Air Plant Arrangement

 

I've never worked with air plants.......Tillsandia.......and honestly, I didn't really believe they were plants (although I never gave it much thought as to what they actually were.....??).  

 

They're kind of odd-looking...............hmmmmm they sort of remind me of something you'd find under the sea (don't you hear Sebastian singing "Under de Sea, under de Sea....."??).

 

We glued the plants onto the "wood".....although we did NOT put glue on the "root ball".......which was just a few wispy-looking dried up roots. 

 

And that stuff that looks like drift wood??  It's grape vine..............yes, grape vine!!!  

 

The wire is just some floral aluminum wire in wild and wacky colors - it's something that can be found at the floral supply store. 

 

Normally, I wouldn't have used the wire on this arrangement at all.......but the instructor wanted "some color" and he wanted us to "have fun - do something crazy"................ahem.  We worked in pairs so my partner grabbed the blue and gold and we just started twisting. 

 

If I received this - I would remove that tacky wire before I set the arrangement down..........just sayin'.

 

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Happy Heart Day!

Here's wishing you all an oh-so LOVELY Valentine's Day!!

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Floral Friday - Star Fighter Lily

 

True Confessions:  I've taken one floral class recently (and received an "A") and I don't know why these are called "Star Fighter" instead of "Star Gazer"???  They look the same to me, they're just as pricey and well, they're just as stunning........

 

Anyhow - I created a HUGE bouquet of these babies for a co-worker for her b-day (she's a fan of the Star Gazers and she didn't say ANYTHING about the Gazer/Fighter thing....).  Fighter/Gazer - whatever....I do love fiddling around with fresh flowers!

Up close they look a bit frightful - Creepella and I think they look rather alien-like......but that's just us!

Truly Hideous

 

Not EVERYTHING was beautiful in my floral design class......during one class lab we created this....



 

 

Which, in my opinion seemed to get worse the closer you got......

 

Seriously I don't believe anyone would actually PAY for this - would they????

Oh well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.............(maybe the beholder needs glasses!!)

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Happy New Year!

Wishing you all the very best for 2014!!

Thanks for visiting Kabobbing Cards - Bob & I appreciate it.

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Horizontal Centerpiece

 

Some close-ups of the flowers, greenery and do-dads that were used in my final floral presentation last week....  The glittery curly stuff I found at Michaels (I think it was 50% off AND I had a coupon for an additional 25% off....can't beat that!!).

 

 

Since I was going for a traditional design I stuck with piney-greens and while flowers.   I love mums, pretty much any type of mum is my favorite.  I included carnations for mass - they're such a solid flower.  If I were to do design a piece like this again, I would use ONLY mums as they will last and last and last.  Right now some of the carnations are starting to go a bit brown on the very outer edges. 

 

I didn't want anything red - just wanted a pretty wintery feel to it.  I had a couple of silver-painted pine cones and they turned out to be nice little accents (and they were "free" as I repurposed them from a display that we won in a raffle a couple of months ago!!).

 

And here's the display in all of its glory.....while it's not my taste, I'm pleased with it.....and it will be on our table INSIDE....hey, we might even dine by candlelight........

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In The Round

 

Another class project.....but it was fun.  I like order - and this design keeps flowers very orderly.......did I mention that I like order?

 

 

This design makes a lovely and round centerpiece.  Unfortunately it's NOT what I have to make for my Final Project......I have to do a long and low Horizontal piece (they're HUGE).....I'll be sure and post that creation next month.....flowers are such fun!!

Fall Flowers

Certainly the red wall as a background isn't that great.....but oh well - gotta love my red wall!! 

Here's something Creepella and whipped together - I had the orange tulips from earlier in the week and the mini pumpkins were left-overs from Halloween.  Between the two of us we had a couple of scarecrows and gourd picks...Creepella had some of the beaded garland and silk leaves in her (clearance) stash and yesssssss, I do happen to have a nice little collection of holiday fabrics.  Oh and the mandarins are from our tree (yum!). 

Kinda of cool to be able to whip up something as quickly and easily as we did this - I guess we're just a couple of crafty-girls!  

Flower Power

 

Pardon the photos....neither is all that great but I nearly forgot to take ANY photos before this arrangement was carted off so I'm just happy to have these. 

 

Half of the class had this assignment and half of the class did something else.  For those of us with this assignment we had to make identical arrangements as these were for a paying customers.  I was a bit tense (as were most of my classmates who were working along side me...), but they all came together fairly quick and easy.  And of course, it was excellent practice for our table arrangement skills.  Think I'll make a couple of arrangements for home.....in AUTUMN-Y colors of course....yum!

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Class Work

 

Well if you need a corsage or boutonniere I think I could help you with that.  This is what we worked on in class about a week ago.  It was pretty fun.....although I would MUCH rather have a choice in the flower selection (we have no choice.....but since we have no extra material costs, beggars can't be choosers - right?).  And of course the whole point of these exercises is to learn the mechanics of floral design.

 

Creepella and I will be attending an upcoming floral show - I'm looking forward to it, I think it will be a lot of fun.

 

While looking at the accessory items that are used in various floral designs, my true love always wins out.................I convert a LOT of the items into card-making ideas. 

 

Got a lot going on in my crafty world right now and I'm on a definite schedule for several items.  Once time loosens up a bit I'll be experimenting with some of floral accessory items that I've been gathering...................REALLY looking forward to the fun!

 

 

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