Sugar and spice and everything nice

An old family friend had a beautiful baby girl recently. I asked this person's sister what colors she liked and I was told yellow, green, and brown. Hmm. I could not find black dahlias or chocolate cosmos, but I did find a maroon colored peony and worked around that flower. For yellows I used protea and bupleurum. For greens I used veronica, thistle, and eucalyptus. I added red colored laceflower to compliment the peony and added brunia for contrast. I also cut some clematis buds and salvia leaves from my mom's garden for texture as well as light green hellebores foliage. I used a copper colored vessel and a few feathers (not pictured)to finish the arrangement. Starting with this arrangement I included instructions and tips on how to care for the arrangement plus the flowers and foliage sourced (since people keep asking!).