Graduation Banquet Arrangement

Last semester, the night before graduation, we in the Flower Center were busily making the arrangements for the graduation festivities. This wasn't my first time working with evergreens, but it was by far the largest arrangement I'd made with them, and my hands and arms were definitely scratched and bleeding by the time I was done.

This is what the arrangement looked like after I'd gotten all the greenery in, and trust me, Spruce and Holly isn't exactly the kindest thing to green a design with. Once I'd gotten this far, I didn't want to have to put any flowers in it. I thought it looked beautiful like this . . . but alas, the flowers had to go in . . .

With the white Mums, purple Carnations, Bells of Ireland, and Monte Casino I guess it turned out okay. Honestly, I was quite happy with the finished result, if not for my bloodied arms. Mine was by far the largest arrangement made that night, and unlike many of the other girls, I did it by myself. It was the Graduation Banquet arrangement, and I was nothing but proud to tell all my graduating friends to watch for it. :)

Devotional Arrangement

This semester I'm in a Floral Portfolio class, which is basically two hours a week set aside for me to practice designing to build my portfolio--also, it's a good incentive for me to finally scrounge up pictures of the weddings I've done over the last nine years . . . which will begin to be posted soon . . . Anyway.

The first day of my Portfolio class, January 13th, I was paired up with Goldie, a classmate that did her internship last semester at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, and Ashley, another pre-internship student like me. Goldie has been assigned as our mentor for the semester, and directed Ashley and me in this design:

We used orange and red roses, leucadendron, spider mums, monte casino, solidago, curly willow, and then added silk orchids for a little more fun. For greens we used boxwood, myrtle, salal, and some crazy awesome plume grass.

Oh, and then we added peacock feathers as well. I think they put that extra pop that the arrangement needed. ;) Now I only wish that I'd taken the time to get a picture with a decent background.

Bookstore Arrangement

Today in Flower Center I was the lucky designer for the weekly Bookstore arrangement. I really like when I get to work on larger arrangements that are actually going to be seen, and not just done to practice and then be torn apart. Also, it's fun to check in on the arrangement when I walk across campus.

So for this design I used Safari Sunset Lucadendron, Bells of Ireland, Alstromeria Lilies, Curly Willow and Flowering Kale. The Kale is what inspired it all. As I was in the cooler selecting which flowers I wanted to work with, there was another class selecting flowers for their arrangements, and I couldn't help but grab all the Kale, because I wanted it and didn't want to share!

This arrangement is meant to be seen from all sides, so aside from the three Kale in front, I put the last one in the back, with an extra bunch of Lilies. It was a really fun design to make, but challenging because it's not something that I've done before. Hurrah!

Happy Glads

This morning in my flower portfolio class I created this hand-tied bouquet with yellow and purple gladiolas, white daisy mums, lavender button mums, and hot-pink statice. The greens are eucalyptus, boxwood, and salal. It is a 360 degree design, and can be viewed from all sides.

It's a working progress

Here is just the first of many of my designs. I made this in Flower Center during Fall 2008. I thought it was a really fun design, and easy too. The container inspired it all.