Steel stand for opening ceremony

This is my 1st time to work on an opening ceremony arrangement. Steel stand arrangement is one of a kind.

By another student

Demo

By me

Floral fruit arrangement

It has been a long time since I had taken lesson. There are many distractions for the past few month. Finally I had taken 2 proper lessons today.

This is a floral fruit arrangement. It uses fruit and flowers to make up the arrangement.

Demo

By me!
Top view
lower level view

Greenthumbs event @ East Coast Park

This event was organised by National Parks Board. It launches the new certification system via workforce skills qualifications body.

My fellow classmates and myself attended this event mainly to take part in the floral arrangement competition. This was my first time taking part in a floral arrangement competition. My main objective is not to win but to gain experience in competition and see what other floral arrangers create in their arrangements.

There were 2 designs that had to be done: a hand bouquet and a table arrangement. We were given a set of flowers to use for each design and have to complete in one hour for each.

I was quite lost when I first saw the flowers given to me and I did not know how I should create each design. Trial and error a few times before I created something. These are the designs which I had completed.

The photo below was the winner's floral arrangement. I'm impressed with his works.

Table arrangement practice pieces

Another catergory for the competition will be table arrangement. Therefore we also practice them.

My arrangement

My classmate's arrangement

Hand Bouquet practice pieces

We will will be participating a floral arrangement competition next Saturday. There are catergories in this competition. One will be on hand bouquet. We went for practice today for our competition.

My bouquet 1

My bouquet 2

My bouquet 2 (Side view)

My classmate's bouquet( Side view)

My classmate bouquet

A call from Workforce development agancy (WDA)

I received a call from WDA this afternoon for my certificate collection ceremony. She informed me that it will be in September.

I'm not very sure which cert I will be collecting. Is the the cert for workplace, safety and health course organised by my school which I attended last Saturday. Or, is is for my floral exams which I had taken?

Anyway, I will know when I go there. She also added if I am interested to be interviewed by the media that day. I was very surprised and lost. I replied to her that I was still unsure because I am not very confident to speak in front of the media. However I would also like to have a chance to experience what was like to be interviewed.

I think this will be an exciting event for me. If media comes to interview me that day, I think I will try. There will always be 1st time.

Bridal Exams over!

I havd been busy preparing my bridal floral exams for the past month and its now finally over!
Here are some of the exam pieces which I had done. I feel that this exam is the most difficult exam among the 3 exams which I had taken.

Wire Bouquet

Wrist corsage, pin corsage and head piece

Bridal Car

Round Hand bouquet

Hamper exam

Sorry that I have not been updating my blog these days.

I have been busy preparing and practising for my hamper exam which I had completed today. Phew! Seo far so good! These are the two types of hampers which I had done today.

Western style

Pyramid style (Front)

Pyramid style (back)

My next challenge will me exam on bridal services. It will be the most difficult one among all my exams in this school. I will be busy preparing for it!

Pin Corsage

Pin corsages are commonly used in weddings and formal ceremonies for VIPs. Its can look simple and grand. Here are 2 kinds of designs: 1 with fillers flower caspia and ribbon; 1 with very simple look - just a ribbon only.

Pin corsage with caspia and ribbon

Pin corsage with ribbon only (more natural look)

Wrist corsages

I requested my intructress to teach me to make wrist corsage. So its a wrist corsage day for me today! Together with my intructress, my classmate and myself we tried making a few designs.

By us

By my classmate

By my classmate

By my instructress

By me

By me

By my instuctress

By me

Hanging design

Hanging design are usually placed on the walls or doors. The flowers and foliage are arranged such that they look flowing. Flowers and foliage with soft stems are usually used. For example, turlips, ivy leaf, onion leaf and anethum leaf were used in arrangement below.

There are many ways to arrange this design. My instructress and myself had tried a few designs.

Traditional Biedemeyer

Traditional biedemeyer is a round shape design consisting of mixed flowers and foliage of different layers.



The flowers and foliage used in this biedemeyer are geberas, carnation, anethum, tea leaves, banksa and cordyline leaves.

Demo set

Done by me