Large flowers or small flowers first?

When making floral arrangements. Do you start with small flowers at the top and work downward with larger flowers? Or do you start with large flowers on top and work downward to smaller flowers?

Large flowers or small flowers first?
If you are talking about which flowers to put at the TOP of the arrangement, as in the highest point, then yes, smaller at the top and larger at teh bottom. If you are talking simply about which ones to put in first, many times I will put the large focal flowers in first and then fill in with the smaller ones. In a line though, smallest at top, largest at bottom. It makes the proportions more appealing to the eye because putting large at top and small at bottom isn't natural looking and ends up looking top heavy.
Reply:I usually go from large to small but it is difficult to explain steps without images. Here is a website with step by step for 8 popular arrangements:


http://interiordec.about.com/gi/dynamic/...





Good Luck!
Reply:You should start off with Large flowers at the bottom therefore the small flowers will sit on top. If you put the small flowers on the bottom you might as well not use them at all because the large flowers will cover them.
Reply:You start with larger flowers and then fill in with smaller flowers and foliage.