Working Designer Wednesday: Mixed Bag

I have a “mixed bag” of topics for you today. Sometimes we just have to do a little catching up and miscellaneous business, you know?

So first off, I ran across this picture today…know what it is?

It’s the awful dark picture of Brazilian Verbena in my front yard…that I doctored…and it eventually looked like this…

Look familiar now? That’s right, it became my blog header! You can make almost anything into something with Adobe Photoshop…

Next, a follow up to the designer’s choice post on roses…

Holly Chapple likes a rose called ‘Combo’…and the Chapel Designers spotted it at Harvest during their NYC trip…

image via Flirty Fleurs

The ‘Combo’ rose in a Holly Chapple bouquet…such a unique color…

image via Holly Heider Chapple Flowers

Another incredible rose Holly picked up on the trip…called R Sil Finess…

image via Flirty Fleurs

And look how Holly used it in a bouquet…isn’t she amazing?

image via Holly Heider Chapple Flowers

If you want to see more rose varieties from the Chapel Designers trip, check out Alicia’s post at Flirty Fleurs!

Von from My Fleur Journey mentioned these as her favorites…

‘Amnesia’

image via Rose Elite

‘Vintage Silk’ spray rose

image via Japan Bloom

‘Porcelina’ spray roses

image via The Flower Pot

‘Majolika’  spray rose (pink)

In other news…

Love Liz’s new business cards…

image via Fleurology

By the way, look at Liz talking to Martha Stewart during the Chapel Designers’ trip to the show’s taping…she secured a tour of the MS corporate offices for her fellow designers with her charming personality!image via Flirty Fleurs

I think these rubber-stamped tags are so chic…

image via Wild Acre Designs

Always love a letterpress card…

image via Jessica Hill Photography and Studio Olivine

Great idea for a portfolio…

images via Florist in the Forest

The moment that makes all the hard work worthwhile…and keeps us addicted to the wedding “high”…

…Cori Cook presents her bride with the bridal bouquet…

image via Cori Cook Floral Design

And, finally, the reason I’m taking some time off from the floral/wedding business…

…to spend some time with my guys…since some of you have asked…

Thanks so much for stopping by today and know that you are appreciated! Botanical Brouhaha is my ‘flower fix’ while I stay home with my boys and each of you plays an important part in it…

Happy Wednesday!