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Color Me Floral: Stunning Monochromatic Arrangements for Every Season
Create dazzling, contemporary bouquets all year long with this gorgeous book of floral designs.
Learn the secrets to designing show-stopping monochromatic floral arrangements. In this stunning book, renowned floral designer Kiana Underwood shares her techniques for creating beautiful single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. The ultimate resource, Color Me Floral has an extraordinary arrangement to enhance every occasion.
Organized by season, the book includes instructions for 40 arrangements, including a lush green display for spring, an astonishing black bouquet for summer, a striking magenta design for fall, and an unexpected, oh-so-pretty pink arrangement for winter. With hundreds of eye-catching images and easy-to-follow tips throughout, such as suggestions for substituting flowers and options for both the beginner and advanced designer, this flower arranging book is as useful as it is attractive.
EXPERT Kiana Underwood is the owner of Tulipina, an internationally renowned floral design studio that specializes in creating bespoke experiences for high-end weddings and events. Underwood's unique color combinations and floral varieties have appeared in publications such as Brides , Country Living , Elle Decor , Flower magazine, The New York Times , and Town & Country .
GORGEOUS This flower color guide makes an exceptional gift for anyone with interest in floral décor and arrangement. A great coffee table book, Color Me Floral is filled with page after page of beautiful images to browse and enjoy.
FOR ALL SKILL With thousands of striking photographs showing step-by-step arrangement instructions, it's ideal for beginners and experts.
Perfect
Learn the secrets to designing show-stopping monochromatic floral arrangements. In this stunning book, renowned floral designer Kiana Underwood shares her techniques for creating beautiful single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. The ultimate resource, Color Me Floral has an extraordinary arrangement to enhance every occasion.
Organized by season, the book includes instructions for 40 arrangements, including a lush green display for spring, an astonishing black bouquet for summer, a striking magenta design for fall, and an unexpected, oh-so-pretty pink arrangement for winter. With hundreds of eye-catching images and easy-to-follow tips throughout, such as suggestions for substituting flowers and options for both the beginner and advanced designer, this flower arranging book is as useful as it is attractive.
EXPERT Kiana Underwood is the owner of Tulipina, an internationally renowned floral design studio that specializes in creating bespoke experiences for high-end weddings and events. Underwood's unique color combinations and floral varieties have appeared in publications such as Brides , Country Living , Elle Decor , Flower magazine, The New York Times , and Town & Country .
GORGEOUS This flower color guide makes an exceptional gift for anyone with interest in floral décor and arrangement. A great coffee table book, Color Me Floral is filled with page after page of beautiful images to browse and enjoy.
FOR ALL SKILL With thousands of striking photographs showing step-by-step arrangement instructions, it's ideal for beginners and experts.
Perfect
240 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2018
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May 24, 2018
This gorgeous hardcover book is what every flower lover needs to see. The photography is stunning and, by the way, the author's husband took the pictures!
This book is arranged by seasons and each of the 40 floral designs has careful instructions plus all the information you need to complete each design. The tips seem to be easy to follow. For a beginner or an advanced floral designer interested in doing floral arranging, this would definitely be the book to use. And it will look fabulous on your coffee table.
Thanks to the publisher, Chronicle Books, via LibraryThing for a copy in exchange for my honest opinion.
This book is arranged by seasons and each of the 40 floral designs has careful instructions plus all the information you need to complete each design. The tips seem to be easy to follow. For a beginner or an advanced floral designer interested in doing floral arranging, this would definitely be the book to use. And it will look fabulous on your coffee table.
Thanks to the publisher, Chronicle Books, via LibraryThing for a copy in exchange for my honest opinion.
March 30, 2023
Gorgeous. A beautiful reference book for using color seasonally. I can’t wait to use this book as inspiration for future projects!
February 19, 2020
Pretty, but not the style is not as innovative as some other books on the topic.
April 23, 2018
Color Me Floral is a beautiful book where one floral design is more impressive than the next. If you are interested in creating unique and stunning floral arrangements, this is definitely a book you will want to own. Arranged by seasons, the author presents an array of interesting combinations using common flowers and some more uncommon elements. I love that she provides a step by step guide that allows readers to recreate all the arrangements she presents in the book.
The book focuses on monochromatic designs but, none of the arrangements were boring or dull. The variety of flowers and plants used by the author made the designs unique and beautiful. The amazing photography is another reason this book will dazzle readers. It is both gorgeous and practical at the same time.
After examining the techniques and suggestions of the author, I felt inspired to create my own floral bouquet. I let myself be inspired by what I found in my garden. Combining flowers such as roses with shrubs such as azaleas and colorful foliage and blooming trees I was able to create an interesting arrangement, unlike anything I had ever put together before. In fact, I think the most important thing I will take away from this book is the idea of putting together different types of plants to create something beautiful, whimsical and a little unexpected. So, if you are looking for inspiration, this is an excellent place to start.
Thanks to LibraryThing and Chronicle Books for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
More reviews at: www.susannesbooklist.blogspot.com
The book focuses on monochromatic designs but, none of the arrangements were boring or dull. The variety of flowers and plants used by the author made the designs unique and beautiful. The amazing photography is another reason this book will dazzle readers. It is both gorgeous and practical at the same time.
After examining the techniques and suggestions of the author, I felt inspired to create my own floral bouquet. I let myself be inspired by what I found in my garden. Combining flowers such as roses with shrubs such as azaleas and colorful foliage and blooming trees I was able to create an interesting arrangement, unlike anything I had ever put together before. In fact, I think the most important thing I will take away from this book is the idea of putting together different types of plants to create something beautiful, whimsical and a little unexpected. So, if you are looking for inspiration, this is an excellent place to start.
Thanks to LibraryThing and Chronicle Books for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
More reviews at: www.susannesbooklist.blogspot.com
April 11, 2018
This is a coffee-table sized book that shows you step-by-step how to arrange bouquets. What I love about this book is that each bouquet has a clear color palette shown in a swatch format and the author has labeled each of the components of the bouquet so you really could go out with a clear shopping list and recreate the looks.
I think this book would be a really great resource for brides who need some help picking out flowers for their bouquets. This would give you a lot of options of flowers to browse to take a wishlist of favorite blooms to a florist.
The one thing I don’t like about this book is that all of the bouquets look really similar to each other—they are all similarly sized (huge, drooping with blooms) and a bit over the top. The aesthetic is like a garden where you let everything grow slightly wild, which I love. But I would have loved to have seen a little more variety in size and shape of the arrangements.
That said it’s easy enough to pare down. I love that so many of the arrangements include favorite flowers like peonies, ranunculus, and anemones but at least in my part of the country some of them are highly seasonal—I can only get peonies for about two weeks of the year. The author is based in California, so I wonder if she has access to more flowers throughout the year.
I received a free copy of this book.
I think this book would be a really great resource for brides who need some help picking out flowers for their bouquets. This would give you a lot of options of flowers to browse to take a wishlist of favorite blooms to a florist.
The one thing I don’t like about this book is that all of the bouquets look really similar to each other—they are all similarly sized (huge, drooping with blooms) and a bit over the top. The aesthetic is like a garden where you let everything grow slightly wild, which I love. But I would have loved to have seen a little more variety in size and shape of the arrangements.
That said it’s easy enough to pare down. I love that so many of the arrangements include favorite flowers like peonies, ranunculus, and anemones but at least in my part of the country some of them are highly seasonal—I can only get peonies for about two weeks of the year. The author is based in California, so I wonder if she has access to more flowers throughout the year.
I received a free copy of this book.
April 11, 2018
Wonderfully written book with gorgeous flowers, colors and ideas. I loved how she used fruits and vegetables to make her superb floral arrangements. I love flowers and I was so impressed with the beauty of flowers coming to life with each picture in this book. I also loved the idea of dividing thr book by season, showing images and names of flowers used and the step by step flower arrangements. This book is necessary at every home. Flowers bring in color, scent, beauty and happiness.
March 23, 2019
Quite lovely in it's array of colorful bouquets, I oved the monochromatic focus, carried thru each season, that played around with what's possible for using a particluar set of branches and flowers at each turn of the year. Underwood does a beautiful job with her designs and inspires with lush photograhs on every page. Step-by-step instructions make it possible to attempt such, even if i doubt i ever will.
April 15, 2018
Absolutely stunning resource for anyone who loves flowers, looking at photos of flowers, or arranging flowers for the home. It's a thick, modern, glowing coffee table-style book that goes through every possible color of flowers and plants by season. Inspiring, easy to follow, and simple, this book is gorgeous and one that I've picked up to look at since I received it.
April 17, 2018
Gorgeous photographs!! Stunning arrangements utilizing an amazing variety of flowers, leaves, branches, fruits, etc. Step by step illustrated instructions will guide you in creating your own flora masterpieces. My new favorite "coffee table book"! I received this book free from LibraryThing in exchange for a review of the book.
May 8, 2018
Absolutely gorgeous floral arrangements.
Well out of my price range to purchase, and 95% of these flowers would be ABYSMALLY hard to get here in Florida (most are more northern, and doubtless do not ship well), so this is more of an aspirational book in terms of flowers. Nonetheless, just stunning to look at.
Well out of my price range to purchase, and 95% of these flowers would be ABYSMALLY hard to get here in Florida (most are more northern, and doubtless do not ship well), so this is more of an aspirational book in terms of flowers. Nonetheless, just stunning to look at.
July 11, 2020
A delight for the eyes! I love the way she photographs adding successive material step by step to the arrangement. Many of the flowers can be easily grown in gardens and some of the foliage can be collected on walks through alleys in my neighborhood. Her monochromatic arrangements are stunning, just as the title suggests.
February 25, 2022
Gorgeous photos, as others have mentioned. I would have loved to see the step-by-step (often repetitive or hard to distinguish) photos swapped out for larger images of the ingredients. I also appreciate seeing variety names and suggested alternatives when reading books about floral arrangement. This was fun to read and made a wonderful distraction from the February snowstorm outside my window!
April 19, 2018
Gorgeous picture book with great Introduction, how-to-make-this-arrangement guides, and stunning photos by the author's husband. Lovely to enjoy with a cup of tea and your dreams of being a better flower arranger.
March 24, 2018
4.5 rounding up. Beautiful creative designs, perfect for Californians with an abundance of color. Warning, will create a relentless flower fever!
May 23, 2018
Absolutely gorgeous book! Besides the helpful photos, each arrangement has detailed steps.
Nicely edited, nicely written!
Nicely edited, nicely written!
December 6, 2018
Very book. Could be helpful book. Show many details of working with monochrome flowers.
April 24, 2020
Lovely color photography. Ranunculus or what I call buttercups are in every arrangement. Author uses flower frogs. Metal ones not glass as I would expect.
October 18, 2021
This was an interesting approach to floral design. I like the monochromatic theme of the arrangements.
July 12, 2022
Simply fabulous. Shot by season, by colour, step by step. Inspirational.
July 24, 2022
Stunning!!! 🤩 The pictures, knowledge, and the beauty of the book is perfect.
June 9, 2022
Each chapter contains flowers for the seasons. Monochromatic
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