Brian Blasingame, the Rebel Florist, has this advice for those of you struggling to come up with the perfect Mother’s Day idea:
“Show the stylish mother in your life that you are in-the-know about what is in style from trendy flower design styles to popular types of flowers and color combinations.
- Popular flower varieties for Mother’s Day gift bouquets include classic types such as calla lilies, roses, hydrangea, lilies & gerbera daisies as well as multiple types of cut orchids which grow in popularity each year and last a really long time.
- Monochromatic flower arrangements are tres chic and always a good bet; pick her favorite color and give her a bouquet composed of a mix of flowers in that hue. Also popular are classic, soft, feminine tones such as blush tones of pink, ivory & cream. Spice that combination up with a dash of a stronger or hotter complimentary color like a darker red or a deep purple.
- Design styles that are fashionable include arrangements composed with flowers arranged in clustered grouping which in a mixed bouquet lend emphasis to each variety it includes. Also popular, style-wise, are arrangements composed of one flower variety en masse. Her favorite flower can be celebrated in that kind of mono-flower type design.
Personalization isn’t just for flowers; do something that suits her interests. If she is a gardener the kids can paint a new watering can so each time she is out in the garden she will be reminded of their love. Or if she is an avid biker, a new helmet that is covered in the art of her children will be worn as a badge of love and long enjoyed beyond its practical use. She will be the only one with one like it in all the world – just like her.
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Mother’s Day isn’t the only day to show your love & appreciation. Give your mother an arrangement or plant of the month so that she will know you are thinking of her throughout the year. Each month your thoughtful gift will arrive and be a constant reminder of how much you appreciate her being in your life.
Blooming plants are a great gift for Mother’s Day. For example potted Hydrangeas, Azaleas, Kalanchoe & even blooming orchid plants make a lovely gift that last a long time as they continued to bloom.
Vases personalized by the kids can be a forever keepsake. One way to make them last is take that artwork first to the local copy making business and have them laminate it for you. Many tall cylinder vases can be perfectly wrapped with a laminated piece of art about the size of a placemat. After the flowers have run their natural course she can hang it up or use it on a kitchen table or elsewhere around the house.
This same idea can become a tradition. Just like an add-a-pearl necklace, a gift like this can be started when the kids are young and continued again with a fresh design each year so that she has years of memories to enjoy when the kids grow up and leave the roost.
Vases themselves can be easily trimmed and embellished in other ways. A plain, clear glass vase can be dressed up by using nail polish as an alternative to paint to draw on flowers or other fun shapes and forms. The way it dries on glass leaves an embossed character to their image or design.