Playing with dead flowers

For the last couple of years, we have not dead-headed the plants in the yard, leaving the seed pods for the birds to enjoy and incidentally encouraging new plants. This year, I was fascinated by the shapes and textures of the dried seeds, flower heads, and foliage. So I thought I'd try my hand at a few arrangements. I started with the dried hydrangeas flowerheads and the ligularia seeds, and soon I had cuttings from the sedum, goatsbeard, hosta, and even the grasses from on top of the berm. I grabbed 3 vases and played around and viola! My favorite is the grouping in the beer stein and Jim's is the one in the red vase.