Headstone Flowers

I bought some headstone saddles at Michael's and arranged flowers for my grandparents' graves.  On my father's side, both grandparents have passed.  On my mother's side, only my grandfather has passed.  But in both cases they have a common tombstone, so I made two arrangements.

I had them all arranged and then redid them.  In the original arrangement, the foam base was exposed.  In this arrangement I tried to use the flowers to hide the base.  I feel like I was more successful with one than the other, but it's not too bad for a first attempt.  My plan is to make another set for Christmas.

These flowers were very expensive because I bought them at Michael's.  Even on clearance they were expensive.  I plan to check Walmart and the dollar stores for artificial flowers before I arrange any more.

Here are pictures of them in place on the headstones.

Autumn flowers

This year I signed up for the Flower Guild at my church.  That is the group that arranges the flowers that are on the altar.  I had never really learned to arrange flowers, but I have always wanted to learn. My friend Harriett said that the Flower Guild really needed some more people and she would teach me.  We arranged the flowers together several times and now it is time for me to start doing it on my own.  My first time will be in mid-November, so I am doing a little practicing at home.  I really like how these turned out.