Hand Tied Arrangements

I took a class this weekend on hand tied arrangements.  We supposedly learned the Biedermeier style of hand tied arrangements.  A quick look online seems to show Biedermeier as categorized by flowers in concentric circles, which is not really what we learned.  We made an arrangement in our hands, versus in a frog or a grid in a vase.  When finished, you have an hourglass shape to the arrangement and it can actually stand on its own.  I really enjoy floral design and have missed it in my life.  It was fun to clean off some stems and get to decorating again.

You can see the stems here.  I could have cut it much shorter, but like how the stems stick out in an interesting pattern.  I will try to get some photos up of other things I have done.  I was experimenting with floral arrangements quite a bit, especially holiday arrangements.