More Internship Pictures

Here are a few more pictures of work that I've done while on my internship at The Floral Shoppe.

An easel funeral spray. The family wanted the spray to be woodsy so in addition to the flowers I added pine cones and used evergreen foliage.

Classic dozen roses design with Monte casino filler.

Here is a half dozen roses, wrapped with solidago and leather leaf.

This everyday design was for a birthday. I think any girl would appreciate something like this from the man she loves.

This design was for a walk-in customer that wanted something cheery to take to her adult daughter for her birthday.

A funeral design. I really loved working with all the warm fall colors throughout the seasons.

This was for a funeral. The customer wanted something long and low, so that the family of the deceased could take the design home and display it on a table. It was also made in a metal basket, that the family could keep it as a memento.

An all-around everyday design, one of the first that got designed to be in the cooler ready to go for a walk-in customer to walk-out with.

This was for a funeral, it was a small open heart, but it took so long to get all the babys breath done. I think the pink splash of color was magnificent.

A close up of the color.

These last few pictures were taken with the camera on my phone, so the quality is obviously not as crisp as my digital SLR.

This funeral spray I had to be creative with because we only had three gladiolus in the cooler, but by cutting it apart I made it look like six.

This centerpiece was for thanksgiving dinner at a children's table. I loved using the large rovers in my thanksgiving designs.

This cornucopia had a dozen terra cotta roses with fall mums and tinted eucalyptus and solidago. Thanksgiving designs were some of my favorites because of the rich colors I got to use.

The Floral Shoppe-Funeral Work

July 27th I started my internship at The Floral Shoppe, in Rexburg, ID. So far it has been an amazing experience and I've gotten to do a lot of arranging. On the days that I work, I usually do all the arrangements for the day, and I've even come in on my scheduled days off to design for special occasions. Here is some of the funeral work that I've done so far.

This was the first funeral arrangement--a casket piece--I ever made. It was on August 7th, for a Hispanic woman who was being cremated; her family wanted something bright and cheery, but not too expensive. I loved using the sunflowers and delphinium together because it created such a dramatic contrast.

The next day, August 8th, I made this spray for another funeral. I really like the symmetrical balance, but if I could go back and change something about it, I would try to incorporate the liatris better, or even take it out. Otherwise, I think the lavender daisies and yellow carnations look great together.

This easel and the next spray were both created on August 11th for the same funeral. I loved doing this easel piece because I got to use my favorite flowers--cosmos and daisies--along with a very cool lavender salvia that I had never seen before.

This spray is the most expensive arrangement that I've done so far while on my internship, and also one of the most dramatic by far. The stargazer lilies make such a great focal flower, especially when paired with the red amaranthus. As I was finishing the design, the owner of the shop walked in, and he gasped at its grandeur and gave me a high five. It was actually the first time I'd met him, so I think it helped me made a good first impression. :)

My favorite parts of this arrangement was the amaranthus, and the berries that I had cascading in the front.

As most of you that read my blog know, Rexburg is a small town in Eastern Idaho surrounded by miles of farmland. Because people are influenced by what surrounds them, we get a lot of requests for arrangements that "look like a ditch bank". This was a funeral spray for a local rancher with that very request, which I designed on September 14th. What made the arrangement extra fun to do, was that I used the rancher's old boots as the container.

I was told to not clean the boots up, just leave them as dusty and dirty as they were when they came in. The challenge to this arrangement was to make sure it didn't tip over. I had to weigh down the boots with rocks and marbles because it was so top heavy.

The Floral Shoppe-Wedding Work

On September 25th we were working on a wedding in the shoppe. I had the privilege of doing the bridesmaid's corsages and the bride's bouquet. Bright fall colors were chosen for the flowers, and we had a great time designing with orange gerbera daisies, yellow daisy chrysanthemums, kermit mums, fall alstromeria lilies, bells of Ireland, and red hypericum.

The bride wanted a slight cascade to her bouquet, while still having a hand-tied look, so I got to improvise a little, and I'm happy with the results.

To achieve the bare stemmed hand-tied look but get the cascade shape, I used a tilting bouquet holder to get the shape right.

Then I glued and taped the flowers stems to the handle of the bouquet holder and added additional salal (greenery) to cover up any evidence of the bouquet holder. I then wrapped the stems in brown and green ribbon to finish it off.

The bridesmaids corsages consisted of some of the same flowers as the bouquet, finished off with sparkly brown ribbon. The flowers were perfect for a beautiful fall wedding.

The Floral Shoppe-Everyday Designs

I made this cute arrangement for a birthday on August 11th. The customer wanted the color red in the design, which inspired me to use a red glass cube vase and the bright red gerbera daisies. The yellow kangaroo paw filler gave the arrangement an extra kick of color and fun.

Teri and Clint Nelson Wedding

My baby sister Teri married her sweetheart on June 27th, 2009. Her colors were hot pink and lime green, which made the floral work a lot of fun. I was pleased to create . . .

Teri's hand tied bridal bouquet of hot lady roses, white cala lilies, green hypericum berries, lily grass, and salal with white satin ribbon.

Three bridesmaids bouquets, consisting of a white cala lily, hot pink gerbera daisies, white waxflower, and salal with green polka-dot ribbon and bow.

Nine boutonnieres--each one unique--consisting of a hot lady rose, accented by combinations of green hanging amaranthus, green hypericum berries, kermit mums, lily grass, myrtle, salal, and curly willow.

Five wrist corsages with either two hot lady roses with wax flower, salal, and a bow; or one hot lady rose with kermit mums, waxflower, and salal with a bow.

A grand buffet design which included hot pink gladiolus, white cala lilies, hot lady roses, green hanging amaranthus, pink heather, myrtle, salal, curly willow, and limes.

The flowers on the cake were hot pink gerbera daisies and kermit mums.

A hand-tied throwing bouquet, which had hot lady roses and white waxflower--the fun of this bouquet was that it was actually two separate bouquets that we disguised as one.

When Teri threw it, it separated--as planned--and two lucky girls (both bridesmaids) were given the fortune of "catching the bouquet".

Congratulations to Teri and Clint! It was a beautiful wedding and one heck of a party!

Photography 160 Portfolio

This is my portfolio for my beginning photography class.
My, "Greatest Hits".

"Alligator Eyes"

"Over the Rainbow"

"Shady Spot"

"Flow"

"Pole Line Morning"

"Rodent"

"Prima Donna"

"Opportunity Lost"

Floral Art Show

This is my floral contribution to the Floral Art Show we put on last weekend. I'll post a slideshow of the room and all the arrangements next . . .

My Bouquet

For the floral show this semester I had the opportunity to make a bridal bouquet. I was initially only given three orange Roses and a single sprig of Heather, then the type of bouquet holder and greens I used I got to choose. Once I had set up my main structure, Professor Romney was inspired to give me the three Pincushion Protea, and this is what I created:

It was a triangular bouquet, which I set up with the woven palms and heather. To play up the texture of the palms I first sprayed them with leaf shine, to make sure they wouldn't get lost with all the other elements of the design.


The Protea made a great focal point and created a lot of interest.

Looking up from the bottom of the design, this shows off the Ti leaves, weaved palms, and lowest rose.

It was such a fun design to create, and not knowing what flowers I would get really let the flowers speak to me and tell me what to design.

Office Arrangement

Today in Flower Center I had the privilege of making an office arrangement for one of the Horticulture Professors. I started out with a simple basket, added a liner, oasis, and then created line with the Liatris, a focal point with the Mums, and connected them with the Iris and Heather. I thought it was pretty dang cute.

Devotional Arrangement

Today Ashley and I made the devotional arrangement. We were going for a spring-time garden feel, and think it went well. It was a huge arrangement, and quite heavy, but wild and gorgeous like we wanted.

Small Special Occasion Arrangements

In Flower Center this week we have been researching special occasions, and creating arrangements for them.
This is my shot at an arrangement appropriate for a baby boy, for example.

And this cute little thing would be appropriate for the welcoming of a baby girl.

This is the same arrangement, only without the foliage. Interesting how something so simple can change the entire design.