tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60134521332193870872024-03-05T21:53:37.691-08:00Sassy Stems (the 1st)The Blossoming Designer you know and love has moved to a new location. Go check it out!melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-85116563260483942072009-02-07T00:51:00.000-08:002009-02-07T00:58:24.667-08:00I've Moved!!Yes, it's true. Sassy Stems has moved to a fabulous <strong><a href="http://sassystems.blogspot.com/">new location</a></strong>.<br /><br />Go check it out and make sure you check out the latest post too!melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-29838746831580532692008-12-30T22:38:00.000-08:002008-12-30T22:56:13.652-08:00Michelle's Wedding<div><div><div><div><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTDl1qordXxxNXRkTg-ID9iaiKy-BhIx3mNJamHrUwQ1NY-9RECcR6AVOF14UDYq_mLEl9yPvyjovfvK3f4MCWKbid_pVszpc71rwEWC6Stt-3JgB84BuG3IEq-pc3ZonHLNLYUGaNV0/s1600-h/PICT0618.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285841578696914066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTDl1qordXxxNXRkTg-ID9iaiKy-BhIx3mNJamHrUwQ1NY-9RECcR6AVOF14UDYq_mLEl9yPvyjovfvK3f4MCWKbid_pVszpc71rwEWC6Stt-3JgB84BuG3IEq-pc3ZonHLNLYUGaNV0/s320/PICT0618.JPG" border="0" /></a> Groom Boutonniere<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285841566340797538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA4gtRslmsJQOfzboEcfxcY4RQxVnIw4YyJ8MqunwPfJUZiVRlmOVdAJoCq2S0KjriPqJe3mlmpi6UE1Cj-5XDj7NX24FQrygUTxPTvk3BeWRblYaffN1MT84xtsKKBzpB_7RL3pKI_8/s320/PICT0616.JPG" border="0" />(l-r) Groomsmen, Father Boutonniere, Mother Corsage<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285841591687594866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk84fJEMdVzQRsGXsB7LrBmSGPROgCXvgZuGMZvyfg_k6-bRTDE9E4f5GM07HRPF22KRp0fVUCLp4T9QXl060YhZWB-mwMwfWUk7nw-9DCPjsUiIMPi_raepIVABPPKZsFcC-UbSQt87g/s320/PICT0620.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Sister in Law Wrist Corsage</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285842315916912546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUsmz4i42ExuKoCRoj4FHcUSCdNK_dbsaPEmVS3nzm07jztjiplvbobGvKdkBB5DEOuRjV-lsUUhyphenhyphen7oDYiGSSy1raFuB53lw8l3tFOBoFXfs6kMdx-sZ3yAskdn7wOYwTr-0T0PL41AU/s320/PICT0628.JPG" border="0" />Bridesmaid Bouquet<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285841598196380210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBD75xzoGoaV8Vwu5ymDHYZCWxZqfhYDrSZoDqeTNbCclkFtFH4E50SfwNacbTL0Y8rRj9RRBamqwT75Vk7soh-sxTRz1FoTh2PKzXPHm0zvGUqQ5WJeaAkoDwD8-zhdsytjNYZb9M7E/s320/PICT0621.JPG" border="0" />Bridal Bouquet<br /><div> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285841604262296514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pBlnFQlkkBgYRl_KHbr_vkzxZkWAW_oq8k_DbfKcqZNbvDEGp2N_ycOnVBg5FHfskOVQHAa2tlw64aVhfxD-B0JLfBb1E4V9pl1AMtKXaubIFyAo85OYETESxT2J4EkVGlX1Tepu2cE/s320/PICT0625.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285842324047884802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOx5notcjd471wz-_RxPLCKMl9seungl25Ksr4nQu8glljFLFIPHYojW8GeaBtaKKiQCRJ0Gj1nPyrk0wwUSshQ7GbYJvFNZ164t1UYk_SogVJ5066grKhjeNZCDtzcj5W5EohY4teR8/s320/PICT0633.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285842318647080882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI8J8sEdJjS3UEhfaB-Ewq-GnaU9ua42A-5uJpmvtVsV_AHmNWw4pUksTjAvnm0b7vB_ymrzDna0hE-aYNAeWU1Il8MS8ceCGqSwXvqMVhSIOex-OAo_tKeAxYSYPxEk-VrSDVb_VEOI/s320/PICT0632.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Bridal and Bridesmaid Bouquets</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285842331124559650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxLK0KYkJfPsQlxUGsOaB6qIWIMwZkXhigwEMP8GT1GlTL8j_bV8CKAS8gkCT7FmlGxqU4QYfQcMJrW_7voaSg9Ln8xqmHUpCKkosGzdEuxBmUSYo86TC68Aa0dFI0GuDSmw6LclQo6c/s320/PICT0638.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Cake</div><div align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285842340674766386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0-MJexsexzMrI6GHjXj119_S0j6FuipHhL8wZY7QWL-3q0ZeaO_NnnRE1l9RlU3ABbwHUmuqZG-aUTbFG0aPKzq_wT31mzuGaqf35W3_1-ORzGpE0tbxkdXt2h6yEBaZI3kO9EKoLWI/s320/PICT0636.JPG" border="0" /> <div></div></div></div></div></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-31788658015514394072008-09-29T19:08:00.001-07:002008-09-29T20:27:20.033-07:00Lori's Wedding<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfT30RzZG9DaqgHecd9g6603nt5oSbk4-jvjFEd-fq5QGrCvltF3mtF_Pop3rwRqaiu1PZ8OmGBjutAJ6B2E6dE1t0WpUIXQ3or59hAixvSBT9EeTdFUM6X7JYu5EV4CIyQglQODtRxI/s1600-h/_DSC3086_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfT30RzZG9DaqgHecd9g6603nt5oSbk4-jvjFEd-fq5QGrCvltF3mtF_Pop3rwRqaiu1PZ8OmGBjutAJ6B2E6dE1t0WpUIXQ3or59hAixvSBT9EeTdFUM6X7JYu5EV4CIyQglQODtRxI/s320/_DSC3086_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251632404172896050" border="0" /></a>Bridal Bouquet<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Wlm8T5tjk6r2H_6pjfF1C6dRYKyi5_zEZIXeeSqX-5tq0SlAWrAL0aaHOIl7O7gKnxYrbvd9wuG715oXHW7ndT14Y08o8uDNdQA098Eg-4EAC98mIssTNGaK3EFEg7JyuzY-k51WZyU/s1600-h/_DSC2916_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Wlm8T5tjk6r2H_6pjfF1C6dRYKyi5_zEZIXeeSqX-5tq0SlAWrAL0aaHOIl7O7gKnxYrbvd9wuG715oXHW7ndT14Y08o8uDNdQA098Eg-4EAC98mIssTNGaK3EFEg7JyuzY-k51WZyU/s320/_DSC2916_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251634007654932162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckbqv9ShwpJPj4J6EsR8H6kdup1t3hCi2_lsSSVE1pO3wlVnYflZS3TLqGmAr_SbmO9gjdHxkVBxAAV7VPF10O2eSyKJkr6cT2jMOiGpRrTrffkT-DotEczbhU8GTqZpNICaefWbyqBI/s1600-h/_DSC2919_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckbqv9ShwpJPj4J6EsR8H6kdup1t3hCi2_lsSSVE1pO3wlVnYflZS3TLqGmAr_SbmO9gjdHxkVBxAAV7VPF10O2eSyKJkr6cT2jMOiGpRrTrffkT-DotEczbhU8GTqZpNICaefWbyqBI/s320/_DSC2919_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251634017519299186" border="0" /></a>Bridesmaids<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8A8Zw8GGxGLy3YN0W95DnIo-r01UkWDL-HuYgGT0VIskK1k4FPTlbAwRDWsRh1c3bo66eEaRiKNZ9UX27lqXtkZrKqu0HsAnG-DR5lTzcqYbvNEpmUMlbMob6gjZ9jmVbMABPE8iBeP4/s1600-h/_DSC3626_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8A8Zw8GGxGLy3YN0W95DnIo-r01UkWDL-HuYgGT0VIskK1k4FPTlbAwRDWsRh1c3bo66eEaRiKNZ9UX27lqXtkZrKqu0HsAnG-DR5lTzcqYbvNEpmUMlbMob6gjZ9jmVbMABPE8iBeP4/s320/_DSC3626_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251632403898022498" border="0" /></a>Flower Girls<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOKqH-1NmaYOlj96GwWFmdU-zQd-zk3k0BVqMub3VeAZy6STByie_YC6M3oTnPTDd4xP84HuperHE6AM1rd2l0trH1IVbsbByE590RopVU0CVsmjPcT-nEt65xxmJr1i74QU5s9u0-cY/s1600-h/_DSC2770_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOKqH-1NmaYOlj96GwWFmdU-zQd-zk3k0BVqMub3VeAZy6STByie_YC6M3oTnPTDd4xP84HuperHE6AM1rd2l0trH1IVbsbByE590RopVU0CVsmjPcT-nEt65xxmJr1i74QU5s9u0-cY/s320/_DSC2770_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251632384153651602" border="0" /></a>Cake Topper<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWFaZZwNvVSUakP0oyJAS8r6nGBX1_lcxwf6-HBo8TTZWshEtPmzS8zbf8duyM-XVW-IVPMtUuGj9aX3sca85z9TKQroURr2NV0UOSkljvpV_a3kv4Q5q6N7DUPbfAtV6qI4ykzl0wbs/s1600-h/_DSC3426_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWFaZZwNvVSUakP0oyJAS8r6nGBX1_lcxwf6-HBo8TTZWshEtPmzS8zbf8duyM-XVW-IVPMtUuGj9aX3sca85z9TKQroURr2NV0UOSkljvpV_a3kv4Q5q6N7DUPbfAtV6qI4ykzl0wbs/s320/_DSC3426_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251632388835122818" border="0" /></a>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-41443105419096056382008-08-25T21:06:00.001-07:002008-09-29T20:24:39.868-07:00Britni's Wedding<div style="text-align: center;">Mother's Corsages<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAIU3N0iwOZT84Zm_OhyN9AwkdQVWJWNFg0HL8L1FHv2MKxr3ineRxCN_6PyTuwSdM0csbftdIwkihgPJ6Fv1e5bXr1SlS7ojnFcPENrmHH7pYUYZSVNqm7VIxvobxEx1_Er7ZPyFiDY/s1600-h/PICT0186.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAIU3N0iwOZT84Zm_OhyN9AwkdQVWJWNFg0HL8L1FHv2MKxr3ineRxCN_6PyTuwSdM0csbftdIwkihgPJ6Fv1e5bXr1SlS7ojnFcPENrmHH7pYUYZSVNqm7VIxvobxEx1_Er7ZPyFiDY/s320/PICT0186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251646897649113330" border="0" /></a>Father's Boutonnieres<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJ6C_c6BJo58qW-LECwSb5YxOo4P0Yw-hO2At6znczYzwNsgkj7pYL7jfvWz_WNv5CTbAqMaMwHoNnisbhM6HdNfwI6ZmTxYnI3XfDg3eoUzVwFOBpe7IMg-1H5qgBSH3nOnaaxCY_Yo/s1600-h/PICT0189.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJ6C_c6BJo58qW-LECwSb5YxOo4P0Yw-hO2At6znczYzwNsgkj7pYL7jfvWz_WNv5CTbAqMaMwHoNnisbhM6HdNfwI6ZmTxYnI3XfDg3eoUzVwFOBpe7IMg-1H5qgBSH3nOnaaxCY_Yo/s320/PICT0189.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251646906439061666" border="0" /></a>Groom and Best Man Boutonnieres<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-GGFmpdGz9rR0i0qoVQ8iLEt7f9zuxAt-CWKJMnJY8vEB-3Mzqb1psHnWFbcpguzZOx8Aqbgvj83o0Y9z3S_B3MxF0HasdBc2xeQWHM6giILVIZwLLiIKWqn5vrrJknRDHxu-nX5yKA/s1600-h/PICT0192.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vyMHXqxJEqxr9MC5SnyDqR0vSzk4xkCVfvmHE-JG6CW3MgQxxtBmAGStDIfn2R2ZfwxmbTfNkReRMM8imtjtLDEb4zi8BHT7HxrWAWsW_uGIt6RK1Zs4qyX_yx_i-rD1XGH9zCmryHg/s320/DSCN2294.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210509842053620882" border="0" /></a>Happy Couple with bridal bouquet<br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-12718259430293646412008-06-03T21:01:00.000-07:002008-12-10T04:23:15.724-08:00Stacey's Wedding<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6oerG8ZZRZPzwrotgB31p67fUTK_qTPkSk2BKwvQ6tODGCKISy1ijOeSoryU5R1h7XgpMwEWEeGldRKamzjn2KzNO7d0Wf5Ds_md6-R0rY4F98paFvKCTOHdr_V5pVj75Eq7tlpg3mc/s1600-h/IMG_4628.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaAuynd_JLvjGhjVq3ovQrx0Jd1Z3ySDdedhptRSf0FjQd2KoNhSkFHkD3sIsJVF3OvrklQCSsVFEOlauReVvh5WTTrxPyWehje3WMbuWiA0HOIDE9LQscgXXyQkZrT6xndld35dZwxA/s320/IMG_4635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207872620869462066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISKVJ6uqaK0AVh5xSBZa0Jg1NNG8Zn-4yecF8NybrXAHpVUHAomeOj3-M3ITkUhC-rPgYSDpdX8NEaXWXsfLIwUUvoCl8gQTE3ZJdbF7WRcbt31ibQCf5UU7hXD1_uvXC019u7BUfBWs/s1600-h/IMG_4637.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISKVJ6uqaK0AVh5xSBZa0Jg1NNG8Zn-4yecF8NybrXAHpVUHAomeOj3-M3ITkUhC-rPgYSDpdX8NEaXWXsfLIwUUvoCl8gQTE3ZJdbF7WRcbt31ibQCf5UU7hXD1_uvXC019u7BUfBWs/s320/IMG_4637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207872625164429378" border="0" /></a>Bridal Bouquet - Wedding Day<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-ioiQ38FK7ebnqEeJIqGJif5KRbBEdQ_39HlsBPb0_FeGsvYaeFGbtdYcbcCC7Dbg6vLsD7-0_Sr-xXRdSmz6rp89KWyGMzH5M80iUBE9mBs-fP87PvfygQfxpQ7qOneovqgSQwhyphenhypheneo/s1600-h/IMG_4638.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-ioiQ38FK7ebnqEeJIqGJif5KRbBEdQ_39HlsBPb0_FeGsvYaeFGbtdYcbcCC7Dbg6vLsD7-0_Sr-xXRdSmz6rp89KWyGMzH5M80iUBE9mBs-fP87PvfygQfxpQ7qOneovqgSQwhyphenhypheneo/s320/IMG_4638.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207872629459396690" border="0" /></a>Groom's Boutonnière - Open House<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYekkgpi_ecIefWjK7Nj_lJPd9GECwhMsGOdLJDNqEyProdqUCcv_qM5OHa_HbxO4sEYdTnu2BBc_Geq_zSS5J1BIcpOjmPoyoRYJfFVHQVqD4TigwIdAAf8AhVoa1Eagw4XNpSavi29U/s1600-h/IMG_4640.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYekkgpi_ecIefWjK7Nj_lJPd9GECwhMsGOdLJDNqEyProdqUCcv_qM5OHa_HbxO4sEYdTnu2BBc_Geq_zSS5J1BIcpOjmPoyoRYJfFVHQVqD4TigwIdAAf8AhVoa1Eagw4XNpSavi29U/s320/IMG_4640.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207881794919606386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV6nN8kChQ0vQKry6Hj68EqvmSDCB9pvfshm-LOCElCnb7G5vlQHpJpLQ96SYL5fxpkWpLAPAx9_0B4Ee0q1cnx0OWKWPWHUKIktNZXFaA3zNs6wwzhzn1_sUhNvbpHQqxjyQWV7nPJ8/s1600-h/IMG_4639.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV6nN8kChQ0vQKry6Hj68EqvmSDCB9pvfshm-LOCElCnb7G5vlQHpJpLQ96SYL5fxpkWpLAPAx9_0B4Ee0q1cnx0OWKWPWHUKIktNZXFaA3zNs6wwzhzn1_sUhNvbpHQqxjyQWV7nPJ8/s320/IMG_4639.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207881790624639074" border="0" /></a>Bridal Bouquet - Open House<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJcgILNK5vUU47jx_0c_AwG66bsjP3j2h0L_8wiH9KjP6_IAeZvCBd-4eOJK24uwKzaqHdR5CmtDUR3mpL8BgRykJ9eDCL1CCD_fyD9KfaQ-K-9Wroqc5Bu5bqIRC7WP2Bd9hgLAuCcQ/s1600-h/IMG_4642.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJcgILNK5vUU47jx_0c_AwG66bsjP3j2h0L_8wiH9KjP6_IAeZvCBd-4eOJK24uwKzaqHdR5CmtDUR3mpL8BgRykJ9eDCL1CCD_fyD9KfaQ-K-9Wroqc5Bu5bqIRC7WP2Bd9hgLAuCcQ/s320/IMG_4642.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207881803509540994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUBC2SuC9yUyVusi9HJruDdiqii3sM-bxr-PYp1nvF41PHPALs0nKRKkl7XLEPYYsjiO3ADKWBppGG1fw_6l37Nc4LagRsXpKVhjuhJRZBAK5UZ_0d67FXAT1r1zLT4uwkw06mqUHKEI/s1600-h/IMG_4643.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUBC2SuC9yUyVusi9HJruDdiqii3sM-bxr-PYp1nvF41PHPALs0nKRKkl7XLEPYYsjiO3ADKWBppGG1fw_6l37Nc4LagRsXpKVhjuhJRZBAK5UZ_0d67FXAT1r1zLT4uwkw06mqUHKEI/s320/IMG_4643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207883551561230498" border="0" /></a><br />Serving table piece and Guest book table piece - Open House<br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-29524457062397432492008-04-12T02:05:00.000-07:002008-12-10T04:23:17.304-08:00Exploration of CreativityOk, I have to be honest, this is the class I've been looking forward to most since deciding to come out to Portland. I have a mixture of emotions about it. I'm really excited to get to use different materials and really branch out, and I'm also really nervous for the same reasons. I feel like this class will show me if I am, in fact, creative and it will kind of sum up everything I've learned in the last couple of months. The one thing I've really struggled with during this whole experience is whether or not I'm creative enough to do it. I want to be artistic so badly!<br /><br />So, there were only 3 of us in the class and it started out great! We talked about how creativity is stifled in us throughout our whole lives as we try to fit in to the rules and things we are taught. We learned how to release that baggage and talked about ways to surround ourselves in a more stimulating environment. It was actually a really cool discussion and there are a lot of things I'm going to put into practice now. Besides designing flowers, I really want to learn how to paint. I think it will help foster the growth of my creativity and will eventually help in my business. I also learned some really cool design ideas that I want to turn into art pieces for my home.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswM1Om0-5ICfCPeDX6BTSWv6MKOJE6cUhqesqGdFyYX37w2CgJpxKWL7Vk1GtYvHY7OwEM_m91Ymh_qBYiG0kGxEUWd-KOC0AZoh9fhzKiwrLoAnB0Pz1NMHPXoGqfePlslnqgOIU1_M/s1600-h/IMG_4488.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswM1Om0-5ICfCPeDX6BTSWv6MKOJE6cUhqesqGdFyYX37w2CgJpxKWL7Vk1GtYvHY7OwEM_m91Ymh_qBYiG0kGxEUWd-KOC0AZoh9fhzKiwrLoAnB0Pz1NMHPXoGqfePlslnqgOIU1_M/s200/IMG_4488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286103464802082" border="0" /></a>This is kabuki and these are the ones I am going to turn into art pieces. They will be slightly altered, obviously and I think they're going to look really cool.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qq5KpvbiQqHH4DXY2dR53wiaFWbsahENH-t6mK4mV0VEYebJRuoR-I2nB-STjrMZAgpMVfo-tN0QrVtRRHPXCLDWweJC65psDjUhxzt4TJ4KATXycJ_Vv9cGtaEOu2y8cPAr7MwYjdw/s1600-h/IMG_4489.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qq5KpvbiQqHH4DXY2dR53wiaFWbsahENH-t6mK4mV0VEYebJRuoR-I2nB-STjrMZAgpMVfo-tN0QrVtRRHPXCLDWweJC65psDjUhxzt4TJ4KATXycJ_Vv9cGtaEOu2y8cPAr7MwYjdw/s200/IMG_4489.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286107759769394" border="0" /></a>A support system made out of aluminum wire. It turns out pretty neat.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTFFH2kOFHLUdhrBLWoOMM49wa87VCyOMDngMMWWTz1flKIJ8xH-4S9PUa9kxKBaq4RMn_s1G4u86HGHpgOk0HmXzC1dpYVRJzWDK102tS3k700eLa_q6e6qherZ88vfCwWwXsaWnOVA/s1600-h/IMG_4492.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTFFH2kOFHLUdhrBLWoOMM49wa87VCyOMDngMMWWTz1flKIJ8xH-4S9PUa9kxKBaq4RMn_s1G4u86HGHpgOk0HmXzC1dpYVRJzWDK102tS3k700eLa_q6e6qherZ88vfCwWwXsaWnOVA/s200/IMG_4492.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286112054736706" border="0" /></a>Petaling on the ball, and tying sticks together to form a base.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTuJprLUmKOYNu4RkeVk9w6V0_TFpnS9ftGFDOcS1s2XSumq9EZomHuFKDrT8NqwkYoSYgFXeRGz6DU97_7-qjM5vz7aIi11Bf-VLPAKY9Ept_rmevJ5gs88i32LVSAbp8mpPMwpiRCQ/s1600-h/IMG_4497.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTuJprLUmKOYNu4RkeVk9w6V0_TFpnS9ftGFDOcS1s2XSumq9EZomHuFKDrT8NqwkYoSYgFXeRGz6DU97_7-qjM5vz7aIi11Bf-VLPAKY9Ept_rmevJ5gs88i32LVSAbp8mpPMwpiRCQ/s200/IMG_4497.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286756299831202" border="0" /></a>Different things you can do with Lomey collars<br /><br /><br /></div>I was really worried about the second half of the day when we got to use anything in the warehouse and design whatever we wanted and it didn't matter how many things we did or anything. Amber found some sort of sheet metal grid and made a really cool design out of it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuWVW3kbNq_ITmP6tlYeyo0Jlnuye5ry1jXG7a_PIr-TM3bjxSCtxTMCFPGFFNdThGRLCC1eKUb5zUA6sG9MnP8JtkI0pCD7btSO6nLyVwdxnjub8IAdhuCdzkC_P6c6jMlwlnxl19Oo/s1600-h/IMG_4504.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuWVW3kbNq_ITmP6tlYeyo0Jlnuye5ry1jXG7a_PIr-TM3bjxSCtxTMCFPGFFNdThGRLCC1eKUb5zUA6sG9MnP8JtkI0pCD7btSO6nLyVwdxnjub8IAdhuCdzkC_P6c6jMlwlnxl19Oo/s320/IMG_4504.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286627450812306" border="0" /></a>This was Amber's first, smaller piece that she just whipped out of a Lomey collar while she was thinking about her larger design piece.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkO63ZvE-vNvHxyy6tMEm_7HQcAHkBE56HbTSX-3LYkbyLmSr23McTJr7FjE7ZFUvMhQuZm3OBhiB-jFihpjIafLYNG9hVEg2axOHpxFIOU3mfZKNoo1X3O_YPSfXTJqt695vYF2RcV4/s1600-h/IMG_4493.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkO63ZvE-vNvHxyy6tMEm_7HQcAHkBE56HbTSX-3LYkbyLmSr23McTJr7FjE7ZFUvMhQuZm3OBhiB-jFihpjIafLYNG9hVEg2axOHpxFIOU3mfZKNoo1X3O_YPSfXTJqt695vYF2RcV4/s320/IMG_4493.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286610270943058" border="0" /></a>Her finished project, which I thought was pretty cool because of the incorporation of industrial materials.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The other guy in our class did a few pieces, experimenting with different materials and techniques. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNweCwdikrGQZH8ouIb4vKNfckZVVnijKHJeLJI5WTh2IpZL8RaCZCL2puN55969d5t0LdBc0R1KphGX1HMjgyIg81sb0kVNm8g9ST6Rc0kUqIVY_Xz0wpQjZif0lSBM-vCVla60rAcV0/s1600-h/IMG_4501.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNweCwdikrGQZH8ouIb4vKNfckZVVnijKHJeLJI5WTh2IpZL8RaCZCL2puN55969d5t0LdBc0R1KphGX1HMjgyIg81sb0kVNm8g9ST6Rc0kUqIVY_Xz0wpQjZif0lSBM-vCVla60rAcV0/s320/IMG_4501.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286623155844994" border="0" /></a>Petaling on a small cardboard box. I think it looks cool because it kind of looks like a mini picket fence garden.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_iFY8glUS7fU7dHxxh_Pvt17oveTAqdA3Wz7GXO6ATekUBOD440DeBrGLD8_-JcyByUrhIcQIJpTjLOk-SZTCMmwaZUWiqYVZhq9N4r2b7vh3W6W7O5lixxiuqO4jYzh8O9iWzkPcAo/s1600-h/IMG_4499.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_iFY8glUS7fU7dHxxh_Pvt17oveTAqdA3Wz7GXO6ATekUBOD440DeBrGLD8_-JcyByUrhIcQIJpTjLOk-SZTCMmwaZUWiqYVZhq9N4r2b7vh3W6W7O5lixxiuqO4jYzh8O9iWzkPcAo/s320/IMG_4499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286618860877682" border="0" /></a>His wire based bouquet<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7P1rEwojSJYcuXzKgxVg9LXz76D3oszU1UMGpWCj9KHqEPCwpKFAWijAA_3JiOf5Ef0TgfaGAE2sXy0X_XwKfaOlZcjqt4rYe6su4DKTtz8fuNEcWPOW8Hq2SaOauad5U7LLZ_ynSHo/s1600-h/IMG_4496.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7P1rEwojSJYcuXzKgxVg9LXz76D3oszU1UMGpWCj9KHqEPCwpKFAWijAA_3JiOf5Ef0TgfaGAE2sXy0X_XwKfaOlZcjqt4rYe6su4DKTtz8fuNEcWPOW8Hq2SaOauad5U7LLZ_ynSHo/s320/IMG_4496.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188286614565910370" border="0" /></a>His stab at the kabuki<br /></div><br />I had kind of an idea of what I wanted to do for one of my pieces, but I had no idea it would take me all afternoon! It was a doozy, but I have to admit that I was pleased with the way it turned out. I'm still not 100% sure about my creativity level, but I am sure that I know how to foster and unleash it, and I know I just need to learn how to trust my natural abilities more too. So, all in all this was a fantastic experience and I'm so happy I did this!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFK5gnKgwQJSEN8Ads3TNwb6LYNC9gkRvY_-3nnQ-ZN1luruURhxXQRR8GY7uBJZeaanNPudict4Co66uk4eI_CxNw1vZtf-wH3vO0ksVOZ-Y-ZXggCc0Az-lYdqs2-Wdn6301ZUkwA4/s1600-h/IMG_4502.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFK5gnKgwQJSEN8Ads3TNwb6LYNC9gkRvY_-3nnQ-ZN1luruURhxXQRR8GY7uBJZeaanNPudict4Co66uk4eI_CxNw1vZtf-wH3vO0ksVOZ-Y-ZXggCc0Az-lYdqs2-Wdn6301ZUkwA4/s320/IMG_4502.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188287172911658930" border="0" /></a>It's an ikebana design made out of topiaries<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPebsFpQfwLruZd4QOFIkjqJe-MqCUqkj_Rg2pxYfAWpWTSIG2aFGdMmQsmGmbjZoKPjxcUMzkvNiOsbyhBDkfPaZOkfAqlARppR-co4MeDtDw690GoA7nSfuOXreIf_SHjtz_ASz50x0/s1600-h/IMG_4506.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPebsFpQfwLruZd4QOFIkjqJe-MqCUqkj_Rg2pxYfAWpWTSIG2aFGdMmQsmGmbjZoKPjxcUMzkvNiOsbyhBDkfPaZOkfAqlARppR-co4MeDtDw690GoA7nSfuOXreIf_SHjtz_ASz50x0/s320/IMG_4506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188287172911658946" border="0" /></a>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-10987007901254525092008-04-10T19:16:00.001-07:002008-12-10T04:23:18.372-08:00Large Scale Day Three...Today is pretend March 28, by the way. We're on the last day of large scale design and today we're doing event work. The pieces we did today are actually really cool because we all used the same materials and each piece turned out quite differently, but they could all be placed in the same event hall and look fine. Pretty cool. Of course you would want to do something more uniform in an actual event, but it's a neat concept anyway. So, we used the cement base that we poured the other day and made 8ft bamboo decorative pieces. We used the fibonacci code again and it was a lot of fun to do these.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTX_LKoKo10xQjCDmI6DqG2VdTceVZjv6oldqT837ody_3pSG51uqhYVXRPxk00PLhEktMAWhqQsljA9l2haL_Evk0M9pgZT1s8eEnYFUvXOw6DfAVKDPh-TxlV8E5By96XsBWsSdV-g/s1600-h/IMG_4479.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTX_LKoKo10xQjCDmI6DqG2VdTceVZjv6oldqT837ody_3pSG51uqhYVXRPxk00PLhEktMAWhqQsljA9l2haL_Evk0M9pgZT1s8eEnYFUvXOw6DfAVKDPh-TxlV8E5By96XsBWsSdV-g/s320/IMG_4479.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188279626654119650" border="0" /></a>This is mine. It was hard to get a good picture of it because of all the others around it. I created my balance using curly willow, so it's a little bit harder to see the full dimension of it. Also...I have to say that I was quite upset at the end of the day because somebody took mine, so I didn't end up bringing this one home. It actually worked out ok because I didn't really have the room in my car. Oh well! Maybe I should be flattered that someone wanted mine!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPWswPouHKmucdfxO8DP30jzfHkh0esmekM711iik6g6c9lPIFiCjXaQpmYWFYGVMyGeaZq9feJ2PIuqpOdKcmKaD-aPRoMMBbpnFCn8cnPfyVhXK-r_5Gy63gnN2iouYBEqi-X4NaQk/s1600-h/IMG_4483.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPWswPouHKmucdfxO8DP30jzfHkh0esmekM711iik6g6c9lPIFiCjXaQpmYWFYGVMyGeaZq9feJ2PIuqpOdKcmKaD-aPRoMMBbpnFCn8cnPfyVhXK-r_5Gy63gnN2iouYBEqi-X4NaQk/s320/IMG_4483.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188279635244054258" border="0" /></a>Remember the little teepee's we made the other day? They became table centerpieces and end pieces to the table. Here's my lovely creation.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIRpJR07QFtBG2Ge9ZZmXPcSTZ8hZMPlUTJ6BrPkyZqGHR6hC42373ig0UJ9zyexsmv60wZwdjcR8FOeLblL2ksU3DJ4OZ1B8PJjUkRncJQuwgExU6TnzWEWg41bvIPenEpkIFffpZzo/s1600-h/IMG_4484.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIRpJR07QFtBG2Ge9ZZmXPcSTZ8hZMPlUTJ6BrPkyZqGHR6hC42373ig0UJ9zyexsmv60wZwdjcR8FOeLblL2ksU3DJ4OZ1B8PJjUkRncJQuwgExU6TnzWEWg41bvIPenEpkIFffpZzo/s320/IMG_4484.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188279639539021570" border="0" /></a>Up close. Don't really look too closely or you'll see all of my mistakes!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3jcIEoZvNDdQYpvn-FmVLy4IMohYMG9MLwP6aVKm0kayu1DB_ePfkFQwW-2ISW5K_0evPn3_YApI3B8O98GR47NsHk1RxIKRh7O4OoGrHoMewx9OxpzvsRtPg15DWnZKyPnFKlAD3ro/s1600-h/IMG_4486.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3jcIEoZvNDdQYpvn-FmVLy4IMohYMG9MLwP6aVKm0kayu1DB_ePfkFQwW-2ISW5K_0evPn3_YApI3B8O98GR47NsHk1RxIKRh7O4OoGrHoMewx9OxpzvsRtPg15DWnZKyPnFKlAD3ro/s320/IMG_4486.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188279639539021586" border="0" /></a>And this is what the table looked like as a whole when we were finished. Imagine it in an event hall, maybe as a buffet table or something. It was kind of a fun project!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, now I am officially finished with Large Scale design and I know how to use proper mechanics when putting these types of things together. I really am convinced, after this class, that this is the area I want to focus on. I love doing wedding and special event work like this. When I go home, this is what I want to make my business into. I'm actually really excited about it now!<br /></div></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-51887041126399525462008-04-10T18:48:00.001-07:002008-12-10T04:23:19.900-08:00Large Scale Day Two...Today (we'll pretend it's March 27) we learned about decorating different types of wedding tents - an actual wedding tent and a chuppah. We also learned about the fibonacci code and how design incorporates that. We usually do it without even thinking about it, because it has a natural feeling to the human eye. Anyway, so we were divided into teams and each team had a different theme for their wedding.<br /><br />My team was the big tent and our wedding was supposed to be set in a vineyard. Everyone actually participated in covering the poles of both tent styles, and also adding some garland and finishing touches to the large tent before we divided into teams.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVqpMzDdhBfv_fClgkwvrUrMwu9npUtxBv0dRs-ANUXbdlhzq1MY85mXd0stzmhnRLJrp0t1pYxKNnG6yzaEB8TGnaWZZ6JOoMUsp5UKib8hDZQfAcHJoPADqktxvpT-PeRRr_AMVUjM/s1600-h/IMG_4453.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVqpMzDdhBfv_fClgkwvrUrMwu9npUtxBv0dRs-ANUXbdlhzq1MY85mXd0stzmhnRLJrp0t1pYxKNnG6yzaEB8TGnaWZZ6JOoMUsp5UKib8hDZQfAcHJoPADqktxvpT-PeRRr_AMVUjM/s320/IMG_4453.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187799694123562594" border="0" /></a>This is the pole my team did. Lovely, I know. It's covered in moss and curly willow.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMhkmr25X59p5LvVMcvCn8nTf9CYmtZkRb4rzKn0vFPOyjQJco_2gqz9fgxSBk0ecczrJCY1R7EcpH4l-fmx5MLley1_nNmJQcvDtuVZEaHAYYG38vL6cM1rQbFjhi1Mv_CBkhFV8P9Y/s1600-h/IMG_4458.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMhkmr25X59p5LvVMcvCn8nTf9CYmtZkRb4rzKn0vFPOyjQJco_2gqz9fgxSBk0ecczrJCY1R7EcpH4l-fmx5MLley1_nNmJQcvDtuVZEaHAYYG38vL6cM1rQbFjhi1Mv_CBkhFV8P9Y/s320/IMG_4458.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187799728483301010" border="0" /></a>Next, we hung garland all around the top of the tent (made of plumosa and salal), and then we added strings of grapes.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7twmGMlh_580-lkYwlKtMqmhN-CMjpCxC22bZhJBr4hOYe0NT0kA5y1pdMKvOI6glq9gvnQXHLy4BsHp9Iogef0ClRHPYl9f7gbp96oYArADoHS8YDkAOxMk0zkQfSnQXBbxbGvymy4/s1600-h/IMG_4459.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7twmGMlh_580-lkYwlKtMqmhN-CMjpCxC22bZhJBr4hOYe0NT0kA5y1pdMKvOI6glq9gvnQXHLy4BsHp9Iogef0ClRHPYl9f7gbp96oYArADoHS8YDkAOxMk0zkQfSnQXBbxbGvymy4/s320/IMG_4459.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187799711303431794" border="0" /></a>This is the finished tent before we actually added our floral pieces.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSncQEqQ9cuQuKNL-X9eK_BxHbdQ-dt68-jZZgBkmoMrYiklVRFjiXeKGj2wi2hPIIVgOLVI_AjILvJSJ87DwARx9ZLit9LxsiILIvxyAtXO9vVlGMHzIhVyyJ7V6hTTaJD6yHpNQI3TE/s1600-h/IMG_4461.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSncQEqQ9cuQuKNL-X9eK_BxHbdQ-dt68-jZZgBkmoMrYiklVRFjiXeKGj2wi2hPIIVgOLVI_AjILvJSJ87DwARx9ZLit9LxsiILIvxyAtXO9vVlGMHzIhVyyJ7V6hTTaJD6yHpNQI3TE/s320/IMG_4461.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187801227426887330" border="0" /></a>Ours was the "cake tent," so the inner back corners needed to be decorated, since that is what people would see as well as the outer front corners. I did one of the inner back corner pieces and here it is! (roses, gerbera, kermit poms, hydrangea, hibiscus berries, curly willow, salal)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQaINcdp_ArtP7_u8z5ICMsIHR9XCVY2WFs6e-niElnqAknmvvA7N1RveTYayDtPqO5ZVJ2xdnRqdMmuKjc30-fotX0Jth9mhFwFOHJilpwqW_1SHgJduUvmC5NozExkA8J3XWds_N6U/s1600-h/IMG_4463.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQaINcdp_ArtP7_u8z5ICMsIHR9XCVY2WFs6e-niElnqAknmvvA7N1RveTYayDtPqO5ZVJ2xdnRqdMmuKjc30-fotX0Jth9mhFwFOHJilpwqW_1SHgJduUvmC5NozExkA8J3XWds_N6U/s320/IMG_4463.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187801240311789234" border="0" /></a>I also helped with one of the front pieces, but I don't know which one it was..I think it's on the right. Anyway...this is the completely finished project.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokDVk5VSH7I2bL7WhjZ-r7OKDrcjyx9IZXCyrOuCZ012DUSyRejYeEy3OWeNaEw7CJPwzcyXbDk8j1s72irheKVFBqa9v7BjgUqRT9KJ8MQ4p058fyCl2e8mGgx0DAU2ablNxYELLLJ8/s1600-h/IMG_4452.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokDVk5VSH7I2bL7WhjZ-r7OKDrcjyx9IZXCyrOuCZ012DUSyRejYeEy3OWeNaEw7CJPwzcyXbDk8j1s72irheKVFBqa9v7BjgUqRT9KJ8MQ4p058fyCl2e8mGgx0DAU2ablNxYELLLJ8/s320/IMG_4452.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187799685533627986" border="0" /></a>This is our pole on the chuppah. The theme of the chuppah wedding is set in a rose garden.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJ-I-5yA3NPNrQW1XEjrPvUc3EY4ddBhC2DM6Mn_8S1N_7YJo28E44U-UZB5wnPjARpJkK44H1KsQxf01w2gGAbiEH2uaNSQ4dzaNV3HQ1Qo-BSRAJSG2E4e1s8UB04TQGWmbmN4ptng/s1600-h/IMG_4456.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJ-I-5yA3NPNrQW1XEjrPvUc3EY4ddBhC2DM6Mn_8S1N_7YJo28E44U-UZB5wnPjARpJkK44H1KsQxf01w2gGAbiEH2uaNSQ4dzaNV3HQ1Qo-BSRAJSG2E4e1s8UB04TQGWmbmN4ptng/s320/IMG_4456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187799715598399106" border="0" /></a>This is basically what the chuppah looked like before the other team did the flowers.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6280JKEXpCus3hg4hkpGpxUsnbuPKA14hML4FuaOBAOyrJPYJwA1yRUc3TC0jZgQATX02S19J0aL-2Hc3iQShyGiino4yyqE-hFhal_CMcgsvRMUvAn8BjmymLOj9LpRQ9MLLDRNgoHk/s1600-h/IMG_4472.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6280JKEXpCus3hg4hkpGpxUsnbuPKA14hML4FuaOBAOyrJPYJwA1yRUc3TC0jZgQATX02S19J0aL-2Hc3iQShyGiino4yyqE-hFhal_CMcgsvRMUvAn8BjmymLOj9LpRQ9MLLDRNgoHk/s320/IMG_4472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187801261786625746" border="0" /></a>The legs of the completed chuppah. Debbie did the top corner piece, but it's kind of slipping back a little because we didn't anchor them for the class.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IYsf1qBeOsl59WaesgWGAMctTB7npCuuXrNq9hu1RAe0-xdTm4BQCicGDrPC-Z__2tvwZ4hLp2RolrQAUv-B58IhGpY6FYHNdOpEaH6lRnajRuveTLp9ThEZrezjWozp51opqSUM7Mk/s1600-h/IMG_4469.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IYsf1qBeOsl59WaesgWGAMctTB7npCuuXrNq9hu1RAe0-xdTm4BQCicGDrPC-Z__2tvwZ4hLp2RolrQAUv-B58IhGpY6FYHNdOpEaH6lRnajRuveTLp9ThEZrezjWozp51opqSUM7Mk/s320/IMG_4469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187801253196691138" border="0" /></a>Here is their finished project and I think it turned out beautifully. They used plumosa, salal, roses of different colors, hydrangea, and I can't remember what the little star flowers are called.<br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-82567317764141342222008-04-10T18:32:00.001-07:002008-12-10T04:23:22.919-08:00Large Scale Day One...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Okay, so let's pretend that this is March 26 and I'm not a total and complete slacker! This is the first day of Large Scale design and we didn't actually do a lot, but we learned a lot. We talked a lot about the mechanics and secrets of building really large designs, making them stable, and making them transportable. It's a lot of fun because this class is all about wedding and even work, which is what I want to get into. It's also really cool because there are a lot of things they do in large arrangements that you wouldn't think to do. Today we made and poured cement and learned how to use it. Yup. That's right! It's pretty cool.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9Az2-fmTMoxImcanuYmhwucywmPaBi7ac8Sd0bEMFrMFPWPd591h3ptq4DkL-wf_V96L4dL6MFDAowMakFdb-_Km0vkG40ZAzZdQV52fWk1WrdQRQJLHbF_Tg8JDxdPVSNWWXLGM1N0/s1600-h/IMG_4439.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9Az2-fmTMoxImcanuYmhwucywmPaBi7ac8Sd0bEMFrMFPWPd591h3ptq4DkL-wf_V96L4dL6MFDAowMakFdb-_Km0vkG40ZAzZdQV52fWk1WrdQRQJLHbF_Tg8JDxdPVSNWWXLGM1N0/s320/IMG_4439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187795240242476530" border="0" /></a>Here is a tree we hung orchids in cute little vases on. It's just branches stuck into a cement/pvc base but it ends up looking pretty cool.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LZqDaw-ZBnTGoUwT7EzCqOxDHtI-hIRMTh6AaI1ysRQt1eRmu85WdZMQDUY_iYGs2GdvxKO130fRgaCJO40eKOAtxAXc_TvdID64GMVmEYP1cY4jduKz-wxnbMLcFttAjh6lWfONKFI/s1600-h/IMG_4451.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LZqDaw-ZBnTGoUwT7EzCqOxDHtI-hIRMTh6AaI1ysRQt1eRmu85WdZMQDUY_iYGs2GdvxKO130fRgaCJO40eKOAtxAXc_TvdID64GMVmEYP1cY4jduKz-wxnbMLcFttAjh6lWfONKFI/s320/IMG_4451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187795248832411138" border="0" /></a>This is actually the same base but using different branches and materials for a different kind of feel.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97ihyphenhyphenKYZKCuvtzLDRqrlUdEM6oFCMuZ2YEQwB2_MKzoCHpUOTPAVvz-wAL5cuGvhl7e8h9LY7fOtb2ducw-ylc4Zoj-1vI2YEkF8AoZe4Dy2dvt-kAfQxGoskLiogQ6UIo5qwMHBo9Ho/s1600-h/IMG_4441.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97ihyphenhyphenKYZKCuvtzLDRqrlUdEM6oFCMuZ2YEQwB2_MKzoCHpUOTPAVvz-wAL5cuGvhl7e8h9LY7fOtb2ducw-ylc4Zoj-1vI2YEkF8AoZe4Dy2dvt-kAfQxGoskLiogQ6UIo5qwMHBo9Ho/s320/IMG_4441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187795261717313042" border="0" /></a>Here is my dear friend Debbie modeling the teepee frame we made for a piece we will be finishing later this week.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0us18svZsSY4u6yAGLNql0iYfZEzr9vzn5eoA6OrktxzUX8UdcRTr6Zp1GaXbl8TIm7wTGVU3SDGfbekP-6mNK6aCVJSglqc70cyJ97em-OsS_jYh55lJ9ixJbNps0c5QV6taXA_RKPI/s1600-h/IMG_4442.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0us18svZsSY4u6yAGLNql0iYfZEzr9vzn5eoA6OrktxzUX8UdcRTr6Zp1GaXbl8TIm7wTGVU3SDGfbekP-6mNK6aCVJSglqc70cyJ97em-OsS_jYh55lJ9ixJbNps0c5QV6taXA_RKPI/s320/IMG_4442.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187795270307247650" border="0" /></a>This is step 1 of a 3 tiered copper pot arrangement that will eventually look like 1 piece.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOq4-AMV1iJgvIAnTq2T0cfvF00ygBq_1gjwBt7oZVnd55ONa60aGmBC_KZM-YjTFSxA7kVB8byLe-2l9wbIaDcfZKXonDtHN8RWoQsTwow-tuZskEotSDjaI2LzYQfjQ0fN5JjivQono/s1600-h/IMG_4444.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOq4-AMV1iJgvIAnTq2T0cfvF00ygBq_1gjwBt7oZVnd55ONa60aGmBC_KZM-YjTFSxA7kVB8byLe-2l9wbIaDcfZKXonDtHN8RWoQsTwow-tuZskEotSDjaI2LzYQfjQ0fN5JjivQono/s320/IMG_4444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187795287487116850" border="0" /></a>Step 2<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CM5LmBA2m7GERFERKIBrBSI6W16Aqyre-x5fYCO95tTL2K6dAckhYFLHtbzwTZDIoeiTJ-7D6eCLv3f7GhaAoPyvgcA4mjb0NKFoHLyaZrEnh5WMgTzLoMhIh3rJVR7luVwCrvIMA4g/s1600-h/IMG_4450.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CM5LmBA2m7GERFERKIBrBSI6W16Aqyre-x5fYCO95tTL2K6dAckhYFLHtbzwTZDIoeiTJ-7D6eCLv3f7GhaAoPyvgcA4mjb0NKFoHLyaZrEnh5WMgTzLoMhIh3rJVR7luVwCrvIMA4g/s320/IMG_4450.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187795420631103042" border="0" /></a>Step 3 - a beautiful polychromatic event piece that can be easily separated and transported.<br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-9632556377156233492008-02-09T01:22:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:24.757-08:00Day Five...Today was the last day of class, and I won't lie...I had a lot of feelings. I totally loved this class and I'm so glad that I took it because I learned a lot and I gained a lot of confidence in my ability to design and in my creativity. I can't believe I've been in Portland for 4 weeks, and I honestly don't know what I'm going to do on Monday when I don't have to wake up and be in class by 8:30. Thank goodness I start doing some work at my friend's floral shop! When we got our certificates at the end of the day today I read it and got all sorts of emotional inside (for many reasons), because I was thinking "Wow! I can't believe I've finished already!" I felt a sense of accomplishment having finished it, and it also felt great because I have finally finished something that I have been thinking about doing for 6 years now. I followed one of my dreams and now I'm excited to see where it will take me. It feels really great, and I just had a rush of inner emotions that felt very cool. Anyway...so here is what we did today. Also, this is it for the floral blog until March 26th, unless I make something super cool at the shop or something whilst I'm working.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4I18nqznAqYIZOXfzU5kJhrmdRVBMmhC8Slm5eBylbA5k1ZluVXIxc875bjGNlFR_8Z7KUiCnCNGoWUTRycDUwIqWsl_4HILFh_XOxkqmMHO0UUP4Oxrc9LvdoLt-BBTDREHjzKV48MA/s1600-h/IMG_4213.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4I18nqznAqYIZOXfzU5kJhrmdRVBMmhC8Slm5eBylbA5k1ZluVXIxc875bjGNlFR_8Z7KUiCnCNGoWUTRycDUwIqWsl_4HILFh_XOxkqmMHO0UUP4Oxrc9LvdoLt-BBTDREHjzKV48MA/s320/IMG_4213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164910130638508082" border="0" /></a>A lovely topiary viewed from several different angles, shown here.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHGmuYM57oAssREfTmQ0K8cGg7WRI1K9kv_n8kYYxgpWnCanw4UPSKGKP9VjaMugZjWeQfCzEbNGbmZ9QUfoG6qEjtIUY5hNabEovoDQG9O57RJt6jNTnXwF1VZxQAA38X1J0Yg1F3yc/s1600-h/IMG_4214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHGmuYM57oAssREfTmQ0K8cGg7WRI1K9kv_n8kYYxgpWnCanw4UPSKGKP9VjaMugZjWeQfCzEbNGbmZ9QUfoG6qEjtIUY5hNabEovoDQG9O57RJt6jNTnXwF1VZxQAA38X1J0Yg1F3yc/s320/IMG_4214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909954544848866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfu5jBXQKAsp66y10qHmQq0mdCHQ1lXBpDBEI2cOE6qdyI6o55nxxBiGyvVnE8VGpRPhO_d8pG_btz7IG5NgH4lBtr8ECZehS6DhGKUItb7Ubu7D2mTJWenLmNV_ZVsT-YjABpA19028w/s1600-h/IMG_4215.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfu5jBXQKAsp66y10qHmQq0mdCHQ1lXBpDBEI2cOE6qdyI6o55nxxBiGyvVnE8VGpRPhO_d8pG_btz7IG5NgH4lBtr8ECZehS6DhGKUItb7Ubu7D2mTJWenLmNV_ZVsT-YjABpA19028w/s320/IMG_4215.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909963134783474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMMYEE9SlDXMSudxtquzNAS6Yg4iOmxCZpajKCe_oJsWcqXqSd-J8pyIRPzbtv5MoAIyzy4l5jREfuAfvvYtHtWEBw-gdig5Pk7DabBe6k7L9sVP4Mi2ql5B9DPK4ggcD3-woiKk_ILg/s1600-h/IMG_4216+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMMYEE9SlDXMSudxtquzNAS6Yg4iOmxCZpajKCe_oJsWcqXqSd-J8pyIRPzbtv5MoAIyzy4l5jREfuAfvvYtHtWEBw-gdig5Pk7DabBe6k7L9sVP4Mi2ql5B9DPK4ggcD3-woiKk_ILg/s320/IMG_4216+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909967429750786" border="0" /></a><br />Vegetative design also viewed from many different angles, shown here. <br />Note the real live mushrooms and brussel sprouts.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyBjTOiUA0jGgcMmVKcxft4kAazr2D96Bwip3ZBMrOitVG3W53wIGN67tIeaJ78R7dOiTDxLmULtrx0g_rFaySKiWN6sGBeUyKByzP0CEtjWojAwuQCqOFlBFwiAxZMfgGjLwY9diH7U/s1600-h/IMG_4217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyBjTOiUA0jGgcMmVKcxft4kAazr2D96Bwip3ZBMrOitVG3W53wIGN67tIeaJ78R7dOiTDxLmULtrx0g_rFaySKiWN6sGBeUyKByzP0CEtjWojAwuQCqOFlBFwiAxZMfgGjLwY9diH7U/s320/IMG_4217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909971724718098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Fzyta2o5Mmvd9QO2Qet5qzejYyR7XVopf0SPEQ5Z2F-cYrUo-AYZZAtdHKH8Uvr5UWsmakOVlqHzHRPpFZ6bYpUdOfbGvyzRPV_52xarOO70BxYBhOPbfLvlmGYQSxePIROiAXa1A1c/s1600-h/IMG_4218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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It's a geometric cube and please note the cute little oyster I made out of limes. :)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmtzT44Cihn0VMLX7ZPtxgZM9TebohwZgIdCPHtdLnig-hxhvAKJnaSCxisBddRuer_ug-mrFy_jPNQ8MpXkENE3SCTLKyMrgZ7u2iDQFLRgHT51y7GvQze5JZqGzlL0rHQmxfphnIu0/s1600-h/IMG_4220.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmtzT44Cihn0VMLX7ZPtxgZM9TebohwZgIdCPHtdLnig-hxhvAKJnaSCxisBddRuer_ug-mrFy_jPNQ8MpXkENE3SCTLKyMrgZ7u2iDQFLRgHT51y7GvQze5JZqGzlL0rHQmxfphnIu0/s320/IMG_4220.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909207220539298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnT3DnZcr1ZFht9SQkRK8-osugY0cDkCOmvwsSUnX1QC-3UZ0rzETfBnGW1eiy2T2zmA8A-LUlz9q9oumQ_KSMqsQ5aK9zN105QePC41b4EOIDjZUA2mpiGSjcDLE3O7MsXYi8FS5mO0/s1600-h/IMG_4221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnT3DnZcr1ZFht9SQkRK8-osugY0cDkCOmvwsSUnX1QC-3UZ0rzETfBnGW1eiy2T2zmA8A-LUlz9q9oumQ_KSMqsQ5aK9zN105QePC41b4EOIDjZUA2mpiGSjcDLE3O7MsXYi8FS5mO0/s320/IMG_4221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909215810473906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuZrmIfcIDYxQZFUchrYtayRbWIU0w_OzUcAmI7SO1jYPysEq84Z7VYCoVZxrRBiYR-uxKCZA20uHfK09w6yZgAWXvjMnm3eFaurviiutmNA2H1WH9-YZLhsEUWjRQINtQpQ6eZUbhLw/s1600-h/IMG_4222.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuZrmIfcIDYxQZFUchrYtayRbWIU0w_OzUcAmI7SO1jYPysEq84Z7VYCoVZxrRBiYR-uxKCZA20uHfK09w6yZgAWXvjMnm3eFaurviiutmNA2H1WH9-YZLhsEUWjRQINtQpQ6eZUbhLw/s320/IMG_4222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909220105441218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1zJX4NXLsMU-aJaVhVDLLvdO-C4J8pW-I0Y7PRIVjPWyZBmAO5aN5y2D_6JKLvqa86BlYBOp9moakGLSK4qjU-OpovB6ftYWV7Kw-BYA24EtVCp87g0eyThL9jtg-W1OvC8Fu6Yyywg/s1600-h/IMG_4223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1zJX4NXLsMU-aJaVhVDLLvdO-C4J8pW-I0Y7PRIVjPWyZBmAO5aN5y2D_6JKLvqa86BlYBOp9moakGLSK4qjU-OpovB6ftYWV7Kw-BYA24EtVCp87g0eyThL9jtg-W1OvC8Fu6Yyywg/s320/IMG_4223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164909232990343122" border="0" /></a>And here is our Advanced Class. Perfectly small.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Note: the designs on yesterdays blog were indeed mixed up. The first one was a foliage sampler where we experimented with new foliages and then added in the birds of paradise. The second one is the Asian formal linear design (the red one with the ginger, anthurium, uluhe, and kiwi branch).<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></div></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-25779615266053073362008-02-07T17:55:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:25.171-08:00Day Four...Ok, today was the first day of contemporary, so we started with the Asian persuasion. We did three arrangements and they were all really cool and a lot of fun. I really can't decide which style I like better yet - Asian or European. They're both so different and we do European tomorrow, so I guess I'll be able to have a better idea then. That's pretty much the style I've always done though, so it was cool to do the Asian stuff and experiment with negative space and what not. I really like it because it tends to be really dramatic and thought provoking. Anyway...so here are the three pieces we did today. Can you believe that tomorrow is my last day of class for a month? Weird. It went by so fast, and that means that I've lived in Portland for almost a month. Super crazy! Anyway...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tMrsFoUN84P9k0UpgVBe1H7Fl0ZMI2_UHuWv927BooDmuZ1f2GvR0cLMxVkbT6nfklqEQDx5xIdNfWtXNlavFwvifKqoMOx3gMEI_meEakUpCgIBLSOti5CEFJTTigRoLgpOFbzcwQI/s1600-h/IMG_4202+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tMrsFoUN84P9k0UpgVBe1H7Fl0ZMI2_UHuWv927BooDmuZ1f2GvR0cLMxVkbT6nfklqEQDx5xIdNfWtXNlavFwvifKqoMOx3gMEI_meEakUpCgIBLSOti5CEFJTTigRoLgpOFbzcwQI/s320/IMG_4202+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164425243468577906" border="0" /></a>This one is an Asian formal linear design. It's actually only done in foliage for this one and I tried to capture the movement at the bottom with the trailing bear grass. It barely fit in the picture!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q5rMIAOfslj8gJ4ffCTjifTlKHVNONl3JWKuH3b9QPjo01gkfPrI_Ubc_AIQ87SIoJM8FNrCFG5f9fgla8KM4VFm_c1DkBxGXL2Axb4br2vGaZ8ZEBSf62bMgpeqsbKXos02izsJ2Lk/s1600-h/IMG_4206+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q5rMIAOfslj8gJ4ffCTjifTlKHVNONl3JWKuH3b9QPjo01gkfPrI_Ubc_AIQ87SIoJM8FNrCFG5f9fgla8KM4VFm_c1DkBxGXL2Axb4br2vGaZ8ZEBSf62bMgpeqsbKXos02izsJ2Lk/s320/IMG_4206+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164425269238381698" border="0" /></a>This is the same one we did above, but we added in our Birds of Paradise<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1kiXsrNlcTs2wa_45FhpGTz4wSCOypvsWq7JgQgx5Qi8eLajJXYcb77eBvutYr8EuRGzkzu3M0wFo4DjNYTOWREOckgJprFIqNUvPNuA0RAw_cQLdrGI3Zs9xqnQ-rMyph8S2uTFN64/s1600-h/IMG_4208+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1kiXsrNlcTs2wa_45FhpGTz4wSCOypvsWq7JgQgx5Qi8eLajJXYcb77eBvutYr8EuRGzkzu3M0wFo4DjNYTOWREOckgJprFIqNUvPNuA0RAw_cQLdrGI3Zs9xqnQ-rMyph8S2uTFN64/s320/IMG_4208+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164425282123283602" border="0" /></a>Yet another angle of the Asian formal linear.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeGFTjzcg7MBBLLJ4p_klUeR9eZz27BBhATagAz4PfQV2oxD0OtOtTGaPzgDDugrz_NNQk0pfzy867JjLorlMRIN1iCtD68-ljk8yiO5ljnIfkX3Pw2bHtP-cAsR8tEs18X_sjnimUVA/s1600-h/IMG_4209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeGFTjzcg7MBBLLJ4p_klUeR9eZz27BBhATagAz4PfQV2oxD0OtOtTGaPzgDDugrz_NNQk0pfzy867JjLorlMRIN1iCtD68-ljk8yiO5ljnIfkX3Pw2bHtP-cAsR8tEs18X_sjnimUVA/s320/IMG_4209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164425295008185506" border="0" /></a>Shoot! I forgot what this one is called...but it's pretty cool, eh? :) Asian...something... I remember it had something to do with using Fibonacci's code, but I forget. It may just be another take on Asian formal linear. I think I might have gotten the two names confused. Oh well...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0BgB2CB95jdS7Jk9YWG9Np_siaPDa5aPymjKJYBQsHhOE1PFT04YRKlQReqPfEclmjz7OeyCbvv3aqw88y7n8PdB_ubBYIA18xbXgfJEkPY78XY1fw1e9p8PRBJPA4AnIWIfYmB-XT0/s1600-h/IMG_4211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0BgB2CB95jdS7Jk9YWG9Np_siaPDa5aPymjKJYBQsHhOE1PFT04YRKlQReqPfEclmjz7OeyCbvv3aqw88y7n8PdB_ubBYIA18xbXgfJEkPY78XY1fw1e9p8PRBJPA4AnIWIfYmB-XT0/s320/IMG_4211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164425307893087410" border="0" /></a>This is an Asian armature, which means that you use branches or a nest of sorts to stick your flowers into your container. Also, that companion piece at the bottom is done using "petaling," which is apparently really popular right now. Interesting anyway, and fun to do because it's funky and artsy. :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-51661038382120412212008-02-06T18:21:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:26.475-08:00Day Three...Last day for wedding design. :( Sad face for real. I have had so much fun doing this advanced wedding stuff. I think I feel confident enough that I know enough about weddings to want to try a few. I'm pretty sure I'd do all right! So..we made a plethora of things today: a pomander ball (what they're supposed to look like, not like the ones I made for Robyn's wedding.) ;), a composite lily, which is similar to the glamellia we made a couple of weeks ago but different entirely, and we made a flower girl basquette. Love using all of the modern materials and what not and I can't wait to start contemporary tomorrow!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WLNFAaLxfK9FePopbed4X9p0QWok7bV8jBM9nU2IbtSXwUsNp3nmrVeQx9eiCATlqZR5iWj03TYdZ5TbnENPrjyTXBN2wJ0quQc81SDFwqySfoLzPK32q0rhQDfxeytcGW9uXXVYe2E/s1600-h/IMG_4195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WLNFAaLxfK9FePopbed4X9p0QWok7bV8jBM9nU2IbtSXwUsNp3nmrVeQx9eiCATlqZR5iWj03TYdZ5TbnENPrjyTXBN2wJ0quQc81SDFwqySfoLzPK32q0rhQDfxeytcGW9uXXVYe2E/s320/IMG_4195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164059569952996450" border="0" /></a>Pomander ball, aka kissing ball. Note: you actually have to figure out area, etc. to do this one. Interesting...and news I wish I would have had a month ago doing Robyn's flowers!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkKvsHvHtXqSfZozomfFSbp6Jy3JcI1uaghRRQv2l0B2VWOC6AkhfZ2-USg0PyikYB5P3dECcY3a8LZhslafLQC7CO8M0FCnraEcJVTvrDmOJtXu2LRAxQloSISn8mHpGjM56WVOJe4k/s1600-h/IMG_4196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkKvsHvHtXqSfZozomfFSbp6Jy3JcI1uaghRRQv2l0B2VWOC6AkhfZ2-USg0PyikYB5P3dECcY3a8LZhslafLQC7CO8M0FCnraEcJVTvrDmOJtXu2LRAxQloSISn8mHpGjM56WVOJe4k/s320/IMG_4196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164059320844893202" border="0" /></a>Composite Lily<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_JWZIGEuNornoDRlfT5smDVHXPsWhTTSbyBbiIh5_a6fdcPih-3HzZ4vCeqEcNcPoAo7-2lRGnzLnYKIjkNs6CJIDXoRFR19mAGSYz1K_5BPgDboFOkJiGrOA5wZz0NGZ2uYOvd4B1M/s1600-h/IMG_4198.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_JWZIGEuNornoDRlfT5smDVHXPsWhTTSbyBbiIh5_a6fdcPih-3HzZ4vCeqEcNcPoAo7-2lRGnzLnYKIjkNs6CJIDXoRFR19mAGSYz1K_5BPgDboFOkJiGrOA5wZz0NGZ2uYOvd4B1M/s320/IMG_4198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164059325139860514" border="0" /></a>Composite Lily - popular to have these as bridesmaid bouquets because it's one giant, cool looking flower made of multiple flowers.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6Nm-iRGJl51Pcvcc5KM2kT3BIPt73mbuOz9VwP5GHhCUB2UvY1vDJ6CbOLD9Qaw9cZx4FMxsaYn2A2xh_cyadLaVCYpNMXArKGyrLteq-X9rt7T0wmKyuqwTeLgmHbKHAAeMmqfd8dE/s1600-h/IMG_4199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6Nm-iRGJl51Pcvcc5KM2kT3BIPt73mbuOz9VwP5GHhCUB2UvY1vDJ6CbOLD9Qaw9cZx4FMxsaYn2A2xh_cyadLaVCYpNMXArKGyrLteq-X9rt7T0wmKyuqwTeLgmHbKHAAeMmqfd8dE/s320/IMG_4199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164059329434827826" border="0" /></a>Another view of the composite lily.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLBeC3DpyIo_hYwY3u9U1uxtJ56jU0oIFxnojlA1WoQK0BLf2UVYossnVoOJjfAZ4R6BQrcVNfVTscrfm_bKy2uOwRbhH3iQsBzbCYQc57Hwyf1RsIhySIvnfVU53Q04cqqUg_3Gj6BA/s1600-h/IMG_4200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLBeC3DpyIo_hYwY3u9U1uxtJ56jU0oIFxnojlA1WoQK0BLf2UVYossnVoOJjfAZ4R6BQrcVNfVTscrfm_bKy2uOwRbhH3iQsBzbCYQc57Hwyf1RsIhySIvnfVU53Q04cqqUg_3Gj6BA/s320/IMG_4200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164059338024762434" border="0" /></a>Flower girl basquette<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nQ6FJlYQf27PLWJK2eoSxhMO0APghDJqE_Ev1ZOTY5Dg_5QRA_jssPyqZnAFx8bX6NvoYrobfqtIx8HmYMc9bEVZV8BPD5KsHW9PMXZhPpEbskWBUD0ZJXEiNUSTYzONsWK7__vkVHI/s1600-h/IMG_4201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nQ6FJlYQf27PLWJK2eoSxhMO0APghDJqE_Ev1ZOTY5Dg_5QRA_jssPyqZnAFx8bX6NvoYrobfqtIx8HmYMc9bEVZV8BPD5KsHW9PMXZhPpEbskWBUD0ZJXEiNUSTYzONsWK7__vkVHI/s320/IMG_4201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164059346614697042" border="0" /></a><br />Here's the view from the top. It's a little bouquet inside a basket-type thing that we make. <br />Kind of hard to describe I guess, but really cute when they're done.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And in answer to my mother's question: ALL of the arrangements I have made and brought home are either currently perched/hung in various places around my house, or have been placed there, died, and replaced by another. Our house is cold and so nothing dies!!! We seriously live in a floral refrigerator and my house looks like a floral shop. Ha! Good thing my roomies like it. Be prepared when you come on Thursday, Joni. Flowers, flowers everywhere! It really is too bad I couldn't have done this at home and been able to give some of these away so you could all enjoy them. ;)<br /></div></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-79066000109030504982008-02-05T18:11:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:26.704-08:00Day Two...So, here we are on day two of Advanced. Love, Love, Love it! We did weddings again today and tomorrow, and then we move on to Contemporary. Today we did an altar piece, archway, and candlebra. So cool and so much fun! I looove doing the big pieces and I'm super excited because Debbie is going to do the large scale class with me in March now. Woo hoo!! I'm stoked to be taking it with a friend! We brought those big altar pieces home....yeah. I have no idea where I'm going to put it in my house, so it's on our kitchen table. I've run out of room! It's a good thing you can break it down into pieces or I would have never gotten it home! Anywho, we each did pieces of the archway garlands, and then split into two teams to do the arch piece and the candlebra. Deb and I did the arch and Nicole and Tracie did the candlebra. They both turned out beautifully and they complimented each other well.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqflfwGGVFvXogDENFbL702S4-UeW7tQcZDr-1Wjvn6PPMYBPf-qiS0kAavr7RtG4tRVJuilTFdf3Fj_qFHHGWZCG62iTw_thQGbnO7NmguwHTRLqjhUBBP79NU03WViqgqpwHOgKhhNA/s1600-h/IMG_4186+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqflfwGGVFvXogDENFbL702S4-UeW7tQcZDr-1Wjvn6PPMYBPf-qiS0kAavr7RtG4tRVJuilTFdf3Fj_qFHHGWZCG62iTw_thQGbnO7NmguwHTRLqjhUBBP79NU03WViqgqpwHOgKhhNA/s320/IMG_4186+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163686118251641810" border="0" /></a>The altar piece. Note the branches of curly willow inside the vase. I love that touch.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35VfJX743YRRSmQD_oObWeLPqdVZCLHmQSCXGwyYVwm_o4Nc4wvERqg1JL66gJ-wVmV8XhHYqvaVEL7uk4FCEHNi79T7dnZP5SJz-B0I5r2s_cBSKjsbdmc3dNh8BR6nP6JNqkz8JlKI/s1600-h/IMG_4188.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35VfJX743YRRSmQD_oObWeLPqdVZCLHmQSCXGwyYVwm_o4Nc4wvERqg1JL66gJ-wVmV8XhHYqvaVEL7uk4FCEHNi79T7dnZP5SJz-B0I5r2s_cBSKjsbdmc3dNh8BR6nP6JNqkz8JlKI/s320/IMG_4188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163686126841576418" border="0" /></a>Our pieces of garland on the archway before we added the arch piece.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYe2BrOrtY3jXU2C8S7823MuWa5oWQ6g3cZwWHhQHMquNllOORF8p1_cRJfst2KNFOaYpIzPiJ0tHh27duxFjat17hnnZ_vhelSJ4LFuj86V4J1g1WDjes7nBI7smyNvOVUIxku6vM8w/s1600-h/IMG_4189+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYe2BrOrtY3jXU2C8S7823MuWa5oWQ6g3cZwWHhQHMquNllOORF8p1_cRJfst2KNFOaYpIzPiJ0tHh27duxFjat17hnnZ_vhelSJ4LFuj86V4J1g1WDjes7nBI7smyNvOVUIxku6vM8w/s320/IMG_4189+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163686131136543730" border="0" /></a>Completed archway with arch piece made by Debbie and I<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZfFsTR_7qd8AEWL1dASMRCiKM9jRjtbIplsaVUfw4wIbfEdxiSGcj5mu3iDY6pkHH_QA4ry6jR3h1BHysXtBSNB1cVw6rGdAR4XwASxeTzr0RgGniEkoj4W4Jwd9GY2Aivr2mECIBow/s1600-h/IMG_4190+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZfFsTR_7qd8AEWL1dASMRCiKM9jRjtbIplsaVUfw4wIbfEdxiSGcj5mu3iDY6pkHH_QA4ry6jR3h1BHysXtBSNB1cVw6rGdAR4XwASxeTzr0RgGniEkoj4W4Jwd9GY2Aivr2mECIBow/s320/IMG_4190+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163686135431511042" border="0" /></a>Beautiful cascading candlebra piece done by Nicole and Tracie<br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-84308199668212806052008-02-04T18:19:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:28.146-08:00Day One...I'm honestly a little confused. I didn't know whether to call this day one or day sixteen? It's the first day of Advanced, but the sixteenth day I've been in class. Whatever. So...I LOVE the Advanced class!! Oh my gosh - so fun! We have total freedom, there are only 4 of us, and we get all sorts of great materials and expensive, fragrant, beautiful flowers. I'm so in heaven right now. We worked with two of my favorite flowers today, learned a technique I've been dying to learn, and got to use our individual creativity on every piece. AND we got to bring all three pieces home. How funny that three pieces took us longer to do in one day of Advanced than multiple pieces one day in Basic. One word...detail! Well, or I could say that it's all hand work too. FYI - the Advanced class covers 3 days of Advanced wedding design, and 2 days of Advanced contemporary. Today we did 2 new wedding bouquets and 1 corsage. Ok, for your viewing pleasure, I have included many photos!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89zEl3jFF2DPme3URHILK5dFG9qFExT8U9aoFjAb4jz_5mgXbq5_wRpBXvRmhD0VpkhGj7yIIZjgEutQVdVAHseYST2VSFbrxSSK9kN_AiopbNKevD32QH8n5MdsYbvE3ZE-aoJUORV4/s1600-h/IMG_4176.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89zEl3jFF2DPme3URHILK5dFG9qFExT8U9aoFjAb4jz_5mgXbq5_wRpBXvRmhD0VpkhGj7yIIZjgEutQVdVAHseYST2VSFbrxSSK9kN_AiopbNKevD32QH8n5MdsYbvE3ZE-aoJUORV4/s320/IMG_4176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163317408194182050" border="0" /></a>Arial view of hand wrapped bouquet. It has a gardenia, stephanopsis, roses, and orchids in it. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It smells soooo good, but those are some expensive and fragile flowers.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IYuZFkHlUrwnqLlQ8qDaKyY3BXvmK-lby4ov0v4TCYUPSSkidag197jyFCteBzPknZ3aSUNygFMFaNXYeSQ_hOqcKswfEZDNNB8rvRxcJxQXQz0dTFp1m659h5417kQARMLbBwWoCMo/s1600-h/IMG_4177.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IYuZFkHlUrwnqLlQ8qDaKyY3BXvmK-lby4ov0v4TCYUPSSkidag197jyFCteBzPknZ3aSUNygFMFaNXYeSQ_hOqcKswfEZDNNB8rvRxcJxQXQz0dTFp1m659h5417kQARMLbBwWoCMo/s320/IMG_4177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163317416784116658" border="0" /></a>View of whole thing. Those orchids dangle down and bounce when you walk. So cute!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCijeEMwhnpoNmNLXRSx07LsqfCzy2Hajvn1vcEyzEbNl9FEmEHi9i6SI_JlzygYPGzCEIPnYgKFXwiBcqxPMC7vAvizJNK7fUmt4BbbkB4IxbOuOvNb2lzayz1mwbhZwq5DqrU9rsXA/s1600-h/IMG_4178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCijeEMwhnpoNmNLXRSx07LsqfCzy2Hajvn1vcEyzEbNl9FEmEHi9i6SI_JlzygYPGzCEIPnYgKFXwiBcqxPMC7vAvizJNK7fUmt4BbbkB4IxbOuOvNb2lzayz1mwbhZwq5DqrU9rsXA/s320/IMG_4178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163317425374051266" border="0" /></a>Up close and personal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyPzpjLMrAgZmed14tWt_h0mmUqlUwizVu-apOQ8H7Oilhk6vCZbUINAw0SKpwxH-9oQJ5VBPHDvYVaMII29GkcNzfK_Juchq-0faw32_2P2DX-kZxvRjF65eAZ2G7w0epsgztnEXcLI/s1600-h/IMG_4179.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyPzpjLMrAgZmed14tWt_h0mmUqlUwizVu-apOQ8H7Oilhk6vCZbUINAw0SKpwxH-9oQJ5VBPHDvYVaMII29GkcNzfK_Juchq-0faw32_2P2DX-kZxvRjF65eAZ2G7w0epsgztnEXcLI/s320/IMG_4179.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163316905683008338" border="0" /></a>Another close view from another angle. <br />Sadly, I didn't realize how bunny like that bear grass is until I saw the finished product. <br />Note to self: make bear grass loops shorter or at least not the same height.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOLOfpnQrBQffeUU-RIGa12-HUjI29g46aJB7j4B_xFCALHBEtA7j-t2NlB8MCeXXQyqLrxTq6FrGV_OvRfE0yuKT_JDn4gqWe3mdja-RPGZs6QZ4HbUS7e1L5OUxdXv1qQwJEGY6ixU/s1600-h/IMG_4180.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOLOfpnQrBQffeUU-RIGa12-HUjI29g46aJB7j4B_xFCALHBEtA7j-t2NlB8MCeXXQyqLrxTq6FrGV_OvRfE0yuKT_JDn4gqWe3mdja-RPGZs6QZ4HbUS7e1L5OUxdXv1qQwJEGY6ixU/s320/IMG_4180.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163316931452812130" border="0" /></a>Dutch spiral technique of a hand-tied bouquet with tulips.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieF6uJ_WUQeXegOO1i8e38EBTtEc71oSbVEQLhGoR2Fc1tr1vt7QXs0eMqKeSi7Y95uxvAgsJn4_Uyyyix6LyXuXkju33WQ-Bz9NCRM6NMKWBX1nEWD8xt9kR_2m9Rg3fTgXJZTX1ynI/s1600-h/IMG_4181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieF6uJ_WUQeXegOO1i8e38EBTtEc71oSbVEQLhGoR2Fc1tr1vt7QXs0eMqKeSi7Y95uxvAgsJn4_Uyyyix6LyXuXkju33WQ-Bz9NCRM6NMKWBX1nEWD8xt9kR_2m9Rg3fTgXJZTX1ynI/s320/IMG_4181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163316935747779442" border="0" /></a>Arial view of the dutch spiral. Oh, and this one is crossed with lioropes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSUnVzs3mna5I7mCVgiXI9dp6znugrQm_nS4hBu4OGDAylGMqdzpA0Frb6-ttBNPy_M4hlBBOFznwVic0Gnc3theooS8JgR3QN-Pmjx1VW-WSG57Nf2rovVvK-sVXOTMSrAeHmXzPYf4/s1600-h/IMG_4182.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSUnVzs3mna5I7mCVgiXI9dp6znugrQm_nS4hBu4OGDAylGMqdzpA0Frb6-ttBNPy_M4hlBBOFznwVic0Gnc3theooS8JgR3QN-Pmjx1VW-WSG57Nf2rovVvK-sVXOTMSrAeHmXzPYf4/s320/IMG_4182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163316957222615938" border="0" /></a>Front view<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BBrC6E5kiDWDDAl_APxINKr5LDhnfLI0a-xUzdQCFh5MCQOMyRoZ43svxvWJN1uUp5cc_PKNzT5Xt71FdVWRrPS3WFu_ENVfMyseWXMU-kHVaIgs-vBKkBLTIaSTAnC9lK3foX24ckY/s1600-h/IMG_4184.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BBrC6E5kiDWDDAl_APxINKr5LDhnfLI0a-xUzdQCFh5MCQOMyRoZ43svxvWJN1uUp5cc_PKNzT5Xt71FdVWRrPS3WFu_ENVfMyseWXMU-kHVaIgs-vBKkBLTIaSTAnC9lK3foX24ckY/s320/IMG_4184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163316987287387026" border="0" /></a>Corsage of stephanopsis made with aluminum wire. So now! ;)<br /><br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-37487921352015099052008-02-01T20:28:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:28.157-08:00Day Fifteen...The End! I know that's a strange way to start a new post, but seriously that's the end of the Basic Course. That was tons of fun and I'm really glad that I met some fun people and made some new friends. Now that Alyssa has gone back home to California, my new friends are 51 and 53, but they're super cute and I totally love them! This class was awesome and I can't wait for my Advanced class to start on Monday.<br />Today was pretty chill. We took our written final this morning, went to the Portland Floral Market, ate a delicious pot luck with some great Vietnamese food and desserts to die for! Then we picked names and made hand tied bouquets for somebody in the class, but I didn't take a picture of mine. It was pretty sweet though, I must say! I made mine for Ikuko, who is this super cute lady from Japan. After we gave our bouquets to each other, we got our graduation certificates and ate delicious chocolate cake. All in all it was a good day, and I ended up bringing home 3 floral arrangements (the ones we made for our test yesterday plus the bouquet we received). Pam, Alyssa and I went to dinner after school to this really cool place down on the river front. We had super good food and I'm sad to see Alyssa go, but I'm happy that Pam and I will be working together and will also be neighbors for my last 2 weeks in Portland. Good times!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4Tpk2AIw_yf78-An-31UhAp_erdGU2PnqRhKoSD4pa3ksDluyeQiT2-SWdL391DjSpANpkemDDNrBuQwK2ArRnqaz7wf8IMjg4LA4eCmtYJCuZjJmIduls7522_l2gv_q5pmso3jWGI/s1600-h/IMG_4173+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4Tpk2AIw_yf78-An-31UhAp_erdGU2PnqRhKoSD4pa3ksDluyeQiT2-SWdL391DjSpANpkemDDNrBuQwK2ArRnqaz7wf8IMjg4LA4eCmtYJCuZjJmIduls7522_l2gv_q5pmso3jWGI/s320/IMG_4173+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162237945473743570" border="0" /></a><br />Oh - I guess you guys are probably curious how I did on my tests? Well, to anyone who knows me and school...I'm a freak. I got 100% on all of my tests, including the written final. I have to admit though. I was less than satisfied with my practical test. Between the three designs (corsage, bud vase, and arrangement of my choice) I got a 95%. I know, I know..it's still a good grade, but I always strive for perfection. Design is one of those things I'm going to have to learn to let go of perfection on. So, I guess we could say I passed with flying colors. I hope Advanced goes as well.melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-5824247645804764502008-01-31T18:35:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:28.678-08:00Day Fourteen...So, today was our practical test and I'm not so sure how I did. Here's the deal: we had to make 3 different types of arrangements - a bud vase, corsage, and arrangement of our choice in foam. Here are my finished products, but we don't know how we did until tomorrow. I don't feel like my creative juices are really flowing yet and I hope they start by the time I start Advanced next week, because we get a lot of freedom in there. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3BsUqfc5cisNgZmT8aB_SGSVvwZawq13lbo45OU3oWUrApr1H1E6U8lKZW1oC2mbzn5X-zeTuw4Nz-ue7i60Htl8rU6xLTLSsAsQt3d0XpPXDyRP3zxBlyl-B6H8Srw-swlIS9yg47o/s1600-h/IMG_4164.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3BsUqfc5cisNgZmT8aB_SGSVvwZawq13lbo45OU3oWUrApr1H1E6U8lKZW1oC2mbzn5X-zeTuw4Nz-ue7i60Htl8rU6xLTLSsAsQt3d0XpPXDyRP3zxBlyl-B6H8Srw-swlIS9yg47o/s320/IMG_4164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161835696016669154" border="0" /></a>So, here's my final corsage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7hqkFA05l7mU7TNNPRfTN4IaT_7qvK0lRGPMMW8Xo80u70GqUXMMkP6SrZOqxl66SNXsh6yUv1LSY5vs8Sa_Wqr73QC4zaMBJiU4a7I_fHDuUV9Od0b351Lw__Oeh-LNukW1Bt4rEI4/s1600-h/IMG_4163.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7hqkFA05l7mU7TNNPRfTN4IaT_7qvK0lRGPMMW8Xo80u70GqUXMMkP6SrZOqxl66SNXsh6yUv1LSY5vs8Sa_Wqr73QC4zaMBJiU4a7I_fHDuUV9Od0b351Lw__Oeh-LNukW1Bt4rEI4/s320/IMG_4163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161835867815361010" border="0" /></a>Here is my final bud vase. For the life of me, I could not get my rose to cooperate!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB2ytkizkg-ycstSegLx4gZ1qiTLrufJ1Jm692UsPp70MYAWYGIO3up2VdbPaS9h3TCvAXdpc6OEucdvV4bBJOOB4eg6nkiGn00Lz1wiJzodEAOUFa-XNB2N76BvFoNMPw5otmutCMGg/s1600-h/IMG_4162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB2ytkizkg-ycstSegLx4gZ1qiTLrufJ1Jm692UsPp70MYAWYGIO3up2VdbPaS9h3TCvAXdpc6OEucdvV4bBJOOB4eg6nkiGn00Lz1wiJzodEAOUFa-XNB2N76BvFoNMPw5otmutCMGg/s320/IMG_4162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161837383938816530" border="0" /></a>And I thought it would be fun to do an Ikebana design for my last foam piece. <br />This picture isn't very good bc you can't really see the snake grass pieces in the back.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, so those are my final design pieces for this class. There will be more to behold in the Advanced class next week. Ok, I have to admit..I had a minor break down today. We were discussing the business and job aspect of the floral market today and I had all sorts of doubts and fears. At this point, I know that I love to design but there isn't fantastic money in working for somebody. I know I want to work from my home whilst working for somebody else in a shop and gaining experience, but I worry about getting a business started, and building clientele, and doing a good job, and making enough money to pay bills and start a business. I have no idea what I'm doing with my life right now and it drives me crazy because I'm such a planner. It's forcing me to reveal my insecure, high-strung side that I try so hard to keep hidden. I'm having major inner turmoil because I know that I am here for a reason, I know that I love flowers and that this is something I want to do, but I really worry about what the future holds. I guess I need to just have faith and trust that things will work out. So far, things have worked out and I have been blessed immensely since moving to Portland. Oh to be young and in limbo! Ok, deep cleansing breaths...I'll make it through this.<br /></div></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-28216752586847625992008-01-30T19:11:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:30.111-08:00Day Thirteen...Can you believe I only have 2 days left of this class? Craziness. So, all I can say about today is Freedom, sweet, sweet freedom. We are working from a price point now, so we set up a "store" in class today and got to pick whatever flowers we wanted from it as long as it was within our price range. I loved it! We didn't learn any new techniques or design styles or anything today, but we did learn how the "real world" works now. Pretty cool.<br /><br />So, the first design we did was a bud vase. I used dutch iris, daffodils, and bear grass in this one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_mRqxOGmDZeYSFRpx03uEDcOjUsFhj2yXdPUQW0DthxC9427jsTjjK7SbSFEEFyjXAUD5gX5E8uBE0IGQ_Hpn92yedreZ2DlHgrd05TNqn74BCt08g6vbfibVhW72mlccm-lRmyxUfc/s1600-h/IMG_4153.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_mRqxOGmDZeYSFRpx03uEDcOjUsFhj2yXdPUQW0DthxC9427jsTjjK7SbSFEEFyjXAUD5gX5E8uBE0IGQ_Hpn92yedreZ2DlHgrd05TNqn74BCt08g6vbfibVhW72mlccm-lRmyxUfc/s320/IMG_4153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161478522241366418" border="0" /></a>We got more money for the second bud vase and I used larkspur, freesia, and statice.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUx_rTrKsr0S2EP_rnMUCV9mVBNCcBBAK4WsfvlGxMAcSjdX-bFu7GZr_859Z6nm79qiFc0atG4PmzBsqWh_dq0eSlDFgBuWOux9MoFciuemJht0iNzE6uSfGa3YQ8rFmxYNgQDGJNVE/s1600-h/IMG_4154.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUx_rTrKsr0S2EP_rnMUCV9mVBNCcBBAK4WsfvlGxMAcSjdX-bFu7GZr_859Z6nm79qiFc0atG4PmzBsqWh_dq0eSlDFgBuWOux9MoFciuemJht0iNzE6uSfGa3YQ8rFmxYNgQDGJNVE/s320/IMG_4154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161478526536333730" border="0" /></a>Next we got to do full vase arrangements. I used gerbers, daffodils, dutch iris, statice, button mums, and bear grass.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiILDxN5g9OEgPt6y7e_L38lcShyVZ1rUyl8ddIoiuX5F24u6LQvRdafs6IMwxt1jt55LqgbOH-jZpTm2LrwMJZWhXfTbuilEgC4yV9cEVaJXU5kzME06sb8k1-NA-RnWytN1smKJNQFk/s1600-h/IMG_4155.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiILDxN5g9OEgPt6y7e_L38lcShyVZ1rUyl8ddIoiuX5F24u6LQvRdafs6IMwxt1jt55LqgbOH-jZpTm2LrwMJZWhXfTbuilEgC4yV9cEVaJXU5kzME06sb8k1-NA-RnWytN1smKJNQFk/s320/IMG_4155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161478530831301042" border="0" /></a>Front<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunVSN0Sp9bgsN6dbSOJvrlQ-QhMozLvC8gca9w3jooY6INV7_Ecm6Md1_HKlOO2JoFtIb4uf48cFHJRGZ-KFxIIF1yqPQEVZ-tZgUrNrsTcJQhO_vSmApka23HMnWWa7hnPVY2b0fzdY/s1600-h/IMG_4156.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunVSN0Sp9bgsN6dbSOJvrlQ-QhMozLvC8gca9w3jooY6INV7_Ecm6Md1_HKlOO2JoFtIb4uf48cFHJRGZ-KFxIIF1yqPQEVZ-tZgUrNrsTcJQhO_vSmApka23HMnWWa7hnPVY2b0fzdY/s320/IMG_4156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161478535126268354" border="0" /></a>Back<br /></div><br />On the second vase arrangement we got more money, so I used the same flowers from my last one and added some heather and more button mums.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYEGXPLkGCmCHoc9Wu4vOXxX2UJVJgpEyag00_WvPXFebW6Wc5mMH-09u2brrHdQBh7Ulj28v_gf26PQrTzpZzCvs6-9XOqyVVAB2_oZxrovy1wwXb5NjcdM1MfVPhzqSTBqqzFF3lYY/s1600-h/IMG_4157.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYEGXPLkGCmCHoc9Wu4vOXxX2UJVJgpEyag00_WvPXFebW6Wc5mMH-09u2brrHdQBh7Ulj28v_gf26PQrTzpZzCvs6-9XOqyVVAB2_oZxrovy1wwXb5NjcdM1MfVPhzqSTBqqzFF3lYY/s320/IMG_4157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161477839341566338" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Front (kind of looks like it's leaning a bit...weird angle. sorry)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs3KGcdKVmgjMyNqHGQaFbqtOSS9InOPPkzSmHSGcl-PiVVKwTePEoQrSaB6igtoZq_0i3X4UD5ke-IOCI4hyM5NgJ070TIKZl7Ib0KUNwrZ3xAsFUaE_tI0lNVsikIQBid8Cp_8HVgI/s1600-h/IMG_4158.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs3KGcdKVmgjMyNqHGQaFbqtOSS9InOPPkzSmHSGcl-PiVVKwTePEoQrSaB6igtoZq_0i3X4UD5ke-IOCI4hyM5NgJ070TIKZl7Ib0KUNwrZ3xAsFUaE_tI0lNVsikIQBid8Cp_8HVgI/s320/IMG_4158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161477448499542386" border="0" /></a>Back<br /><br /></div>Last we did a hand tied bouquet using the same flowers, but we got more money because we got rid of our vase, so I added tulips to mine and took out the bear grass. Also, I got an extra couple of dutch iris because we needed to use them. :) So...we tied it, wrapped it, and took it home. Lovely!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirN3Vx3Z7ZIh9ytsRCVLNUtE10AI4E69CGVXU6JzM9M_BbKmqLQI_KnRm3cWu_6dGLlTfnu_yi8Wz40irlbgIkQQ1ess8w3PUtW4m6tM4q6mDmupizQbEn-NfCMDaH1Ff5FjT7SJmj8o/s1600-h/IMG_4159+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirN3Vx3Z7ZIh9ytsRCVLNUtE10AI4E69CGVXU6JzM9M_BbKmqLQI_KnRm3cWu_6dGLlTfnu_yi8Wz40irlbgIkQQ1ess8w3PUtW4m6tM4q6mDmupizQbEn-NfCMDaH1Ff5FjT7SJmj8o/s320/IMG_4159+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161477036182681954" border="0" /></a><br />Oh...and we did corsages too. I forgot about that part. I used mini roses, button mums, and statice in mine. Apparently we're getting tested on these, so I'd better get better at making them!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPByp72hRJyTtE30bpvurzaxzB1Adpm5LR5CLChfBunEa1wXLmnW1zaaj_BE6StnX6CFt_iSfVA5ofDWzkRfWHuYXCH_8rAmNYUpEvMLx6FLJoopX3P_ptBMwoJosof2vMRkR6TycYYrc/s1600-h/IMG_4161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPByp72hRJyTtE30bpvurzaxzB1Adpm5LR5CLChfBunEa1wXLmnW1zaaj_BE6StnX6CFt_iSfVA5ofDWzkRfWHuYXCH_8rAmNYUpEvMLx6FLJoopX3P_ptBMwoJosof2vMRkR6TycYYrc/s320/IMG_4161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161476787074578770" border="0" /></a>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-84005372906438742402008-01-29T21:33:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:30.401-08:00Day Twelve...<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">So, nothing too crazy and exciting happened today. It was only raining, so we still had school. We did learn some really cool new design techniques today and we got to bring home both of our arrangements. I'm so glad I don't ride the bus anymore, because the second one was huge! It's really cool because we're getting a lot more freedom in our designs, and Kathy says that this is how the advanced class is going to be. Therefore, if I like what we're doing now I will like Advanced next week. Good thing I thought today was the best day because I'm already registered for Advanced!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzDv6EWPkHQC4yje8Q8kLL1a1sLIDj9gA_xj8db3hYsl0k3XzS1wEBgpwnFDLEHKb1EGHYWX8cy-f3qZYs2qCd-I2epPN4cf70-kpvscR1sia9sTYLu8l8CJcgg2uWSbykWBmdBG9XFc/s1600-h/IMG_4144.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzDv6EWPkHQC4yje8Q8kLL1a1sLIDj9gA_xj8db3hYsl0k3XzS1wEBgpwnFDLEHKb1EGHYWX8cy-f3qZYs2qCd-I2epPN4cf70-kpvscR1sia9sTYLu8l8CJcgg2uWSbykWBmdBG9XFc/s320/IMG_4144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161139503292823794" border="0" /></a>Horizontal Line design before it was critiqued.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUgE6mq83e2idAeIKr4beBu83pMcCInxesMa7GCwap31H2GsmgyoxQhj19TprG6yG3Ri2DF47xRFBE28wuXZhbFP6_zEz2dWY5BScCh_Wt2dz6_D5N14baR_jlzJOkAK_1qgIz2azv4A/s1600-h/IMG_4146+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUgE6mq83e2idAeIKr4beBu83pMcCInxesMa7GCwap31H2GsmgyoxQhj19TprG6yG3Ri2DF47xRFBE28wuXZhbFP6_zEz2dWY5BScCh_Wt2dz6_D5N14baR_jlzJOkAK_1qgIz2azv4A/s320/IMG_4146+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161139516177725698" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaKhqyhcEyVU0RJNmlyM8mHCJk-OBs2hsd1iTpsaCh_7ripDw2jgwSAYVuxXJQTJcaFWHUJAivWfzf3nxYwU3_aRbgI-9iXOYPU15YNNn6mC-9NXEBhRXfBh6AzTQcb1O8lRRzkRfMMQ/s1600-h/IMG_4147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaKhqyhcEyVU0RJNmlyM8mHCJk-OBs2hsd1iTpsaCh_7ripDw2jgwSAYVuxXJQTJcaFWHUJAivWfzf3nxYwU3_aRbgI-9iXOYPU15YNNn6mC-9NXEBhRXfBh6AzTQcb1O8lRRzkRfMMQ/s320/IMG_4147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161139520472693010" border="0" /></a>Horizontal Line design after it was critiqued.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oHnWVjSzHQcGh6jPN-g9ML9DxJqWFT8IIdLBUNM_HYXuw0hfwBTQPEhjB5q_wTXjbDAI_jItmLeomPsq7soCk3ZXKS_JcrrPx5Q8mV6W28RgPEFtp96Ade0eMyoZPbAc-6UPyozO1OQ/s1600-h/IMG_4152+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oHnWVjSzHQcGh6jPN-g9ML9DxJqWFT8IIdLBUNM_HYXuw0hfwBTQPEhjB5q_wTXjbDAI_jItmLeomPsq7soCk3ZXKS_JcrrPx5Q8mV6W28RgPEFtp96Ade0eMyoZPbAc-6UPyozO1OQ/s320/IMG_4152+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161139533357594914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This one was fun! We had to bring something in from home so that we could learn how to anchor interesting items into a design, and Pam brought the glasses I forgot at her house, so...tada! These ended up being huge and they were so fun to do. I LOVE my glasses and I'm glad she remembered them for me.</span><br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-1999969122118580972008-01-28T19:25:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:30.898-08:00Day Eleven...<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This is the first day of my last week and it started out a little funky. We got a skiff of snow last night, so they delayed the schools 2 hours. That would have been fantastic, except for the fact that I woke up at 6:30 to do my study guides and what not for the test today. AND my alarm didn't go off because the speaker stopped working in my phone. Boo for that! Anyway, so I got up and did some homework, got ready, and then went back to bed for an hour before I had to go to school. Weird. It's crazy too, because we actually managed to fit everything we were supposed to do into our day and it seemed like an ultra long day. Weird. Anyway, so we did more contemporary stuff today. We did 3 different line designs, and we got to bring 2 of them home. Yippee!! I'm glad I drive to school now though or that would have been really awkward trying to get all of those flowers on the bus!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NQTw4MEArZPgu7w9aod8IFwi8j73rTqjwhGUe368dg1LcbCvXxwkV5YxfSOraSeRz-b3Ya2a1OtI_dynwICdYa_PsXVN-sEmBU8cfnH-Wbv0Zz4-ulRKJGbzqYx4FPSOT9-n4FXzFG0/s1600-h/IMG_4137+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NQTw4MEArZPgu7w9aod8IFwi8j73rTqjwhGUe368dg1LcbCvXxwkV5YxfSOraSeRz-b3Ya2a1OtI_dynwICdYa_PsXVN-sEmBU8cfnH-Wbv0Zz4-ulRKJGbzqYx4FPSOT9-n4FXzFG0/s320/IMG_4137+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160736278878173314" border="0" /></a>Ikebana (Japanese line design with a Western influence)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDgtBJ0dno5y1JNZ0zV1q3IAK4qtiT0DAvuP3w-IpuxKgwc3WQhW5HHG8sTQDNCUNJ59TKNJog3RpQeFB_VZ4yK0nsq_D35l6HbaBcPqH9wTJTYe5FigR7feJTDo20oTwGJFj1RXaiHU/s1600-h/IMG_4139.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDgtBJ0dno5y1JNZ0zV1q3IAK4qtiT0DAvuP3w-IpuxKgwc3WQhW5HHG8sTQDNCUNJ59TKNJog3RpQeFB_VZ4yK0nsq_D35l6HbaBcPqH9wTJTYe5FigR7feJTDo20oTwGJFj1RXaiHU/s320/IMG_4139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160736330417780882" border="0" /></a>Front of Landscape design. It's supposed to look like a planned garden.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUSVHY1dbX8D01F8w51xPhAhoqVM6djsirNrQxohhYuz7MfKLbGU9zAxaPbSVKzR8hUG7mKV3MVk87iJ9vqk3iJHccAtLXsQMXoT-F_VKhQT9E_cKTFuqZVYRx8aAgyK0y6EkhLpOpaE/s1600-h/IMG_4140.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUSVHY1dbX8D01F8w51xPhAhoqVM6djsirNrQxohhYuz7MfKLbGU9zAxaPbSVKzR8hUG7mKV3MVk87iJ9vqk3iJHccAtLXsQMXoT-F_VKhQT9E_cKTFuqZVYRx8aAgyK0y6EkhLpOpaE/s320/IMG_4140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160736334712748194" border="0" /></a>Back of Landscape design<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuybNda64DNaCODiIeA_rsv1QsvSqDWtYlsozLw5CRLU-FFu94oxWSid-TF9dI7G5N7Nf3L98ZxhjWs5pLUnaXQvh1sDLtSGCQufEz9ukYTMuMpNDTELrXQJP3FU89yLqqgZ5L-y35rnQ/s1600-h/IMG_4141+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuybNda64DNaCODiIeA_rsv1QsvSqDWtYlsozLw5CRLU-FFu94oxWSid-TF9dI7G5N7Nf3L98ZxhjWs5pLUnaXQvh1sDLtSGCQufEz9ukYTMuMpNDTELrXQJP3FU89yLqqgZ5L-y35rnQ/s320/IMG_4141+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160736381957388466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Vertical Line design</span><br /><br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-75273841715484993902008-01-25T18:35:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:34.830-08:00Day Ten...<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ok, two weeks down and one to go! What a way to go out too. We were split into two teams and given weddings that we needed to design. So cool, and what a great experience! It was awesome because we got to let our designing juices flow, while taking what we have learned so far and applying it to our designs to incorporate all of the elements and principles. I seriously had so much fun and we had a great team! Both teams did a FABULOUS job and I thought both weddings turned out really beautifully. Anyway, it was a great day and a lot of fun</span>.<br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzX4cJhNuOcdljq_c6f3YqDXL2A1SO88QW989qKwXu-7v-jz3IT43cetrNaW9Ov95_U-YxDjFMlsymhZo_CgddSAD9AEobX4tNrfQmRJ33PUizcNvcZz5AyIr_Fu8kY7N_ZO-5d6sp6M/s1600-h/IMG_4114.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzX4cJhNuOcdljq_c6f3YqDXL2A1SO88QW989qKwXu-7v-jz3IT43cetrNaW9Ov95_U-YxDjFMlsymhZo_CgddSAD9AEobX4tNrfQmRJ33PUizcNvcZz5AyIr_Fu8kY7N_ZO-5d6sp6M/s320/IMG_4114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610713978779698" border="0" /></a>My practice pew bow...Pollyanna style. I'm bringing it back!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDGNgL8MsA9rZZGqQzF3_3DtKmRx3KBHrZjreYrs5PUwJyzLM4RfJpX1bn_QjP6GywjQdU7bAkiucgrFbtnRGX96lqudpxpYLVUvv22lSGlXvjXjdU3MxqNTwV1nkUgJadkN9mQjX2_A/s1600-h/IMG_4121.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDGNgL8MsA9rZZGqQzF3_3DtKmRx3KBHrZjreYrs5PUwJyzLM4RfJpX1bn_QjP6GywjQdU7bAkiucgrFbtnRGX96lqudpxpYLVUvv22lSGlXvjXjdU3MxqNTwV1nkUgJadkN9mQjX2_A/s320/IMG_4121.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610701093877778" border="0" /></a>The other team's wedding. Garden style in yellows. Gorgeous! They did such a good job!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnN__jWcE4F5zpTp76zhhYj-TyrnBt8Bir5moZwPQMWCA1up6omdij8eUA_0QVLOI_kJoaGvwMhdjBkhx__c0Vo3D3bYKgAWEmeb_OwGo3eJxap9j-im8S7BExtRUckormpUT2C_gzFE/s1600-h/IMG_4122.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnN__jWcE4F5zpTp76zhhYj-TyrnBt8Bir5moZwPQMWCA1up6omdij8eUA_0QVLOI_kJoaGvwMhdjBkhx__c0Vo3D3bYKgAWEmeb_OwGo3eJxap9j-im8S7BExtRUckormpUT2C_gzFE/s320/IMG_4122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610705388845090" border="0" /></a>The other team (l-r): Maryann, Josie, Alyssa, Treh, Sandy<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM7EDbNi0wBClyjzPp5YK3uWyAStjbF9IQS-o5DnPJENa_lY2CIpUrHkiN5jCEQl4WWMGyM8-FU5xA0mF-c1Lc84O29LGEiMe7QZWFM16J9bZbwmgtdZ0ok8jVX6bwt10k2_da2AeMnI/s1600-h/IMG_4123.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM7EDbNi0wBClyjzPp5YK3uWyAStjbF9IQS-o5DnPJENa_lY2CIpUrHkiN5jCEQl4WWMGyM8-FU5xA0mF-c1Lc84O29LGEiMe7QZWFM16J9bZbwmgtdZ0ok8jVX6bwt10k2_da2AeMnI/s320/IMG_4123.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610997446621250" border="0" /></a>Our wedding. Simple elegance in whites and creams. How'd we do?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUk7o_rDRGeO1LpOtDj_OsalhWQGS_-5OtgnAtzt8W0KOQbLdtUXay_cNohvbiplTnpeDaH884ntdE2-HbRqtAEY-SXz5kFePs8HxW7lsghMzCmDMWuY7YB4J2UBtytUaPNVgjN9nurPw/s1600-h/IMG_4124+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUk7o_rDRGeO1LpOtDj_OsalhWQGS_-5OtgnAtzt8W0KOQbLdtUXay_cNohvbiplTnpeDaH884ntdE2-HbRqtAEY-SXz5kFePs8HxW7lsghMzCmDMWuY7YB4J2UBtytUaPNVgjN9nurPw/s320/IMG_4124+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159611001741588562" border="0" /></a>My team! (l-r): Alisa, Nicole, Pam, Debbie, and Me<br />(Note the lovely hair garland we made earlier and I forgot I still had on.<br />I think it gave me my designing juices!)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5Om0i53R_J_tRHqb05hy3f4ki86yH8tyHk2VWV98Km1qZOvreYLtfq6XjkL8QILaBlBjmE_WNsH44iGTkZ-3FBTys1j4rSymQ48pN4BaHHjDf_KqIJ6qH_NO2A7RUD0IU5raNoaC_rY/s1600-h/IMG_4131.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5Om0i53R_J_tRHqb05hy3f4ki86yH8tyHk2VWV98Km1qZOvreYLtfq6XjkL8QILaBlBjmE_WNsH44iGTkZ-3FBTys1j4rSymQ48pN4BaHHjDf_KqIJ6qH_NO2A7RUD0IU5raNoaC_rY/s320/IMG_4131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610683914008562" border="0" /></a>3 Bridesmaid bouquets and 1 Maid of Honor bouquet (made by Debbie)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6960xt5OgnBpsKQUuvaMyghmVFBZtyhMGLVPGQyJmIxOCaROtOT0IplD2UPeNwZijeBpkaFPgjBBGTgjETzV2a8w2xT3BrAuuEFANCbEwnyDbEtDwF9teR4m2ge9P1mXqm-V9BT9PmhU/s1600-h/IMG_4130.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6960xt5OgnBpsKQUuvaMyghmVFBZtyhMGLVPGQyJmIxOCaROtOT0IplD2UPeNwZijeBpkaFPgjBBGTgjETzV2a8w2xT3BrAuuEFANCbEwnyDbEtDwF9teR4m2ge9P1mXqm-V9BT9PmhU/s320/IMG_4130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610061143750562" border="0" /></a>The Bride's Bouquet (made by yours truly)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJ_Jd4fBxaHGswPSZPVOm5aqbU5fPn0iThS_m-wX2u3RjXSGpiCuXgZqOEv1gA1VKhafL3MTyH02CJlx1FlUO3vqJ4xa0hLFYY_l_Mq37PvJ1yMRQu-NxJyeIJo1VR86YKMEGFH8lWxY/s1600-h/IMG_4129.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57JEThIHwxSn14YAkrJ63m2cH_Zh10G6yZaeTVy3yIr3yOAu7U5Fszxofg_yeof-53v-JWITZRVo_A6I_T7pOLCB6_2fIjsX8fNxCkrFCqYv4xnt_YruzL1UJvWsb2-OBk-3QVofxLzo/s1600-h/IMG_4127.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57JEThIHwxSn14YAkrJ63m2cH_Zh10G6yZaeTVy3yIr3yOAu7U5Fszxofg_yeof-53v-JWITZRVo_A6I_T7pOLCB6_2fIjsX8fNxCkrFCqYv4xnt_YruzL1UJvWsb2-OBk-3QVofxLzo/s320/IMG_4127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610082618587090" border="0" /></a>Flower girl's nosegay and Ring Bearer's boutenir (made by Alisa)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_inpjsh68E6snERhDZaWfChNXvnw5kaz4mkWfWP6YoyK59y6_Yk2lgmt61eyyC40dMJAY4hQhDYo1n8mLfEnbI4QVeoykKUt7q_x4Zegz1awztvp54XjoWq_BXm3kzZ5kORlNnzr6YhA/s1600-h/IMG_4126.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_inpjsh68E6snERhDZaWfChNXvnw5kaz4mkWfWP6YoyK59y6_Yk2lgmt61eyyC40dMJAY4hQhDYo1n8mLfEnbI4QVeoykKUt7q_x4Zegz1awztvp54XjoWq_BXm3kzZ5kORlNnzr6YhA/s320/IMG_4126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610091208521698" border="0" /></a>Guest book flower vase (made by Pam)<br /></div><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPlBvu13gPxFNFWIXQBeHJLQqFVMNBeIXLVW_uk4Ch3WrP2jjGvMo3yNzpJDx4v3z7c35hLcaWYfNDTahXSSCY-lafFKtXXOFEHSRCF4USq5ohyEqOWnEItW6cKoSHnpGJnJxs_UzS7M/s1600-h/IMG_4133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPlBvu13gPxFNFWIXQBeHJLQqFVMNBeIXLVW_uk4Ch3WrP2jjGvMo3yNzpJDx4v3z7c35hLcaWYfNDTahXSSCY-lafFKtXXOFEHSRCF4USq5ohyEqOWnEItW6cKoSHnpGJnJxs_UzS7M/s320/IMG_4133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159610692503943170" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Me with my lovely Bridesmaids ;) haha just kidding. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We just wanted to try and get good pictures of our pieces, but I'm realizing I need to take better pictures of my bouquet for my portfolio before it's too late!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMiZWgpGPwLBUvQvcfacKqvURLdjknLFu5KFif5tHTHPRzKlwhCLi-785ORm6uQn56k1QhumCS6mKLN7pTQ7PzCxc0HQnzhU3AmcVwgiDyFdVXd8I0VqJiKXR_C5n7T2f6UmD1GsH4jY/s1600-h/IMG_4134+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLwOMOpswm33-P14zuU5s164vON80_e82P2sFw_FbZAIhmloIKWD7RQZEvishejC_fzcf4aWTexzi-qZuaEyXlCuQfRZohs6vdSKKvjgPk3j6uRMMFMSC5kpsi9jSYAURRJpuM-NuT9c/s320/IMG_4136+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160738258858096866" border="0" /></a></div></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-73136686725458665232008-01-25T00:32:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:35.898-08:00Day Nine...<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Today was wedding day! Actually, tomorrow is the day we actually have to do a fake wedding, but today we learned all of the how-to's for wedding etiquette, etc. and how to make bouquets and a new corsage. I don't know why, but I always forget to take pictures of the corsages we make. Ooops. I guess they're so little that I overlook them. Seriously, this class is super fun but by the end of the week I'm exhausted! Also, it's super late right now because I went out to Hayden Island with some girls from the class. It was a blast! We went out for pizza, toured around the island, and went to Pam's floating gift shop, which is sooo cool! She's the one I'm going to work with and then live in her same condo complex thing for my last 2 weeks here. She's a riot and so is Alyssa. I think I'm actually going to be sad when Alyssa goes back to California. She's a cutie and lots of fun. Anyway...here are the few pics I took today and I will definitely take some good ones tomorrow of our "wedding."</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNXDLadw-v2GnoVFFThCDVVbE3LwtYirYDPSnow5F190PWeKTsMzc8E5J6YeyTt28deVl0xPUnQ1n6EwtxUWo04oQPxWWV6xK6O2mRQryhmHvpnziuJ4EGPEQykEj8DxHz4TIZqrxoe8/s1600-h/IMG_4108.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNXDLadw-v2GnoVFFThCDVVbE3LwtYirYDPSnow5F190PWeKTsMzc8E5J6YeyTt28deVl0xPUnQ1n6EwtxUWo04oQPxWWV6xK6O2mRQryhmHvpnziuJ4EGPEQykEj8DxHz4TIZqrxoe8/s320/IMG_4108.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159330454477813650" border="0" /></a>Round, hand held bouquet<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0h7wncLbOaj37vcqZvb5FZSbh3_NftYVgUiT3_88kpKsE5S_I4GOZD1L4f-N0GKkxtxy1RTxxsh8T75yz0-iGKDI7dI7gr_jnP6mQuKmDGzdI7omKKxcyS18EGHw41KPRY1dK7naHME/s1600-h/IMG_4109.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0h7wncLbOaj37vcqZvb5FZSbh3_NftYVgUiT3_88kpKsE5S_I4GOZD1L4f-N0GKkxtxy1RTxxsh8T75yz0-iGKDI7dI7gr_jnP6mQuKmDGzdI7omKKxcyS18EGHw41KPRY1dK7naHME/s320/IMG_4109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159330274089187138" border="0" /></a>Round, hand held bouquet arial view<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB72ReFc4VAbe9GND22nSzkQOcofMnp1FR-_pc_IEnErexqNVyupRYqhRB8iWptgBW5hOYCnem_5Pc9OtREA7wrmKmpwkPuy8pxEVAcfKbua971EC4EOw-MZYFzisaNHuREU3w491QF8U/s1600-h/IMG_4110.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB72ReFc4VAbe9GND22nSzkQOcofMnp1FR-_pc_IEnErexqNVyupRYqhRB8iWptgBW5hOYCnem_5Pc9OtREA7wrmKmpwkPuy8pxEVAcfKbua971EC4EOw-MZYFzisaNHuREU3w491QF8U/s320/IMG_4110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159330286974089042" border="0" /></a>Cascading hand held bouquet. Seriously...who's had one of these since 1988??<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoRxXVlZbvJ09is3RYAkmyuYd-CaKmZrmNZ_LrPu8ACNYvjSCPF773uLNmcjWp072vZwbbiJMXkXg1687rffZ5urA9TW1KVTojemLpAj-GlD_5MTh9iRUD4jUQnSWqKE2_3OCaH3VPiY/s1600-h/IMG_4111.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoRxXVlZbvJ09is3RYAkmyuYd-CaKmZrmNZ_LrPu8ACNYvjSCPF773uLNmcjWp072vZwbbiJMXkXg1687rffZ5urA9TW1KVTojemLpAj-GlD_5MTh9iRUD4jUQnSWqKE2_3OCaH3VPiY/s320/IMG_4111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159330291269056354" border="0" /></a>This one is more of an arial view, but not really. Oh well!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMNBFoU23Pg-c2d9w8-vV31PxbauNpOEnH-hFFPyP16_VTmklrqHlmkqzRHfMgCwoQW8sUcyN7c-KfR-vKSC-Wf02UXhCED9_Jf1W3oYi-diP7-f5BpV_8UWUPu_4zFBMN3hPMSjUKk0/s1600-h/IMG_4112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMNBFoU23Pg-c2d9w8-vV31PxbauNpOEnH-hFFPyP16_VTmklrqHlmkqzRHfMgCwoQW8sUcyN7c-KfR-vKSC-Wf02UXhCED9_Jf1W3oYi-diP7-f5BpV_8UWUPu_4zFBMN3hPMSjUKk0/s320/IMG_4112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159330304153958258" border="0" /></a>Alyssa and I in the wicked glasses Pam let us bring home from the shop!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirznkfx9dwVGwPOi9P6SeWbLfht-YJtVs3Ua4_IjV3uG80Z7Y2Nd-4Eam18mEAv0ciN4HSOYo5TWfQuPxSy4Ffm90KfeE93BV0EsVZskMNoHdkrloxA0iIQn_iGl23BSaQFVnsY7JnLOM/s1600-h/IMG_4113.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirznkfx9dwVGwPOi9P6SeWbLfht-YJtVs3Ua4_IjV3uG80Z7Y2Nd-4Eam18mEAv0ciN4HSOYo5TWfQuPxSy4Ffm90KfeE93BV0EsVZskMNoHdkrloxA0iIQn_iGl23BSaQFVnsY7JnLOM/s320/IMG_4113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159330312743892866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Pam, Alyssa and I modeling the latest fashions in plastic sunglasses.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">She told us we could keep them, but I forgot mine at her house. :(</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">p.s. to all of you who have checked out my blog and commented on my work, thanks so much! I really appreciate the support in my little adventure. It's nice to know I have friends and family who still check up on me and care about what I'm doing, and encourage my creativity. It helps a lot and I'm very grateful for it. :)</span><br /></div></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-10587398144876605622008-01-23T19:40:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:37.837-08:00Day Eight...<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Wow! Can you believe I'm already more than halfway finished my basic class? I can't believe how fast time has gone by and how much we've done already. Today was a good day because it was all about roses. Beautiful! I know they say a rose is a rose, or something like that, but I must say that I lucked out and got some really beautiful roses in class today. I got a different variety than everyone else and they were all really jealous bc mine were so visually interesting. I think they're called the Fashion rose, so they're kind of an orangey-cream color on the inside and a deep red on the edges, so they look almost velvety. Very cool. Anyway, we did vase arrangements and arranged a dozen, half dozen, single bud, and triple bud vase. Then we got to do hand-tied bouquets which are slightly difficult...especially bc I dropped mine right as I was tying it all together at the end. Nooo! Luckily my teacher and I both saved it before it fell too far and completely fell apart. I actually think it ended up better than it was before! Who knew?! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TTYGUH-qzuFmrZm-ZYc-ov_OjBt6HgpgnQh774HQj02pmoXfyBf0-O7O_QCsBLiWMgG2nRr4Q6GUXMF2iI_pozuZQ2deGVNr87xWmLb3gD1y0HyXZt6DT3oS5X2QelSJdgy6zyIgTZQ/s1600-h/dozen+attempt+1-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TTYGUH-qzuFmrZm-ZYc-ov_OjBt6HgpgnQh774HQj02pmoXfyBf0-O7O_QCsBLiWMgG2nRr4Q6GUXMF2iI_pozuZQ2deGVNr87xWmLb3gD1y0HyXZt6DT3oS5X2QelSJdgy6zyIgTZQ/s320/dozen+attempt+1-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158884636872488610" border="0" /></a>First attempt at a dozen roses<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYMsC0DS_-in0WjrXNDlofoL7-8PFWPqEpBFNziDTCvPY3FuQ2wwYWl0TYmLlg6JFKNjYfsBwiVNYzfmaqzNfFn7_IxUgyZ2EmV2xtGtdMIs-QIkxQGNI1VyZ4vyUpm97-5q3fFh_GF4/s1600-h/IMG_4094.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYMsC0DS_-in0WjrXNDlofoL7-8PFWPqEpBFNziDTCvPY3FuQ2wwYWl0TYmLlg6JFKNjYfsBwiVNYzfmaqzNfFn7_IxUgyZ2EmV2xtGtdMIs-QIkxQGNI1VyZ4vyUpm97-5q3fFh_GF4/s320/IMG_4094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158884645462423218" border="0" /></a>Another view of the first attempt at a dozen roses.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AMJcRVNQugmKMY02PCsB-m-13iwYTJvhSTIuS9jQX2vEzKpO1zhooZoPjFvcrYxUk0h2RJ2Aiw0UqWrqrHvuknAAFJHydEV8KxWDEf-kWWXsKQdHzzTB819ZDokyktjRVmTIij76I8k/s1600-h/IMG_4097.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AMJcRVNQugmKMY02PCsB-m-13iwYTJvhSTIuS9jQX2vEzKpO1zhooZoPjFvcrYxUk0h2RJ2Aiw0UqWrqrHvuknAAFJHydEV8KxWDEf-kWWXsKQdHzzTB819ZDokyktjRVmTIij76I8k/s320/IMG_4097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158884662642292434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Second attempt at a dozen roses. I hope this one is better!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC0pO_ha5aM86x5XFJG8KYj5Oh9DwlfdyfsIyH6Mj0VYcmCMfut3fTARBHVPX6L7LY0KGRaaFtWdxlGH3OFHHkzN8mMjN3IdE5l3CwZ6K3OYWzccGGv78W2RhbztwRZfAZYlrIMDxwhY/s1600-h/half+dozen+attempt+1-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC0pO_ha5aM86x5XFJG8KYj5Oh9DwlfdyfsIyH6Mj0VYcmCMfut3fTARBHVPX6L7LY0KGRaaFtWdxlGH3OFHHkzN8mMjN3IdE5l3CwZ6K3OYWzccGGv78W2RhbztwRZfAZYlrIMDxwhY/s320/half+dozen+attempt+1-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158885616125032162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">First attempt at a half dozen roses</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5YecvZZQFf0ZxQ_tcAJaXKi6MeZLWRIbaN4VBDhd5x4eFbs6LVKzWs8vXJ70f5GfE4ZFi23KOpi1vX8TFijnc9EBSztgjRK9oNhqhtOb4O8unsSlqLYSF2NpJVreJM4tIOvplS5qfq8/s1600-h/IMG_4100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5YecvZZQFf0ZxQ_tcAJaXKi6MeZLWRIbaN4VBDhd5x4eFbs6LVKzWs8vXJ70f5GfE4ZFi23KOpi1vX8TFijnc9EBSztgjRK9oNhqhtOb4O8unsSlqLYSF2NpJVreJM4tIOvplS5qfq8/s320/IMG_4100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158885620419999474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Second attempt at a half dozen roses.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37fD-YR-YJqFlkZ_b3xakUpY8pRHGgHmWKIHEauZxY2t4nVkDvHN9JXyxvojlAab7IBBbbdK2S4Nle4VW7Jk2aGpulVjvKmtUqwhf0EvCJRyam_To_gmOwzDv1MyY-PFNPegdfRw7an4/s1600-h/half+dozen+attempt+2-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37fD-YR-YJqFlkZ_b3xakUpY8pRHGgHmWKIHEauZxY2t4nVkDvHN9JXyxvojlAab7IBBbbdK2S4Nle4VW7Jk2aGpulVjvKmtUqwhf0EvCJRyam_To_gmOwzDv1MyY-PFNPegdfRw7an4/s320/half+dozen+attempt+2-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158885624714966786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Kind of an arial view of the half dozen roses again.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5CefpdG0m0583SuT2LdAzk3jfwtDAQjKYM1ttUhPV-hBrTRnooxtJIBttBw9YTCmMmxE_OuarY-xJ8x2N33DRZq3OTgKobbsyPU2-VAK29yWWLAQTxTjNA05yKzPPqwY7LQbTYgVNww/s1600-h/IMG_4102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5CefpdG0m0583SuT2LdAzk3jfwtDAQjKYM1ttUhPV-hBrTRnooxtJIBttBw9YTCmMmxE_OuarY-xJ8x2N33DRZq3OTgKobbsyPU2-VAK29yWWLAQTxTjNA05yKzPPqwY7LQbTYgVNww/s320/IMG_4102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158885629009934098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Single rose bud vase.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Sy2w0vrLl_KlRPSyFCs9b7mVMyzdensfQV3o-ReLsZ5uAoWvwZYdpIxER4Y1pT4di_bVnLvrLX-wxePxOGdIGFwNR6kdtMjTK3xUO_KneBO9TW7acpxTj-ZvUazTc5igeMZ_zG3NpRg/s1600-h/IMG_4104.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Sy2w0vrLl_KlRPSyFCs9b7mVMyzdensfQV3o-ReLsZ5uAoWvwZYdpIxER4Y1pT4di_bVnLvrLX-wxePxOGdIGFwNR6kdtMjTK3xUO_KneBO9TW7acpxTj-ZvUazTc5igeMZ_zG3NpRg/s320/IMG_4104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158885633304901410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">3 rose bud vase</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZoWprMihywIxxxddS6dG8khQ_IE_Nu9oK73beHRvLI6wAypbkzA0Baf2VFBE2F55_terQeTGpxfzPg6Yai5fuUDMDEC9ZS_TXD8fYn-H1wk3Q5L3s4qCfWP3X2AqR7XQVV2ykHPJmGs/s1600-h/hand+tied+take+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZoWprMihywIxxxddS6dG8khQ_IE_Nu9oK73beHRvLI6wAypbkzA0Baf2VFBE2F55_terQeTGpxfzPg6Yai5fuUDMDEC9ZS_TXD8fYn-H1wk3Q5L3s4qCfWP3X2AqR7XQVV2ykHPJmGs/s320/hand+tied+take+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158885770743854898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hand tied bouquet</span><br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013452133219387087.post-9533092062865252822008-01-22T21:58:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:23:39.109-08:00Day Seven...<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Whew! Kind of a big day today...literally. We continued in sympathy designs today and did a few new, fun things. We learned 2 new easel sprays - we only got to choose one though, so I don't have both of them pictured. We finally did a casket spray too, which was interesting. It was a group project, so that put a whole new spin on things. I think ours turned out pretty well though. We also did a composite flower, which is taking apart several flowers and making one out of them. It was actually pretty cool and I really liked doing it. Then, to top it off we made cute little corsages.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I would never have guessed this, but learning and designing for 8 hours a day wears me out more than a full time job! By the end of the day I am beat! AND I'm even getting like 8 hours of sleep a night because I go to bed so early. Who knew? And I'm not the only one! We all drag ourselves out of there at the end of the day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Oh! So today one of the girls cut practically the whole tip of her thumb off with her floral knife and I first-aided it all better! For some reason blood doesn't really bother me, but I could never go into the medical profession. That's just too much - sorry Megan!</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ok, big news too that I haven't shared yet...there is an opening for a one-year paid internship in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand in the floral department. How cool would that be?! Can you imagine the experience and the networking that could be gained through such a great opportunity and what kind of business I could build off of that? Wow. I'm sooo applying for it! Cross your fingers!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_QpwBBp5kzyvHOvqbKo9Job2X6TqshV9mA6T3U2ePL0_ELCJFFbN0Zwt_I4k-1ObEdMt0be1ptGrgP1UjQsfqs1Vh5u1G_8oA2MiUY9mXiqJfDOSfaD5GZpvBU1TzkhqngRY-nsN-9Y/s1600-h/IMG_4078+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_QpwBBp5kzyvHOvqbKo9Job2X6TqshV9mA6T3U2ePL0_ELCJFFbN0Zwt_I4k-1ObEdMt0be1ptGrgP1UjQsfqs1Vh5u1G_8oA2MiUY9mXiqJfDOSfaD5GZpvBU1TzkhqngRY-nsN-9Y/s320/IMG_4078+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158549715322746162" border="0" /></a>Cameo easel spray. My form is a little weak on the top bc I had<br />a wilty fern, so it looks empty up there in the picture. My bad.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHa99bv_c6FsWHP7lPyH5q8uos1KBSM_KncDdreqfGHqHRgi23AJbSQEa-2LYX4AJ4dC9g14FuPZUjU1SwX1869KxXChabe0KN7oG3gO8Z0ZezRSUIb7OdLrW7q8jWgGhjIktd1ZC9_pE/s1600-h/IMG_4081+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHa99bv_c6FsWHP7lPyH5q8uos1KBSM_KncDdreqfGHqHRgi23AJbSQEa-2LYX4AJ4dC9g14FuPZUjU1SwX1869KxXChabe0KN7oG3gO8Z0ZezRSUIb7OdLrW7q8jWgGhjIktd1ZC9_pE/s320/IMG_4081+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158549723912680770" border="0" /></a>Here's half of the class (my group) with our casket spray.<br />l-r: Nicole, Maryann, Yours Truly, Alyssa, Pam, and Eukoku (I have no idea how to spell her name bc she's from another class and is only here for a couple of days. Oops.)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rJHMjg0IqklwntTpPeHHjJRNbN6bTgBXJcRs3gwwikTlg6zGnDQDCFsA4gHIgxTNSlBqGn1Jlg3hqa63rqT_Bz2HADY4kFVRs6H6NmnAfG1zAdcdfoAhX3ukpdaZJNmm5Y28Uqcawnw/s1600-h/IMG_4082.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rJHMjg0IqklwntTpPeHHjJRNbN6bTgBXJcRs3gwwikTlg6zGnDQDCFsA4gHIgxTNSlBqGn1Jlg3hqa63rqT_Bz2HADY4kFVRs6H6NmnAfG1zAdcdfoAhX3ukpdaZJNmm5Y28Uqcawnw/s320/IMG_4082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158549736797582674" border="0" /></a>Front of casket spray<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MHTQJRS6pOBXT29Bv0peaJwP5EsRgnvOto5Ua0IJgh-cgKhMh0RFyHjyHi-btjWShwRSrKpof64ESataOu7axLNiYpHBFYohL54ZixSqIrJ8OgjyMCRqxg3jna556b31HwprVYGoQ_w/s1600-h/IMG_4083.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MHTQJRS6pOBXT29Bv0peaJwP5EsRgnvOto5Ua0IJgh-cgKhMh0RFyHjyHi-btjWShwRSrKpof64ESataOu7axLNiYpHBFYohL54ZixSqIrJ8OgjyMCRqxg3jna556b31HwprVYGoQ_w/s320/IMG_4083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158549745387517282" border="0" /></a>Sort of arial view of casket spray<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhkKCHQcX0ZdQGoFS29E53XmxCo7tiD1dqLl4jwmMGX2T2_KW67RhfTGHErW_qC8DiH1Rh9pl5Q1xhZ5SEB0kWskogx22XcAGiD9pa8SjXB6PkeFSOGAm5kOqFl2qqJMLgiVfrrRaT1c/s1600-h/IMG_4084+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhkKCHQcX0ZdQGoFS29E53XmxCo7tiD1dqLl4jwmMGX2T2_KW67RhfTGHErW_qC8DiH1Rh9pl5Q1xhZ5SEB0kWskogx22XcAGiD9pa8SjXB6PkeFSOGAm5kOqFl2qqJMLgiVfrrRaT1c/s320/IMG_4084+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158549749682484594" border="0" /></a>Side view of casket spray<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Ok, here's where things got really cool...Take two gladiola stems, dissect them, glue them back together, and what do you get? A Glamellia!<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNgPlB6a72QepRKZEsz395JF3ptk2zMOKGAh_xAsdKfYaFxleQVR91Ci7LlI0fd4ZEXs7dBhr5zLBy9-xHK3wHjZ84ApM33Ri2Mlk77KYrsiWYRJXN71U0FWzcMiGh48NoMAd-BjICPI/s1600-h/pdos013053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNgPlB6a72QepRKZEsz395JF3ptk2zMOKGAh_xAsdKfYaFxleQVR91Ci7LlI0fd4ZEXs7dBhr5zLBy9-xHK3wHjZ84ApM33Ri2Mlk77KYrsiWYRJXN71U0FWzcMiGh48NoMAd-BjICPI/s200/pdos013053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158553082577106418" border="0" /></a>Gladiola (what we started with)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj815BYo8Z4c7SQqCEZ3DaXN40Sl_06r0_O88_l9hsTSqYvPoUmEk7pstJrAJdhFZKQbvCamO0PeazNwNSSJhmcpQY7r8w-EKRqmU1dk3on-YjR5ZgcrkvsRjjRUJ699zu0ODsWldrfPIA/s1600-h/pure-white-camellia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj815BYo8Z4c7SQqCEZ3DaXN40Sl_06r0_O88_l9hsTSqYvPoUmEk7pstJrAJdhFZKQbvCamO0PeazNwNSSJhmcpQY7r8w-EKRqmU1dk3on-YjR5ZgcrkvsRjjRUJ699zu0ODsWldrfPIA/s200/pure-white-camellia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158552305188025826" border="0" /></a>Camelia (the flower we're "making")<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZIzqE91SHQ6F5jThYstKmgh5mbpxrdHOmqIc2uebIEUZUpky1y-Ptu2yZJXcCiu21aef6QNZimEeKfcxWVjI-uk3rMSUSD-D4R7PflrngGZp5Btmm8SRajXSketXIcyo5sGWlKATrQg/s1600-h/IMG_4090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZIzqE91SHQ6F5jThYstKmgh5mbpxrdHOmqIc2uebIEUZUpky1y-Ptu2yZJXcCiu21aef6QNZimEeKfcxWVjI-uk3rMSUSD-D4R7PflrngGZp5Btmm8SRajXSketXIcyo5sGWlKATrQg/s320/IMG_4090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158558300962371074" border="0" /></a>The end result! I think mine turned out pretty darn good. In all the areas of my life that I struggle with in patience, I made up here! Totally worth the wait!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCl3-viKF1lwcHigqSUxud8qLFAXfl8FEhnl3ndhECgKPC1u90gX984w2rE7C5oRzYPd1_izWT63yh3-sx1U55-dENIjKHLDP7FCr22UenJFR8hkNk_Jy654B6Uz5IPnsY3bK-BwoA_Y/s1600-h/IMG_4089+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCl3-viKF1lwcHigqSUxud8qLFAXfl8FEhnl3ndhECgKPC1u90gX984w2rE7C5oRzYPd1_izWT63yh3-sx1U55-dENIjKHLDP7FCr22UenJFR8hkNk_Jy654B6Uz5IPnsY3bK-BwoA_Y/s320/IMG_4089+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158558305257338386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">My cute little corsage. We learned some pretty cool stuff about how to take apart larger flowers and create smaller ones out of their parts to use in corsages. Cool stuff!</span><br /></div>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754488012091538756noreply@blogger.com1