Boutonnieres

A lot of people don't like doing personal work because it is really small and takes a lot of patience sometimes. I love making boutonnieres, to me they are so fun. I really had fun making these boutonnieres because they were organic and non traditional. I love the twine wrapped around the stems. It tied in well with the whole theme of the wedding. 

Bird Nest Flower Girl Baskets

This is so cool! I love these. The client for the wedding this week wanted flower girl baskets that look like bird nests. As we sat there trying to come up with a way to make a birds nest basket we thought of the sphere moss base. We decided if we cut them in half and added curly willow it could look like a birds nest. At the beginning I didn't know how well they would turn out but after trying a few different things I love the way they look. I have so much fun making these and going through the problem solving process of how to make a birds nest flower girl basket. I love these! I want them at my wedding!

Orchid

I was really excited this week to be able to make my first orchid. I lined the container and put foam on the inside to help center the orchid in the middle. I wired the orchid to a bamboo stick so that it wouldn't tip over. Then I used moss pins to secure the moss at the base and added succulents to complete the design. I had a lot of fun making this. The quality or orchids that The Hidden Garden gets is absolutly incredible. 

Corporate Party

This was a corporate party at Hotel Bel Air that I was able to be very involved in. I helped make all the centerpieces and I got to see how everything fit together at the event. I learned how important it is to know the area the party is going to be held in and helping clients pick things that are going to compliment the space. This room has lavender carpet and silver shandelier and very silver decorations on the wall. The purple and green really looked good in the room.

Client Arrangements

I love that I was able to make some actual arrangements for clients. I love to be the person behind the scenes  that makes someone smile or feel like someone is thinking about them. I love to be apart of that story. I love how I am able to be creative and show my personal style and have experienced designers give me tips on what to imporve. This is probably one of my favorite things to do.

Beverly Hills Hotel

I got to go to the Beverly Hills Hotel and refresh some of the centerpieces. This was a really awesome experienced. I learned that you have to wire the orchids onto sticks so that they don't look droopy. I learned how to properly display arrangements so that they look the best in the given space. I also got a chance to make some of the smaller arrangements for the rossevelt hotel this week. It was kind of challeging because I could only use one orchid in a really small vase but they still all had to look different. I also got to make a rose bouquet for one of the spas in the hotel. I really like doing hotel pieces.

Huntley Hotel Party

I got to help work on this party at the huntley hotel. I loved the style of this party very vintage and fun. I have been really starting to learn that to be in the event industry you have to be able to come up with and give ideas on the spot. Then event planner didn't know how she wanted to set up the buffet and she didn't have enough candles for one of the stands so trisha, our event specialist, suggested reflexing some roses and putting them on the stands. We tried it and it looked really great. I also learned how important it is to build relationships with the event planners because they can refer you to other clients. This event planner we were working was really good at that.