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.