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!

Springtime teacups

I brought home the flowers from college that I had used in my egg box arrangements, but because they were all cut short there wasn't much I could do with them. They were perfect for a teacup arrangement though, so I made up two!

Mother's Day work experience

I wasn't originally planning to do any work experience over the Mother's Day weekend, but the florist asked me to come in so I wasn't going to say no! It was busy, but nowhere near as manic as last year! I mainly made up Interflora designs, which you get a photo for but there's not much point in following it as it'll never look the same! So I just made it look the best I could with the flowers available.

I think I've come a long way since I did my first bit of work experience, which was Mother's Day last year. As well as gaining invaluable experience, I've also increased my confidence and improved on all areas of my floristry skills. I've got some time off work in the summer so I'm hoping to do a few days then, when it should be quieter so I can actually take some time to learn the ins and outs of running a florist and ask questions.

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!

Mother's Day orders

I'm still training as a florist, so for big occasions like Valentines and Mother's Day I don't expect to receive any orders. However, for this Mother's Day I did receive a few orders so I was very pleased with that! And one was even a repeat customer - I made a teacup arrangement last week and she liked it so much that she asked me to make another one! I also made another teacup and a bouquet.

The girl who ordered the bouquet - her mum is a florist so I really wanted to impress with that! She gave them to her early and apparently she loved them, so that's pretty great.

I was also struggling to find a way to transport the teacup arrangements, but I had some of these bags for putting bouquets in and they're the perfect size to carry a teacup!

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.