this is a photo of a wilting bouquet of flowers that is sitting on my front porch.
we can't bring plants inside because one of our kitties thinks that all plants are snacks.

some ideas if you want this look ... try using a blur filter on your background layers. i like the brushes in artsy paint no.6. i stamped six different bg layers in virtually the same color. the first three layers are on multiply. with a gaussian blur added at about 38. the other three layers are set to overlay, soft light, soft light. they do not have the blur added. when you are done with your image, try adding textures and artstrokes to the places where there are shadows. here, i used them to ground the plastic bottle holding the flowers and deepen the shadows at the corner of the porch. i used the bokeh at the bottom of the page where you would see the light coming through the vase. the bokeh is set to soft light.

Credits
Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Palette Beautiful Day (solid bg) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10008432&page=1
ArtsyPaint No.6 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009846&page=1
Taped Textures No.1 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10012740&page=1
Taped Textures No.2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10013346
ArtPlay Palette Embrace Me (artstroke) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=46857&page=1

Thanks for looking