A Year Full of Flowers by Jim Mccann
Let Jim McCann and Julie McCann-Mulligan - the creative team from the nation's #1 distributor of fresh flowers at 1-800-Flowers - show you fabulous, innovative ways to add nature's beauty to your home. Flower arranging has never been this easy-or this much fun A sunny, fresh bouquet of daffodils enchants with the promise of spring. A sprig of tiny blush pink roses tucked into a silver bud vase makes a quiet statement of love and romance. Throughout the year, nothing speaks to the beauty of life's everyday joys and special occasions like flowers. With the inspiration of this gorgeous full-color book from the nation's leading source of fresh-cut and seasonal flowers, anyone can learn how to have fun with flowers in novel and delightful ways. Here you will find:- Flower arranging basics-equipment you need to get started; tips on cleaning, cutting, and conditioning stems; guidance on design principles of color and texture, balance and proportion - A glorious celebration of the seasons-with such choices as dogwood, tulips, and lilacs in spring; zinnias, sweet peas, and peonies in summer; sunflowers, chrysanthemums, and decorative gourds in autumn; poinsettias, holly, evergreen boughs, and pine cones in winter - Dozens of original presentations, both elegant and whimsical-from a fresh vegetable vase made of beautiful green asparagus to a stylish place setting and napkin ring of lemon leaves and fragrant seeded eucalyptus With step-by-step instructions and sidebars sprinkled throughout providing insider secrets, shortcuts, creative solutions to commonly asked questions, and some advanced techniques, A Year Full of Flowers will turn any flower lover into an inventive flower arranger.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781579549046 |
| ISBN 10 | 1579549047 |
| Title | A Year Full of Flowers |
| Author | Jim Mccann |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rodale Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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