive.
Annuals are not hardy, and they are only seasonal. Perennials are the ones that come back each year.
Thought I would share this beautiful poem I found?
Hope you like it as well
______________________
These nymphs that I would perpetuate:
so clear
And light, their carnation, that it floats in the air
Heavy with leafy slumbers.
Did I love a dream?
My doubt, night's ancient hoard, pursues its theme
In branching labyrinths, which being still
The veritable woods themselves, alas, reveal
My triumph as the ideal fault of roses.
Consider...
if the women of your glosses
Are phantoms of your fabulous desires!
Faun, the illusion flees from the cold, blue eyes
Of the chaster nymph like a fountain gushing tears:
But the other, all in sighs, you say, compares
To a hot wind through the fleece that blows at noon?
No! through the motionless and weary swoon
Of stifling heat that suffocates the morning,
Save from my flute, no waters murmuring
In harmony flow out into the groves;
And the only wind on the horizon no ripple moves,
Exhaled from my twin pipes and swift to drain
The melody in arid drifts of rain,
Is the visible, serene and fictive air
Of inspiration rising as if in prayer.
Relate, Sicilian shores, whose tranquil fens
My vanity disturbs as do the suns,
Silent beneath the brilliant flowers of flame:
"That cutting hollow reeds my art would tame,
I saw far off, against the glaucous gold
Of foliage twined to where the springs run cold,
An animal whiteness languorously swaying;
To the slow prelude that the pipes were playing,
This flight of swans -- no! naiads -- rose in a shower
Of spray..."
Day burns inert in the tawny hour
And excess of hymen is escaped away --
Without a sign, from one who pined for the primal A:
And so, beneath a flood of antique light,
As innocent as are the lilies white,
To my first ardours I wake alone.
Besides sweet nothings by their lips made known,
Kisses that only mark their perfidy,
My chest reveals an unsolved mystery...
The toothmarks of some strange, majestic creature:
Enough! Arcana such as these disclose their nature
Only through vast twin reeds played to the skies,
That, turning to music all that clouds the eyes,
Dream, in a long solo, that we amused
The beauty all around us by confused
Equations with our credulous melody;
And dream that the song can make love soar so high
That, purged of all ordinary fantasies
Of back or breast -- incessant shapes that rise
In blindness -- it distills sonorities
From every empty and monotonous line.
Then, instrument of flights, Syrinx malign,
At lakes where you attend me, bloom once more!
Long shall my discourse from the echoing shore
Depict those goddesses: by masquerades,
I'll strip the veils that sanctify their shades;
And when I've sucked the brightness out of grapes,
To quell the flood of sorrow that escapes,
I'll lift the empty cluster to the sky,
Avidly drunk till evening has drawn nigh,
And blow in laughter through the luminous skins.
Let us inflate our MEMORIES, O nymphs.
"Piercing the reeds, my darting eyes transfix,
Plunged in the cooling waves, immortal necks,
And cries of fury echo through the air;
Splendid cascades of tresses disappear
In shimmering jewels. Pursuing them, I find
There, at my feet, two sleepers intertwined,
Bruised in the languor of duality,
Their arms about each other heedlessly.
I bear them, still entangled, to a height
Where frivolous shadow never mocks the light
And dying roses yield the sun their scent,
That with the day our passions might be spent."
I adore you, wrath of virgins--fierce delight
Of the sacred burden's writhing naked flight
From the fiery lightning of my lips that flash
With the secret terror of the thirsting flesh:
From the cruel one's feet to the heart of the shy,
Whom innocence abandons suddenly,
Watered in frenzied or less woeful tears.
"Gay with the conquest of those traitorous fears,
I sinned when I divided the dishevelled
Tuft of kisses that the gods had ravelled.
For hardly had I hidden an ardent moan
Deep in the joyous recesses of one
(Holding by a finger, that her swanlike pallor
From her sister's passion might be tinged with colour,
The little one, unblushingly demure),
When from my arms, loosened by death obscure,
This prey, ungrateful to the end, breaks free,
Spurning the sobs that still transported me."
Others will lead me on to happiness,
Their tresses knotted round my horns, I guess.
You know, my passion, that crimson with ripe seeds,
Pomegranates burst in a murmur of bees,
And that our blood, seized by each passing form,
Flows toward desire's everlasting swarm.
In the time when the forest turns ashen and gold
And the summer's demise in the leaves is extolled,
Etna! when Venus visits her retreat,
Treading your lava with innocent feet,
Though a sad sleep thunders and the flame burns cold.
I hold the queen!
Sure punishment...
No, but the soul,
Weighed down by the body, wordless, struck dumb,
To noon's proud silence must at last succumb:
And so, let me sleep, oblivious of sin,
Stretched out on the thirsty sand, drinking in
The bountiful rays of the wine-growing star!
Couple, farewell; I'll see the shade that now you are.
Thought I would share this beautiful poem I found?
Sensually rich... I love it.
Reply:that was absolutely gorgeous.
the poet's imagery is amazing.
thank you :)
i am totally printing this out
Reply:Very lovely. I enjoy fantasy literature.
Reply:Thank you, it's quite beautiful.
Reply:good lord sorry but i don't get it
Reply:thts long. but good :]
domain name registration
______________________
These nymphs that I would perpetuate:
so clear
And light, their carnation, that it floats in the air
Heavy with leafy slumbers.
Did I love a dream?
My doubt, night's ancient hoard, pursues its theme
In branching labyrinths, which being still
The veritable woods themselves, alas, reveal
My triumph as the ideal fault of roses.
Consider...
if the women of your glosses
Are phantoms of your fabulous desires!
Faun, the illusion flees from the cold, blue eyes
Of the chaster nymph like a fountain gushing tears:
But the other, all in sighs, you say, compares
To a hot wind through the fleece that blows at noon?
No! through the motionless and weary swoon
Of stifling heat that suffocates the morning,
Save from my flute, no waters murmuring
In harmony flow out into the groves;
And the only wind on the horizon no ripple moves,
Exhaled from my twin pipes and swift to drain
The melody in arid drifts of rain,
Is the visible, serene and fictive air
Of inspiration rising as if in prayer.
Relate, Sicilian shores, whose tranquil fens
My vanity disturbs as do the suns,
Silent beneath the brilliant flowers of flame:
"That cutting hollow reeds my art would tame,
I saw far off, against the glaucous gold
Of foliage twined to where the springs run cold,
An animal whiteness languorously swaying;
To the slow prelude that the pipes were playing,
This flight of swans -- no! naiads -- rose in a shower
Of spray..."
Day burns inert in the tawny hour
And excess of hymen is escaped away --
Without a sign, from one who pined for the primal A:
And so, beneath a flood of antique light,
As innocent as are the lilies white,
To my first ardours I wake alone.
Besides sweet nothings by their lips made known,
Kisses that only mark their perfidy,
My chest reveals an unsolved mystery...
The toothmarks of some strange, majestic creature:
Enough! Arcana such as these disclose their nature
Only through vast twin reeds played to the skies,
That, turning to music all that clouds the eyes,
Dream, in a long solo, that we amused
The beauty all around us by confused
Equations with our credulous melody;
And dream that the song can make love soar so high
That, purged of all ordinary fantasies
Of back or breast -- incessant shapes that rise
In blindness -- it distills sonorities
From every empty and monotonous line.
Then, instrument of flights, Syrinx malign,
At lakes where you attend me, bloom once more!
Long shall my discourse from the echoing shore
Depict those goddesses: by masquerades,
I'll strip the veils that sanctify their shades;
And when I've sucked the brightness out of grapes,
To quell the flood of sorrow that escapes,
I'll lift the empty cluster to the sky,
Avidly drunk till evening has drawn nigh,
And blow in laughter through the luminous skins.
Let us inflate our MEMORIES, O nymphs.
"Piercing the reeds, my darting eyes transfix,
Plunged in the cooling waves, immortal necks,
And cries of fury echo through the air;
Splendid cascades of tresses disappear
In shimmering jewels. Pursuing them, I find
There, at my feet, two sleepers intertwined,
Bruised in the languor of duality,
Their arms about each other heedlessly.
I bear them, still entangled, to a height
Where frivolous shadow never mocks the light
And dying roses yield the sun their scent,
That with the day our passions might be spent."
I adore you, wrath of virgins--fierce delight
Of the sacred burden's writhing naked flight
From the fiery lightning of my lips that flash
With the secret terror of the thirsting flesh:
From the cruel one's feet to the heart of the shy,
Whom innocence abandons suddenly,
Watered in frenzied or less woeful tears.
"Gay with the conquest of those traitorous fears,
I sinned when I divided the dishevelled
Tuft of kisses that the gods had ravelled.
For hardly had I hidden an ardent moan
Deep in the joyous recesses of one
(Holding by a finger, that her swanlike pallor
From her sister's passion might be tinged with colour,
The little one, unblushingly demure),
When from my arms, loosened by death obscure,
This prey, ungrateful to the end, breaks free,
Spurning the sobs that still transported me."
Others will lead me on to happiness,
Their tresses knotted round my horns, I guess.
You know, my passion, that crimson with ripe seeds,
Pomegranates burst in a murmur of bees,
And that our blood, seized by each passing form,
Flows toward desire's everlasting swarm.
In the time when the forest turns ashen and gold
And the summer's demise in the leaves is extolled,
Etna! when Venus visits her retreat,
Treading your lava with innocent feet,
Though a sad sleep thunders and the flame burns cold.
I hold the queen!
Sure punishment...
No, but the soul,
Weighed down by the body, wordless, struck dumb,
To noon's proud silence must at last succumb:
And so, let me sleep, oblivious of sin,
Stretched out on the thirsty sand, drinking in
The bountiful rays of the wine-growing star!
Couple, farewell; I'll see the shade that now you are.
Thought I would share this beautiful poem I found?
Sensually rich... I love it.
Reply:that was absolutely gorgeous.
the poet's imagery is amazing.
thank you :)
i am totally printing this out
Reply:Very lovely. I enjoy fantasy literature.
Reply:Thank you, it's quite beautiful.
Reply:good lord sorry but i don't get it
Reply:thts long. but good :]
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Can I thin and transplant my canna lilies mid-summer?
I live in the southern Arizona desert. It is very dry (we are currently in a drought) and I water them every day
Can I thin and transplant my canna lilies mid-summer?
It is not ever a good idea to transplant and or thin out any type of outside plants in mid summer. My suggestion is to wait until fall, when it cools down some. The heat and dryness will kill your plants.
Reply:You sure can. Water them like crazy for the rest of the summer--gallons and gallons and gallons... or leave them until September to save money.
Reply:You can but it is not the best time, they really don't have time before winter to fully recover from the transplant shock before winter sets in.
Best to do this late fall thur late winter
Can I thin and transplant my canna lilies mid-summer?
It is not ever a good idea to transplant and or thin out any type of outside plants in mid summer. My suggestion is to wait until fall, when it cools down some. The heat and dryness will kill your plants.
Reply:You sure can. Water them like crazy for the rest of the summer--gallons and gallons and gallons... or leave them until September to save money.
Reply:You can but it is not the best time, they really don't have time before winter to fully recover from the transplant shock before winter sets in.
Best to do this late fall thur late winter
What is the best way to care for potted lilies?
I bought them two about a month ago and they had blooms and buds which all bloomed. Now, they have nothing. The stalks are very green and they take water well, but I can't plant them in the ground because I have an apartment...I'm stumped! I'm not really sure what kinds they each are, one had orange blooms, the other had white and pink. They get afternoon/evening sun and water everyday. Hopefully they will be able to survive in the pots, but I guess I'm not sure...If anybody has any tips for me on what I should be doing, that'd be great!
What is the best way to care for potted lilies?
They will eventually wilt. They are a perenial. You can cut the foilage off at the soil base when they wilt. They only bloom once a year. Plant them in a bigger planter than the one you bought them in. Put them in a closet for the winter. Get them out after the dormant season, place them in the sun and they will start all over again only bigger because they multiply.
Reply:They are done for this year. Let them stay in the pot outside this winter and they will return next summer.
What is the best way to care for potted lilies?
They will eventually wilt. They are a perenial. You can cut the foilage off at the soil base when they wilt. They only bloom once a year. Plant them in a bigger planter than the one you bought them in. Put them in a closet for the winter. Get them out after the dormant season, place them in the sun and they will start all over again only bigger because they multiply.
Reply:They are done for this year. Let them stay in the pot outside this winter and they will return next summer.
I'm over budget & need to change my centerpieces?
Can you guys help? I thought I was okay on flowers, but now I realize it's adding up to too much. My entire wedding is supposed to be between $8,000-$10,000, which I realize isn't a lot to some but everything is getting out of whack.
My florist invoice is $1200 so far. I'm cutting a few things out that I know won't be a huge difference but I'm struggling on centerpieces.
My flowers will be fuschia Bombay Orchids %26amp; we're using a lot of greenery like bear grass. I want orange for an accent color so I chose Dahlias. We're mixing in other tropicals too like Asiatic Lilies, Ginger, etc. This is not my arrangement. They were going to be tall %26amp; dramatic but it gives you an idea of the flowers %26amp; colors:
http://weddings.theknot.com/odb/themes/r...
I've thought about doing a single stem of Orchids in water, like this:
http://flickr.com/photos/69429153@N00/14...
Do you have any suggestions or ideas? I really appreciate it.
I'm over budget %26amp; need to change my centerpieces?
I LOVE the orchids in the water, they are so gorgeous! I would do that. It would probably work out cheaper because you don't have lots of arrangements, just a few flowers for each vase.
I really love this type of thing:
http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/search...
Here are a few ideas:
http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/search...
http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/search...
The best way to make your centrepieces cheaper is to have less flowers and more candles, candles are much cheaper than flowers. Also look on ebay because they have cheap supplies for centrepieces.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...
Good luck!
Reply:Axing the flowers save the money .
Reply:In stead of doing centerpieces i am doing chair covers and petals on the tables. I've seen it done before it looks really nice.
Reply:Please! My whole budget for my entire trousseau, attendants' gifts, and flowers is less than that! Just pick up a few large pillar candles to scatter among the flowers to make them go further. Just a few blooms per arrangement, keep it simple. Less is more.
Reply:the 2nd one is very nice
Reply:Something like the 2nd link you posted would look niced!
How about fake flowers or buy some wholesale for your tables?
some vases with grass in them?
or
get a bastket put fruit and stick a few flowers or grass
or look here are some nice ideas
http://bridalshop.freeservers.com/center...
http://www.cateredforyou.com/Party_Renta...
Reply:Have you thought about doing the centerpieces yourself? You can save sooo much money! Order the flowers wholesale online.. there are some really great sites and your will save tons of money.. Try these sites for wholesale orchids:
I checked the first one and you can get your Dendrobium Orchids for 3 dollars a stem... A STEAL!
www.growersbox.com
www.onlinewholesaleflowers.com
www.flowerexchange.com
For the vases and whatever other wedding accessories go to www.save-on-crafts.com . AMAZING site.. high quality goods you would spend so much more money on anywhere else! The picture of the orchids in the vase is GORGEOUS and you could totally pull it off ! :)
Reply:The flowers in the water do look really nice. You could always go with the option of doing silk flowers for centerpieces. I know not as nice but they usually still look good. Some people don't even know.
You could opt for a centerpiece without flowers at all.
These here could be used in an arrangement. Yes I know it might seem like those are more New Year's Eve or something but these could be used if you think outside of the box. I think they would make really neat arrangements.
http://www.windycitynovelties.com/EPayso...
These could pull all your beautiful colors together that are used in your flowers.
Here is another link for ideas on non floral centerpieces
http://www.coreywilliams.com/ideas/cente...
You could also use vases with tissue paper and use large sticks of rock candy in your wedding colors. That would be inexpensive, different and edible.
Here is a place that sells them in bulk.
http://www.candydirect.com/specialty/Roc...
http://www.bulkfoods.com/old_fashioned_h...
You just got to think of things that would be available in your wedding colors, which are beautiful by the way, and use something completely different.
Play around with different ideas and make them yourself. They don't have to be floral. I hope you find something! Good Luck
My florist invoice is $1200 so far. I'm cutting a few things out that I know won't be a huge difference but I'm struggling on centerpieces.
My flowers will be fuschia Bombay Orchids %26amp; we're using a lot of greenery like bear grass. I want orange for an accent color so I chose Dahlias. We're mixing in other tropicals too like Asiatic Lilies, Ginger, etc. This is not my arrangement. They were going to be tall %26amp; dramatic but it gives you an idea of the flowers %26amp; colors:
http://weddings.theknot.com/odb/themes/r...
I've thought about doing a single stem of Orchids in water, like this:
http://flickr.com/photos/69429153@N00/14...
Do you have any suggestions or ideas? I really appreciate it.
I'm over budget %26amp; need to change my centerpieces?
I LOVE the orchids in the water, they are so gorgeous! I would do that. It would probably work out cheaper because you don't have lots of arrangements, just a few flowers for each vase.
I really love this type of thing:
http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/search...
Here are a few ideas:
http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/search...
http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/search...
The best way to make your centrepieces cheaper is to have less flowers and more candles, candles are much cheaper than flowers. Also look on ebay because they have cheap supplies for centrepieces.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...
Good luck!
Reply:Axing the flowers save the money .
Reply:In stead of doing centerpieces i am doing chair covers and petals on the tables. I've seen it done before it looks really nice.
Reply:Please! My whole budget for my entire trousseau, attendants' gifts, and flowers is less than that! Just pick up a few large pillar candles to scatter among the flowers to make them go further. Just a few blooms per arrangement, keep it simple. Less is more.
Reply:the 2nd one is very nice
Reply:Something like the 2nd link you posted would look niced!
How about fake flowers or buy some wholesale for your tables?
some vases with grass in them?
or
get a bastket put fruit and stick a few flowers or grass
or look here are some nice ideas
http://bridalshop.freeservers.com/center...
http://www.cateredforyou.com/Party_Renta...
Reply:Have you thought about doing the centerpieces yourself? You can save sooo much money! Order the flowers wholesale online.. there are some really great sites and your will save tons of money.. Try these sites for wholesale orchids:
I checked the first one and you can get your Dendrobium Orchids for 3 dollars a stem... A STEAL!
www.growersbox.com
www.onlinewholesaleflowers.com
www.flowerexchange.com
For the vases and whatever other wedding accessories go to www.save-on-crafts.com . AMAZING site.. high quality goods you would spend so much more money on anywhere else! The picture of the orchids in the vase is GORGEOUS and you could totally pull it off ! :)
Reply:The flowers in the water do look really nice. You could always go with the option of doing silk flowers for centerpieces. I know not as nice but they usually still look good. Some people don't even know.
You could opt for a centerpiece without flowers at all.
These here could be used in an arrangement. Yes I know it might seem like those are more New Year's Eve or something but these could be used if you think outside of the box. I think they would make really neat arrangements.
http://www.windycitynovelties.com/EPayso...
These could pull all your beautiful colors together that are used in your flowers.
Here is another link for ideas on non floral centerpieces
http://www.coreywilliams.com/ideas/cente...
You could also use vases with tissue paper and use large sticks of rock candy in your wedding colors. That would be inexpensive, different and edible.
Here is a place that sells them in bulk.
http://www.candydirect.com/specialty/Roc...
http://www.bulkfoods.com/old_fashioned_h...
You just got to think of things that would be available in your wedding colors, which are beautiful by the way, and use something completely different.
Play around with different ideas and make them yourself. They don't have to be floral. I hope you find something! Good Luck
Help me with my backyard ponds!?
Yes, I know I ask a lot of questions about ponds, but I'm new to this.
I have two small ponds. They are both 2 feet wide, while one is 7 inches deep, the other about 16 or 17. We couldn't get anything big, because our backyard isn't large, and my mom doesn't want a whole lot of work. The plants seem to be doing very well(lilies in the deep one, dwarf cattail, dwarf pontederia cordata, and dwarf anemopsis californica are all in the small one). The plants are blooming, but we are having a slight problem with algae. I told my mom to buy a filter, but she's still unsure. Will buying a filter get rid of the algae and other dirt/objects in the water? There is a very small filter at the Home Depot, ment for small ponds.
Also, she is unsure whether to buy fish and such. Could a crab survive in a pond, or a snail or something? I live in South. California, so its warm pretty much all year.
Help me with my backyard ponds!?
yep buy the fish
flowers anniversary
I have two small ponds. They are both 2 feet wide, while one is 7 inches deep, the other about 16 or 17. We couldn't get anything big, because our backyard isn't large, and my mom doesn't want a whole lot of work. The plants seem to be doing very well(lilies in the deep one, dwarf cattail, dwarf pontederia cordata, and dwarf anemopsis californica are all in the small one). The plants are blooming, but we are having a slight problem with algae. I told my mom to buy a filter, but she's still unsure. Will buying a filter get rid of the algae and other dirt/objects in the water? There is a very small filter at the Home Depot, ment for small ponds.
Also, she is unsure whether to buy fish and such. Could a crab survive in a pond, or a snail or something? I live in South. California, so its warm pretty much all year.
Help me with my backyard ponds!?
yep buy the fish
flowers anniversary
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