40th Wedding Anniversary

There was a request for an arrangement for a 40th wedding anniversary this coming weekend. I had no limits to what I could come up with. So I did a Google search of what 40th anniversary and it is a ruby anniversary. I went with red colors and tried a "tree" arrangement. I've always wanted to incorporate a tree like structure in an arrangement. This is what I came up with.


Not the greatest lighting and the water on the flowers probably didn't help with the reflection.
Here's 2 close-up pictures of the flowers at the bottom. I used dahlia's which are currently in season, some large and small cymbidiums and gladiolus. If I were to open my own shop, Ming fern would be a staple cause they are so versatile and they fill up space nicely. The tree structure was made from curly willow tips and hanging amaranthus. Amaranthus might also be a staple in my dream shop cause they give an arrangement such a different texture and shape. I was going to add roses but I kind of went over budget so I omitted it.