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everlasting bouquets or no flowers for my 26th

Emma of Vintage Magpie designs stunning sparkling bouquets made from vintage jewelry and fabrics.
The great thing is you will have it forever.
Check out all her unique creations here.

(Last year for my 25th birthday I got the most beautiful bouquet of real flowers that I have saved and even moved with.
I love them so much! It has been a smart decision to keep it because I didn’t get any flowers this year for my 26th birthday.)

Anyways this girl is turning jewelry into flowers. How rad is that?

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I want to be with you…

Image via designsponge

These could totally be Liv’s favorite flower.
When I saw this picture I really fell in love with its beauty,
and as I have told you before I am not a big flower expert.
I was excited to see a flower that really gets me excited,
so I started googling the name and the meaning. Crown Anemone:
“forsaken” and also “a dying hope”
Who the f*ck did this to such a beautiful flower?!
I decided that this couldn’t be right, so I did a little bit more research and
voilà: “I want to be with you!”
Ha! Much better. I guess the others were mistaken ; )

random bouquet

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Liv was thinking what her favorite flowers are.
But I couldn’t really find an answer.
so I decided to look up the meaning of different flowers and create a bouquet based on that.
Maybe it would look good to just randomly combine different flowers, more like
handpicked wild flowers…thats more my style of bouquet, rather than perfect matching bouquets.

So here we go:
Orange Blossom: Innocence, Eternal Love, Marriage and Fruitfulness
Orchid: Love, Beauty and Magnificence
Peony: Happy Marriage and Prosperity
Poppy (yellow) - Wealth; success
Acacia: Friendship
Rose, Pink: Perfect Happiness
Heather (white) - Protection; wishes will come true
Lemon Leaves: Everlasting Love
Mint - Protection from illness; warmth of feeling

In the meantime I will do some more research and find a few inspiring flower pictures to share soon!

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the return of happiness

image via freeparking
…is celebrated by the Dutch.
They are known worldwide for their tulips, as well as their great art and design schools. Their wedding traditions are also based on flowers as well as innovative and rebellious thinking.
After a Dutch wedding, newlyweds in Holland might plant lilies-of-the-valley around their house. This tradition symbolizes
THE RETURN OF THE HAPPINESS and the couple can then celebrate and renew their love with each blooming season.
The roots of the customary bridal shower originated in Holland. If a Dutch bride was unfortunate enough to have her father disapprove of her choice in husband, he would not offer a dowry. Her friends would then “shower” her with gifts so she could still be married to her groom, without the help of her father. Ha, so a bridal shower is an emancipated tradition, very nice!

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