Sympathy: Week 7

This is what I made in week 7 of the sympathy unit of my floristry course. And I don't think this one looks at all like funeral flowers - it's much too pretty! I really enjoyed making this one.

Flower wall

As part of my workshop redesign, I stumbled across the idea of a flower wall. These images, which are all from a Google image search, are all made up of loads and loads of paper flowers, all in varying sizes and designs. I absolutely love them! I'm not allowed to paint the walls of the workshop so this is a really great way to cover up some of the wood while also making the room more pretty and girly.

Only thing is...this looks like it takes absolutely forever to do! I'll post an update when I get started.

There's a good tutorial on how to make some of the flowers on this blog, and also a lovely post from a lady who did this for their wedding here.

Floral arrangements

As part of my workshop redesign I have decided I want some big floral arrangements that can be a permanent feature in the room, made from artificial flowers. So I've been having a look for some inspiration. These images are all from Google image search and Pinterest, so all credit goes to the original sources.

Roses, peonies and tulips are my favourite types of flowers so I definitely want to incorporate all of these. I'm not very good with flower names so there are other flowers I really like in these photos but have no idea what they are!

I just need to build up a good stock of artificial flowers now before I can get started. I don't want ones that look really fake so I have been looking around. I often find garden centres have the best selections but they are a bit more pricey.

Workshop redesign

I'm hoping to start a Diploma in Floristry in September, and my parents have said I can have the cabin at the bottom of the garden to use as a workshop. It was previously used by my brothers as a gym/game room so it's very masculine at the moment, but I'm sure it won't be long until it's all girly :)

The main problem is that I'm not allowed to paint anything, it has carpet and has been a bit of a dumping ground for odd furniture that doesn't fit in the house. The bench press is going to be the most difficult bit to work around but I'm hoping to get some sort of screen so I can tuck it away in a corner and hide it out of sight.