Jessica & Matt: Hyatt Regency, Boston

Jessica and I went to Bentley together, but I have to thank my friend Ying for recommending me to her!  Jessica had such a great color scheme picked out when we met - I was so excited for these flowers!  Although she knew the colors she wanted, she was open to different options for flowers, and I think we ended up with something beautiful and unique! 

A few days before the wedding I got a package in the mail from Jessica's soon to be mother-in-law.  It contained some colorful ribbon for the bridesmaid bouquets and a piece of lace from her wedding dress that she had given to Jessica to use as her "something old".  When I got to the hotel to drop the flowers off, her mother-in-law teared up when she saw Jessica's bouquet.  It's little moments like that that really make me love what I do :)

Jessica's bouquet was made up of hydrangeas, dahlias, and Picasso calla lilies.  Her bridesmaids carried bouquets of lisianthus, dahlias, calla lilies, carnations, orchids, and dianthus. 

The centerpieces were a mix of various sized vases filled with orchids, lisianthus and dahlias.  The remaining centerpieces contained kale, dianthus, carnations, orchids, dahlias, and calla lilies.

Jessica was so laid back when we met to talk about her flowers, and the day of the wedding she was still so genuinely happy and carefree!  Congrats and best wishes to Jessica and Matt!!

Topiary Tree

In our last class we made a topiary tree. Topiary is the art of creating sculptures in trees, shrubs, etc. Our topiary tree was created along the same idea, but is made solely out of flowers.

More Bouquets!

I made this bouquet in class just before making all the bouquets for Kate and Adam's wedding. This bouquet is made up of a mix of white and lavender roses and carnations.

...and Michael made this little number after cleaning up after Kate and Adam's wedding. I think I may have some competition on my hands!

Class 9: Parallel Design

Tonight we made a parallel design, which simply means that there are lines of flowers with space in between.

We used two lines, but parallel designs can have as many lines as one can fit or want in their design.

Class 8: Water Based Design

Class 8 focused on the importance of properly conditioning your flowers. A lot of time and effort goes into conditioning each flower before it is ready to be used in a design.

Up til now all the arrangements we've done in class have been foam-based in some sort of non-transparent container. Tonight we made a basic water-based design. As you can probably tell from a lot of my "re-do's" once I get the class assignment home, I personally much prefer a water-based design to a foam based design.

Class #4 - L is for LOVE

We focused on another linear design this class: the L. Since it's almost Valentine's Day, we made an L shape arrangement, and tonight, L is for Love; hence the plastic Valentine's Day heart stuck in there.

Call me traditional, but I'm still holding out for some roses on Valentine's Day!

Class #2 - Low and Long

Tonight we made a similar arrangement to last week's class; however this was a low and long shape rather than a round sphere. I went with spring colors tonight even though it's still very much winter!

Again, you can see the before and after the ride on the T to get home.

New Year, New Classes

Happy New Year! I recently signed up to obtain a certificate in Floral Design at the Rittners School of Floral Design in Boston. The class meets twice a week for the next 12 weeks, so I will have a lot to post over the next few months. Last night was our first class, in which we focused on "The Round Mound" aka "The Roundy Moundy" ha. This is a very common centerpiece often sold at florist shops and online.

This arrangement features cushion poms, carnations, mini carnations, statice (purple filler), and baker fern (greens). The pictures look a little different because I took the first one at class in case it didn't survive the commute home on the T!