Easter teacup

I had an order this week for an Easter themed teacup, hence the Easter eggs in this arrangement! The muscari is starting to come out in the garden as well so I incorporated some of them, as well as the little yellow flowers although I'm not quite sure what they are.

Funeral tributes

At college this week we started the funeral unit, and we made a double ended spray and a loose posy pad. These were both practice pieces for two assessments we have the week we come back after Easter.

The morning tutor said my double ended spray was perfect and do the same thing for the assessment, and the afternoon tutor said I would do well with my loose posy pad if I made it the same for the assessment. So fingers crossed they come out the same way!

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!

3D Easter display

I was back at college this week, and we were constructing out final group display. My group chose Easter as its theme, and this is what we came up with. The display was a lot bigger than we were expecting, but we got a distinction so that wasn't a bad thing! I was responsible for making the simnal cake and the egg box flowers.

We were all really pleased with how the display came out. We thought we had too many flowers but actually I think it was just the right amount. It was just a shame it only stayed up for about 10 minutes before we had to take it down!

Spoiling my mum

My mum really enjoys having a florist for a daughter! I've spoilt her this Mother's Day with two bouquets - one I made on work experience yesterday and the other is from me and my siblings. Unsurprisingly she loved them both!

Nan's birthday teacup

My facebook page was live for all of about 2 hours before I got my first order! Goes to show how much impact social media has. One of my work colleagues ordered a teacup arrangement for her nan's birthday, and here is the result.

Teacup arrangements

I've finally gotten round to setting up a facebook page for my flowers - find it at https://www.facebook.com/hannahlouiseflowers. For my first post I decided to promote my teacup flowers, as they're my favourite arrangement to make and I think they look so lovely. I've done them for birthdays before but they would also make a nice alternative to a Mother's Day bouquet.

Mum's birthday

It was my mum's birthday on Friday and my dad requested some flowers for her - I put more into them that I would usually and my mum loved them!