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Fresh Flower Arranging:

Step-by-Step Designs for Home, Weddings & Gifts

By Mark Welford and Stephen Wicks $25, DK Publishing

This newly published gem features instructions for more than 70 stunning floral creations, including carnation pomanders and foliage-and-berry wreaths. Discover how to play with color, shape and texture. Tips for selecting the right vase, working with floral foam, and tying and wrapping stems. The authors aim to inspire, not to intimidate. Mission accomplished.

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Flowers:

Style Recipes

By David Matheson $14.95, Pottery Barn

Pottery Barn fans will be familiar with this treasure. The ideas are as fresh today as they were in 2005, when the book was first released. Consider: A table grouping of hand-painted paper bags filled with vibrant garden blooms; orchids suspended under water like sea fans on a coral reef; tomato cans filled with tulips and Queen Anne's lace. The art is in the gracious and elegant combinations.

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Five-Minute Florist:

Quick and Easy Arrangements for Every Day

By Bo Niles $12.95, Ryland Peters & Small

Buy the flowers, cut their stems, place in a vase, add water, and you're done. Well, almost. Author Niles keeps things simple, quick and easy--yet refreshingly modern by using nonconventional containers. You'll take away floral ideas for impromptu entertaining, relaxed summer meals and quick gifts. Available in many floral shops, this book is a favorite in the Inspired Home Omaha library. A smart buy for DIY brides and hostesses.