Arrangement in a vase

One of my friend's dads requested a bouquet to give to someone at his work who was leaving. He also bought her a vase, then decided he wanted the arrangement in the vase. This was a bit more tricky than a usual hand tied bouquet, as there had to be enough flower material to ensure the arrangement didn't lose its shape in the vase. The vase was also really large so I had to enlist my sister's help to wrap it in the cellophane!

Birthday flowers

I was asked by a lady at work to make some flowers for her friend whose birthday it was earlier this week. I delivered them to her at her desk and she was very impressed with them! I went for three different types of flower in this bouquet - lilies, alstroemeria and carnations. I love the colours!

Handmade with love

My friends bought me a personalised stamp for my birthday, along with a packet of labels, and I thought it would be perfect for labelling my hand tieds. My friend requested a bouquet to give to her nan for her birthday so I got an opportunity to use my new stamp! I think it looks pretty cool, and I've written my details on the back so it acts as a business card as well.

Hand Tied Practice

I said in yesterday's post that I would need some practice at hand tieds, which I have done, but still think I might need a bit more practice before I feel really confident with the technique.

I just bought some simple roses and alstromeria from Tesco and had a go. The leaves were a bit past their best though so it was a bit messy, but it was really just for the practice...

Floristry: Week 2

This was the creation from the second week of my floristry course - a hand tied with a structure.

The hand tied technique is rather fiddly - you would never think it to look at a bouquet but there is a very specific way of putting the flowers together. That one might take a bit of practice!