flowers! ; a bit of something different

Hey, back again. So within the last months (after mother's day) two of our excellent European florists; one had gone on holiday for a month and the other, my trainer left Australia to go back home to start a new. So my point, because of shortage of 'senior' florists I had to step up and take a few of their places in the workplace. So here is some of my 'not-so-ordinary' bouquet works.

 

Couldn't resist but to finish off with a rose posy with ivy and berzillia berry.

Flowers flowers and more flowers!

And for the flower segment. We are well into autumn now, just days away from winter technically speaking. And oh am I loving it!

Speaking of autumn, while working at one of the shops I did get a chance to make an autumn stlyed wedding bouquet. One of those customers who decide to call up on a Sunday and its a bit like 'Oh I need a wedding bouquet for tomorrow, but I don't want this this this and want only this'. Yeah.. buddy, not gonna happen. But in the end we did end up negotiating for an autumned styled bouquet. Well.. on a Sunday you are kind of stuck with the flowers you have in the shop at the time. But seeing as the guy who called up wanted an all red bouquet and absolutely no roses.. hmmmm.....

So the next morning, he came to pick up this. I was told that he was very pleased with the bouquet and said it was perfect. NOTE: it was JUST for a photoshoot.
And I kinda quessed, you know trendy, out of the norm kinda stuff you would see in the magazines. (obvisouly not pretty frilly magazines. But more style, fashion mags.

And here is Miss 'Stellar'. On of our catalogue products which has been kept from mother's day. Honestly none of them are true to what is displayed on the website flower wise. But a florist works with what she or hes got!




And last but not least. A trio of vases put together with what I could find in the shop. Each vase with a colour and texture of their own.

Mothers Day recap

Hiya, survived the mother's day period. 'N I'm back with some photos from the spastic week that I had at work. I wish I could've taken more photos during the week, but it was waaaayyy too busy and hectic for me to stop . But will have to make do with what photos I did manage to sneak, hehe.
Just under a thousand orders went out this year for mother's day, so we did better than last year. So good job team!

 6AM starts, 9PM finishes. Can't say that it was like having a scone and cuppa tea. But I am very glad that its over and done with. And by the end of the week lets just say that I looked and felt a bit like(and pardon my french) shit.

Just can't get enough flowers!

Collection of the last weeks worth of arrangements. Below is something you will find on Pearson's Florist Website . Just my version considering it is an out of season product. This sells for $220.00

 

 

In the last image, don't know if you can see properly. But stems had orchids spiralled around them, so the vase looks like its filled with orchids but oh wait!  an arrangement on the top :-O Wowerz! And to all my little anonymous lurkers, please leave a comment. They do make me happy. I feel like a crazy person who blogs to myself in third person. I'm also open to baking suggestions or request or flower advice. PS SYDNEY-ERS MOTHERS DAY IS COMING UP, I HOPE YOU REMEMBERED TO GET YOUR MUMMY'S SOMETHING NICE. 8TH MAY, SUNDAY!!

Also just wanted a little shout out; Jay Park today released his MV for Abandoned . Was on my phone on the way to work at 5:50AM buying it off itunes. Support Kpop artists!! 

Peace~

Flowers flowers and more flowers!

Just a catch up of the pretty flower things I've done in the past weeks.

 So, we've got the posies, rose posies, rose bouquets, all round arrangements, front facing arrangements and modern designs. (inspired by my colleague from germany)
And I was quite please to see that one of my arragements will be part of our Easter range that is available at our website. Order now for Easter and Mother's Day!!
Website photo by Tony Vu a big thank you to him.

Care for a lei?

How groovy are these garlands? flower heads and buds threaded together on a fishing line. Kinda reminds you of macaroni necklaces from primary school. 

Picking off the buds and cutting off the flower heads, can be a good stress relief. Make sure to have an even amount of buds and flowers.

Complete garland. Isn't it pretty? So much better than using uncooked pasta. Perfect pre-hen's night or childrens birthday party activity.




Maybe a lei 1.5metres long is more suited for tall persons...

Wedding One: a bit nervous..

  So, I just got home from a hectic day of driving around and eating lots of Chinese food.
Couple months back, a friends cousin was engaged and the thought came to my friends mind 'hey! Kim can do the flowers' . And of course without much thought I said yes. The idea of doing a wedding solo and completing it within the time frame that I have outside of work is actually quite ludacris, but being the young naive junior I was at the time, it seemed like alot of fun. But after enduring 6 hours of wedding posies and wiring, the end result was well worth it.
Just a shout out to all first timers, its ALOT of work!! So boil some water and make some coffee first.

After a 3am wake up call to go to flower market, work and then home. I was finally able to start the wedding! and having all the flowers in my kitchen made me stop and think ' where the heck do I even start?'
So conditioning the flowers came first, strip thorns and leaves off, cut the stems. And into fresh water with a hint of vinegar. (Just for a good drink for the flowers)



... 216 roses, 3 buckets, 2 vases and 3 chinese containers later. My kitchen looked as if I was some crazy rose woman.

 
The Bride's bouquet had probably around 60 roses all up, with
privet berry and camelia .

Brides maids, 30 roses, privit and camelia.

There was a rose wand made for the flower girl, but she was nowhere to be seen during the day :-(

Six hours later.. Using the remaining time, I put myself into bed. Having my first wedding completed, it felt damn good!



D-Day. I was picked up and delivered with the flowers, I experienced a traditional Chinese wedding for the first time.
Intense day of driving around to the grooms house, bride's house, back to the groom's, to bicentennial park and the reception.
The whole day was intense Chinese, I don't think I've ever been surrounded by so many Chinese people in my life. It was like being forced to watch a foreign film without subtitles; you laugh when everyone else laughs, smile and nod at everything said to you and stare at inanimate objects to distract yourself.
Dinner was a banquet styled menu, set dishes were served at every table, little did I know that there were at least 12 different things brought out. So by the end of it my dress was getting a tad bit tight.

                                                                Kinda cheesy, but cute.

day 1

It is currently 12:39am on a (now) Saturday, and I am currently writing my first post to my new blog because I know very well that if I start customizing my template first, there wouldn't be the slightest chance that I would be bothered to type something up. 

I am currently working as a florist in Sydney, and no I do not listen to classical music and smell roses all day. I prefer dancing to beyonce with my co-worker and smelling sweet pea instead :o)

Other than my love for my job, I also enjoy photography, both digital and film. I have a collection of film cameras, as well teapots, vases (I am a bit of a hoarder, shhhhh). And as a starter to my blog, heres a little example of whats to come.

this was my final assesment in flower school. My theme; Pincchio! who doesn't love a good vintage puppet.