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.

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 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.

Birthday teacup

It was my friend Lauren's birthday recently and she asked me to make her a teacup arrangement - and here it is! Needless to say, Lauren was very happy with it! I think teacup arrangements are one of my favourite things to make.

Grasses

I took apart the grass skirt from the bouquet I made at college and incorporated into a couple of other designs. I also had too many flowers so made another teacup arrangement, which are my favourite things to make!

How far can a bunch of spray roses go?

Quite far is the answer! I bought a bunch of spray roses from Waitrose, I was looking for white but they didn't have any so I bought this amazing pink and white bunch instead. I was originally just planning to make the bouquet - I'd seen a photo in a magazine with the wire collar in a bowl shape and I wanted to try it out. Unfortunately I ran out of pink wire which is why it looks a little sparse in a few of the photos! I love the outcome though - it's probably not big enough for a bride but it would be good for a bridesmaid.

The foliage used in these is all from my mum's garden - she's planted a load of stuff just so I can use it in my arrangements, bless her.

I really enjoy making teacup arrangements so I thought that was an ideal use for some of the spare roses. I also still had some gyp from a previous arrangement so I used some of that as well. I'm not sure what the little berries are but the pink edges go perfectly with the roses!

The buttonholes were a bit of an afterthought but they meant I didn't waste any roses! I've never made a proper buttonhole before either so I thought it would be good to get some practice in before the summer when I've got my first two weddings! I may be blowing my own trumpet but I think they're pretty good for a first attempt! And I wired them all then covered them to finish them off.