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.

Christmas Wreaths

In the final week of the 'Hand Tieds and Arrangements' unit of my course we are making a christmas wreath, and we have been given complete control over how we make and decorate them. So I've been looking for some ideas. All of these images are from a Google Image Search.

I've got a load of dried fruit, berries, pine cones and cinnamon sticks so I'm going to go for something quite natural. I really like the ones with little woodland creatures so I went to a garden centre to see what I could get. They didn't have any squirrels or owls but I got some really cute little mice instead which I hope will work. I also bought some ribbon and gold baubles to make it extra christmassy :)

Floristry: Week 9

I missed week 8 of my Floristry course because I was away in Edinburgh so I wasn't really prepared for week 9. We got a handout at the start which has a basic list of the materials we use and luckily I'd read it to know to bring in a vase! I would've been very stuck if I hadn't brought one!

We used very few flowers in this design but that doesn't  subtract from the overall look. Plus the colours and baubles make it look very festive!

Floristry: Week 7

Slightly late to post, but this is the result of week 7 of my Floristry course. The frame may look complicated but it was actually really easy to make, and again it's the frame that takes all the time. The flowers only take about 10 minutes! I really like the bead detail in this piece.