Wedding Crafts part 2

Ok, cleaning is not the same as crafting, but today I ordered the flowers and finished washing the vases for the table centerpieces.


I have 18 vases and only broke 1 which I think is a pretty good ratio.
These are all from Maya's wedding in October and I'm so lucky to have them and not be scrounging around dollar stores or craigslist right now! In 8 days, we fill them with flowers.

I ordered flowers today from a local flower farm. I got some of everything they had in season including peonies and a bunch of other flowers that I had never heard of. I hope they're pretty!

Floral Design Day 4

Last night was our final day of floral design. We got a certificate and a really pretty calla lily to take home, but more importantly we made...the tower.

The tower is a tall glass vase (white so that you can't tell the stems are sticking into a brick of styrofoam) with a ball of stuff on top. First, we start with the greens (above). Then we just stick flowers all over it until it's time to stop.

I find that silk flowers actually look better outside. Here's a picture of them in natural light:

These things cost $50 apiece if you buy them from my instructor. It is $15 worth of materials and about 15 minutes worth of work, tops.
Overall it was a good class, but again, you will not be seeing most of what we learned at my wedding :)