"When company's coming…" is often the time for flowers at home (and reflects the shop's name, Company Flowers & Gifts Too!) Colorful party flowers, often a bold centerpiece for a dining room table, can set the tone for festivities at home. An added touch of grace might be a small vase of scented flowers for the guests' lavatory. And what better way to announce it's party time than to arrest everyone's attention with bold flowers at the entrance to your home: A wonderful opportunity to use flowers to generate the atmosphere of excitement. Some hostesses also use a lovely front door wreath of fresh flowers as an added way to introduce the spirit of fun for the party!

Here's a sample of some of the lovely floral designs used at home to enhance a party event.

	Dining Room Centerpiece The dining room table centerpiece is the master focal point for floral interpretation of what the party is all about. Usually required to be low and long (so guests can chat with one another over the flowers), and not to be so high as to interfere with any chandelier, often a mixture of small potted plants and cut flowers provides visual interest. This combination includes yellow roses, white hydrangea, dark blue delphinium, eucalyptus berries, boxwood, zebra grass and lemon leaves, $75
	Kitchen Floral Display This "French Wink" style in a yellow ceramic vase (matching the kitchen's bright colors) includes white lysianthus, yellow sweethearts, purple leucadendrum tips,a small piece of hydrangea blossom, and one green cymbidium blossom, surrounded with asparagus greens. $50.
	Cocktail Table Design Usually deigned in a small non-spectacular container (like this squared clear glass vase) flowers are sure to provoke comment as unusual. In this example, a full assortment included the bold sunflower, tips of purple agapanthus, pink lysianthus and a floribunda rose, matsumoto asters, the dog-eyed leucadendra at the top, with fillers like waxflower, viburnum, and hypericum. $65.
	Guests' Lavatory Delkiberately placed in a vivid glass vase to dramatize color, this "French Wink" style design includes white-into-red-blush roses, mini-gerberas, red hypericum berries, whitened euc berries, and variegated pitt greens. $50