Gift to the Gods

About half way through the creation of this bouquet I made the comment that this was something that could have been seen as an offering to ancient gods.  And at that time I had the image of a young girl on her wedding day placing her handmade wedding bouquet on an alter as an offering to the Greek goddess Athena.    It is an honorable present and a wish seeking luck and love in her new marriage.

The beginnings of this bouquet started last spring.  I was contacted about a potential commission and the colors requested were gold, silver, and white.  These were colors that had never occurred to me to be brought together to compliment each other.  I immediately thought about the heavy metal seed beads that I love and have been using to accent other flowers.  How amazing would it be to have flowers using these metallic colors made with those real metals?  The two larger lilies with the silver tips use sterling silver metal seed beads, the gold beads in the center are gold colored metal beads.  The other lilies came later and all accent each other well. 

I finished the bouquet by wrapping the stems with satin ribbon and leaving trailing sheer ribbons.  It will make a wonderful wedding bouquet and when it’s not walking down the aisle it looks stunning in the golden glass chalice.

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