This time we have created a table advent wreath with four candles, but it’s body is entirely made up from fresh flowers - baby's-breath, ranunculus and lisianthus – with some stars and baubles added on top. It’s all subtle white, airy, silver, sparkly and just breaths Christmas magic – I’m definitely planning to make a similar one for Christmas!
Silver Christmas magic Is it possible to make a Christmas wreath without using even a single piece of needle twig, and without the red and gold colours which are always associated with it? As we have proved during this weekend’s floristry class – yes, it is by all means possible! This time we have created a table advent wreath with four candles, but it’s body is entirely made up from fresh flowers - baby's-breath, ranunculus and lisianthus – with some stars and baubles added on top. It’s all subtle white, airy, silver, sparkly and just breaths Christmas magic – I’m definitely planning to make a similar one for Christmas!
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The wedding floristry theme continued today, which meant more pink and white colours, more meticulous work and – of course – more fun. First we made another wedding bouquet, but this time a decorative one, with a slightly flowing shape – the most difficult arrangement I had to face so far. I have to admit that halfway through the work I had my doubts if I ever manage to finish it and if the result is going to be anywhere close the desired one - but it was actually better than expected. Here it is: Next, we proceeded to do a head wreath - it’s quite time-consuming but pleasant work (although it requires nimble fingers), and the technique can be used also to create a lot of different kinds of wreaths – small wedding car decorations, first communion head wreaths for girls, small Easter or Christmas wreaths and generally decorative hanging ones! I wish I could describe this technique here for you (and all the other ones too), but it's impossible - it has to be shown by someone. So if you're interested, I can only recommend you to do the same that I did - go to a floristry course... And the very final piece we did today was a wedding boutonniere for the groom:
First wedding boquet I ever made The November mornings in Warsaw are cold, dark, wet and gloomy, but despite that I got up this morning before 7 o’clock with a smile on my face and a thrill of pleasant anticipation – today was another day of my floristry course. This time we were introduced to the basics of wedding bouquets, and we’ve spent 5 hours (yes, 5 hours!) creating a well-crafted, meticulously finished biedermeier bouquet. You wouldn’t believe how much precise work goes into such a small floral creation, and how many special techniques and tricks there are to make it look the way it does – I know it now. But challenging as it is, it’s also very pleasant work, and I felt as if I was creating a small flower masterpiece. It might not be perfect – after all, it was my first attempt at such a bouquet – but as it stands on my table my eyes keep wandering back to it. And let me just point out the it is actually pink, and still I like it – which says a lot ;-) Here it is: |
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