Pink and white hand tied

A girl at work this week asked me to make up a bouquet that she could give to a friend as a thank you. She asked for pinks and whites, so here is what I came up with. I really like this arrangement, and I think it's one of the best ones I've done!

First college assessment

I had my first assessment at college this week - and I got a distinction! We had 15 minutes to make the bouquet from start to finish but I was done in less than 10. The first photo is the cone wrap I made for the assessment. My tutor said it was "very commercial work showing excellent wrapping techniques, neat construction". Pretty good feedback I'd say!

The second photo shows what we made in the afternoon - a tied sheaf. This piece is for our portfolios.

Autumnal

I was feeling inspired after going to the Tiptree Flower Club so I decided to make some autumnal designs of my own. I went foraging in the woods for most of the foliage, and I already had all the feathers. Sometimes my habit of picking stuff up because "one day it might come in useful" pays off!

Tiptree Flower Club

I went to the Tiptree Flower Club this week - I've been interested in going to a flower club for a while. I tried one out in another village a few months ago but it was on the same day as college so it wasn't really ideal. The Tiptree one was good fun though, the demonstrator was really good and the arrangements she made were amazing! Unfortunately I didn't win any of them in the raffle but I do think I will go to this one again.

Hollie and Greg's Wedding

I did my second wedding this week, for the lovely Hollie and her new husband Greg. I'm so pleased with how the flowers came out and Hollie loved them! The green roses were a bit of a nightmare to work with so I'll avoid that in the future if I can, but otherwise they came out really well.

I made the bride's bouquet, three bridesmaid bouquets, buttonholes for the groom and best man, buttonholes for five ushers, corsages for the mothers of the bride and groom and several arrangements for the wedding cake. Luckily they had artificial arrangements for the tables - one day I'm sure I will be able to manage them as well but I'm very much a beginner so this was enough for now!

The last three photos aren't mine, they're all from Hollie's Facebook. I just thought they showed off the flowers really well and she looks so lovely.

My first wedding!

I did the flowers for my first wedding today! The bride is a woman from work who knew I was doing a floristry course and asked me a couple of months ago if I would do her flowers. She only had a really small wedding, so just needed three bouquets and two buttonholes. But for my first wedding it was the perfect amount!

She was so pleased with the flowers and I was too, I'm really proud of myself for how they came out. Lots of people at work complimented me on them which was nice, and will hopefully lead to more jobs!

I had a few spare flowers and I didn't want to waste them so I made a centrepiece as well with handmade bunting. The bride Steph really liked this as well and I believe she took it with her even though they didn't really have a formal sit down dinner.

The wedding party pulled up outside the office on the way to the wedding so we all got to see them (which is how everyone at work knew I had done the flowers!) Steph looked beautiful and it was really nice to see the flowers in action because I don't think you really see that as a florist.