My first paid work!

A girl at work saw my wreath design from last week and was so impressed that she asked me to make her one as well, which she paid me for. She said I could do pretty much anything I wanted but as I really enjoyed working with the dried fruit I decided to incorporate that into the design.

I have actually changed the wreath slightly since I took this photo, by adding another cluster of dried fruit and a pine cone at the top, between the cinnamon and under the chillies. I just thought it looked a little uneven and it was bothering me!

Christmas decorating: part 2

Some more of my christmas decorating now - this is the garland going up my staircase. This is made up of a plain green garland, an ivy garland, lights, pine cones, cinnamon sticks, a tiny owl and little bird houses. Simple materials but I think they all look very effective when all together.

Floristry: Week 10

This is what I made in the tenth and final week of the first unit of my Floristry course. I'm so pleased with the final result! Although I am slightly annoyed that the design is off centre because it moved on the table before I added all the decorations.