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Bubbly New Year’s Sparklers

  • 28 December 2011

My New Year's Eve design is inspired by glamorous Champagne Fountains

Some festive Sparkle and Bubble and Fizzle for our New Years Eve celebration.

Delicate glass bubbles filled with the midnight blue African violet flowers,

purple ornamental capsicum

and spilling down the design are a few stems of rosary vine

Cheers to a fantastic New Year!

Design Note:

Look out for all the dark, almost black flowers- it will be a leading floral design trend for 2012

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