Orange and Green and Gold

This arrangement was a fairly large arrangement which I designed for the Nittany Lion Inn.  It is done with two oasis balls covered with chrysanthemums and gerbera daisies.  The green mums are on the larger of the two balls.  The white in the balls is done with the use of corsage pins.  The gerbera daisies are wrapped in flat wire, which I ordered especially for this project.  It adds interest, and increases the support for the daisies in order to prevent them from flopping.  The third and smallest ball is made of wrapped flat wire.

I am pretty happy with this arrangement.  Were I to do it again, I would order more chrysanthemums, but overall, this has been one of my favorite arrangements.  It was fairly simple to create, although the flat wire was new to me.

Flowers for Tyson

I'm really happy with this one.  This was made with leftover flowers from the cooler.  I used bells of Ireland, yellow snapdragons, orange gerberas, and yellow mums.  My greenery is salal, and the filler flower is baby's breath.  I used colored green oasis in my container to add a little extra interest.  I like how cheerful this arrangement turned out to be.  It was fun to make and I'm pleased with it.

Flower Show 2011

I took this picture at the Philadelphia flower show at the beginning of my Spring Break.  The theme this year was Paris.  The show was spectacular.  The style was very formal and eclectic.  There were flowers everywhere and it was a nice relief from the damp cold of winter.

A rose for autumn

This is a fairly simple all around arrangement.  It is orange roses, bakers fern, and eucalyptus.  It is certainly a lot more spread out than many of my arrangements, but I like it.  It is airy and quite pretty, although it was difficult for me to convince myself to keep it that spread out.  I like to put the flowers quite a bit closer together if I have any choice in the matter.  However, I do like the way it turned out, even if it is quite different from what I normally do.

Callas

This arrangement was done several weeks ago.  I ordered a single bunch of callas with the intention of doing something much like this.  This was my first time working with callas, and I quickly discovered that they have very flexible stems.  I am very happy with this arrangement and how it came it out.  Overall, it is one of my favorites thus far.  I like the amount of motion in the arrangement, and that there is plenty to look at throughout.

Fall Arrangement

This one isn't 100% perfect, and I certainly see things I would do differently if I were to do it again, but I am fond of it.  It is a little too layered for my taste, and the ferns come out too far.  If I were to do it over, I would add the English ivy after I put the flowers in so that it would be more visible.  I really like the color combinations, which go well with the candle.

This is one I would like to redo

I like this arrangement.  Sort of.  What I actually like is the idea behind it.  However, when I ordered the flowers for it, I wasn't planning to do an arrangement that would be this large.  However, when I set to work on it, it turned out to be this massive, heavy thing that I hadn't planned for.  I like the roses and the orange gladiolus, but looking at this arrangement, it is fairly obvious it should have been a lot fuller than it was.  I should have ordered more roses and more alstromeria, because this is too sparse.  The mountain mint was added as last minute filler.

I would like to redo it.  I would like to order enough flowers and do this over because it deserves to be done well.  It was also an arrangement I was fond of.  It was in a style which I liked quite a lot.  Hopefully sometime this semester, I'll get a chance to give it another shot.

Vase Arrangement

This flower arrangement was done for a campus event last spring.  It is one of several such arrangements, and was fairly simple to design.  It is a basic vase arrangement containing alstromeria, gerberas, iris, ferns for greenery, white carnations, and limonium.  There are blue and clear stones in the base of the vase for our school colors, and ribbon tied around it.

Overall, I'm pleased with it, but it is a very simple arrangement and it was easy to put together.  The colors work nicely with each other.  It is nothing out of the ordinary, it is still pretty.

Another early arrangement

This flower arrangement is composed of leftover flowers we had in the cooler.  It is an L-shaped arrangement with a yellow snapdragon making up the long part of the L.  While I was pleased with it when I first created it back in the winter of 2010, I feel that I could do significantly better now.  I've become much more comfortable with my skills, and I know better what I'm doing.  I feel that this is a pretty arrangement, but is nothing special, although I like the combination of pink and yellow flowers.