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I have watched a few Martha Stewart shows and wish so much that I can learn as much from the experts about designing anything and everything :)!
I loved these flower arrangements... I think it is amazing to be able to arrange flowers in a way that is so pleasing to the eye and creative designs,what hard work too.
http://blog.kimvallee.com/images/blo...ring2008_2.jpg
Those arrangements are very creative. I have to thank you for saying it's hard work. I used to get so frustrated with people who would come into the shop and say,. oh you must love smelling these flowers all day, and playing around with them... I would like to become a florist... it's such easy money! Oh that used to burn my butt!
Anyone that would every say anything like that has obviously never spent a C'mas, Valentines Day, or Mothers Day etc. in a flower shop. It's crazy insane, and most times you work from 8am, until 3am, only to be back again at 8am. And actually, once you have worked in a shop for so long, you can't even smell the flowers anymore. I didn't like that part.
You should just try picking out a variety of flowers that you like, and get a vase or container that you think you could handle working with to start, and then just fool around with it. Think of other things the might be in your backyard, like twigs, or cuttings of leaves from trees etc. Just have fun with it! It doesn't have to be perfect, just do whatever looks right to you! :)
It is hard work,cannot even imagine working in a flower shop and having to come up with creative unique designs and then having to do them all.
I used to change my flower arrangements at home almost weekly, a long time ago.. :)Some looked good but some had to be redone a coupla times until it looked OK.:D.
It has been a while,but since you have brought up this topic of flower designing I am searching the net and would love to do some on my own.Hopefully sometime in the future...
I am also looking into clay flower making,it seems like such intricate work,but would love to try.
I used to do a lot of different crafts like fabric painting, cross stitching, rug hooking, and making cry baby dolls. (I don't know if you've seen them... they don't have faces, but they stand in the corner and look like a real life toddler) One thing that was really cool to do, and so easy, was to buy printed napkins with different designs, and I would just rip them into pieces, and get any kind of container, even just a tin can, and smeared the container with Elmers glue, and take the ripped pieces and over-lapped them. Actually it didn't even have to be a container, because I tried it on an ostrich egg one time too. It looked really cool, because the napkin had metallic colours.
My fave thing of all to do though, is to go out to the country with my gloves and clippers, and see what I can find on the country roads. I've found some pretty strange looking flowers and pods etc. Always have to sneak a bit of wheat from a farmers field too... shhhhh! ;)
I used to get the cat tails lol and in about a month or so if they got a nick they would always poof out every where. Someone needs to post some wild flowers(firmy)
As soon as you get the cattails, spray them with a super hold hairspray, or even a clear laquer if you have any. They'll last for ages and ages!Quote:
Originally Posted by bushg
G,
You don't mean this?Oh the poor kitty!
http://z.about.com/d/cats/1/7/K/q/2/tail300x536.jpg
No?
Oh you meant these?
http://bayareawaterplants.com/images/cattail.jpg
YouTube - Nature on a Human Scale
I live in the country, in the woods, and these are some of the things I see on a daily (season permitting) basis. I love Oregon! ;)
Love the video Starby, and Firmy... thanks for this sweet thread!
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http://paulgillphoto.com/images/clos...ILDFLOWERS.jpg
http://www.anzaborrego.net/travel/An...dFlowers_L.jpg
http://www.anchor-ramblers.com/USERI...%20Flowers.jpg
When bright flowers bloom
Parchment crumbles, my words fade
The pen has dropped...
- Morpheus
The Earth Laughs in Flowers
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
All right... thats it... I am going to take a picture of the boquet I pick today when we go into the forrest... I know there are some wild iris' and daisies, and well, I will see what I can find. I will try to post a pic... Firmy, you may have to help me if you don't mind. Hugs!
A pleasure as always...Quote:
Originally Posted by startover22
“And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.”
Kahlil Gibran
Pick me some Starty Girl! :)
Please do post a pic...Quote:
Originally Posted by startover22
I love Iris and daisies too:D!
Let me know what needs to be done then.
Hugs
Everyone is probably going to go BOOOOOOOO! But I despise daisies (and carnations) Work in a flower shop that has FTD. We called them "paint by number" arrangements! They almost always had daisies and carns, and were soooooo boringggg! YUK! ;)
Not really Starby,
I think there are different flowers one identify with while others don't. I don't like carnations that much,but I think daisies are so pretty especially the wild kind.
I love African lilies(I think they are called)http://www.liliumbreeding.nl/00081207.jpg
,but not too much a fan of red roses.I like roses but more other colours than red.
EDIT:::As for me I am looking at the single flower,but for you, maybe you are imagining a whole bouquet and what will look best together... maybe that makes a lot of difference in flower preference especially if you are about to design a bouquet.:)
Firmy, I just sent the pics! I got some great flowers. Uhhhh, Starby, daisies are a good little filler especially for us "home wild flower" people... heehee...
I hope you enjoy the pics Firmy!
Thank you for the flowers start!:p
Lovely.
And here are Start's flowers...
Awwww, Firmy, thank you. (you are a really good picture poster! )
My son delivered those to Great Grandma (92 years old) and she loved them!
Okay Starty, I will admit that they look really pretty. I do like the wild daisies a lot more, and the iris's are really nice too! Looks like you live in a beautiful place!
Check this out! I want to move wherever this is! :D
YouTube - Wildflowers - Revised Version
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