Our Favorite Flowers for Prom - Hyacinth

Beautiful fragrant Hyacinth flowers are the essence of 

springtime- 

We love to use the little individual blooms in corsages. Since they are a specialty spring flower, they are only available from mid January to the latter part of May.

We use them as accent flowers.. 

Lavender wrist corsage with white Hyacinth blooms

Little white blooms accenting the roses.

Petite wrist corsage with yellow rose buds and white Hyacinth blooms

 or.. 

  Blue/lavender blooms tucked into the petals of an orange carnation. They are also

threaded onto thin silver bullion wire. Both flowers equally important.

Orange carnation with purple Hyacinth corsage

or.. 

as the focal flower in this all white corsage.

White on white wrist corsage

Hyacinths are available in a range of cool colors.. 

(just like the top photo)

from a pretty grape purple to rich raspberry and all the lighter tones in between, including white.

and 

they smell HEAVENLY! 

Tracey

Twigs

Prom Corsages- Perfectly Matched?

We  are often asked to create a  prom corsage & boutonniere that 

matches the dress color exactly.. not a shade lighter or darker

and absolutely no other colors except the color of the dress. 

Although this request seems like a reasonable & safe choice, it's not the best choice.

Especially when your dress is Turquoise or it's lighter shade Aqua, or some other 

hard to match color of the rainbow.

To find the BEST choice for your prom flowers,

 you need to remember what you learned in Art class about color.

Remember the Color Wheel?? 

 Colors look their best when they are in harmony with other colors, 

or different values or shades of the same color. 

Monochromatic color scheme (different shades of the same color) corsage by Rose of Sharon Floral Designs

 

I found this fantastic color wheel calculator from the great people at 

Sessions College    

 

To use it, click on the link

Start the process by selecting the color of your dress

 (I used Aqua ) then choose a Harmony..

Here is a complimentary color scheme....

and here's a similar example with peachy/pink flowers and mint/sea-foam green ribbons.. 

Play around with the different options on the calculator- you'll see there are

 SO MANY other great color schemes besides 'matchy-matchy'!

You don't want your corsage and dress to clash- and we don't either. 

We, as professional florists know a little bit about color and can recomend 

color schemes to compliment your dress.

We work with color everyday!

Tracey

Twigs

Royal Blue

A little Royal prom inspiration this morning brought to you by Polyvore! 
The Calla lilies in this wire wrap corsage could easily be switched to 
pale pink or even a pale yellow and still compliment this outfit beautifully 
while adding just a hint of color. 

Little Mistress blue dress
$63 - nelly.com

Bridal shoes
etsy.com

Oscar de la Renta clutch
marissacollections.com

White calla corsage on blue wire wrap bracelet
yeringtonflowers.com