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WORKSHOP
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
FLOWER ARRANGING for EVERY BUDGET!
Discussion • Demo • Workshop
Here
are some of the arrangements that were created at this workshop.
Want to know more?
- Workshop
outline (pdf)
Some video resources:
- General discussion and step-by-step: AskTheDecorator.com asks floral designer Vickie Wenstrup about flower arranging:
- TimeSaver Solutions: Hilarious video on the “greens first” technique.
- Making a fall arrangement in a pumpkin
Additional web resources:
- The Language of Flowers: Reprinted from Collier’s Cyclopedia of Commercial and Social Information and Treasury of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, compiled by Nugent Robinson. P.F. Collier, 1882
- Types of arrangements (shapes): this “Flower Advisor” website has a wealth of information and step-by-step instructions
- Fresh flower preservative recipes
Miniature using alyssum, lobelia, nigella, Santa Barbara daisies
and mini roses, carnation & geranium (note size of stamp)
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Madera Women’s Improvement Club
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