Tussie-Mussies reacquaints readers with the complex and delightful language of flowers, and the art of making them speak through Victorian "talking bouquets" called tussie-mussies. Now Tussie-Mussies is available in a stunning paperback edition. A celebration of craft, lore,...
A hand-held flower arrangement, the tussie mussie became popular in medieval times and reached an obsessive fame a century ago.Laufer shows how to make 60 bouquets--tussie mussies that declare love, happy birthday, happy anniversary, celebrate a newborn, honor a mentor, admit...