January 2011 - Wedding

January 2011 - Spring Garden

Receptacle: 2 + 1/2 of  Floral Foam Brick covered with Aspidistra Leaves
Flowers: Orange Tulips, Red Buttercups, Red Skimia
Greens: Aspidistra, Ruscus, Monstera, Strelizia Stem, Steel Grass

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January 2011 - Hotel Arrangement 3

Reception:
Receptacle: Round Glass Vase, Floral Foam Cube covered with Aspidistra Leaf
Flowers: Carbations, Skimia, Bouvardia
Greens: Aspidistra, Congo, Ruscus

Bar:
Receptacle: Glass Candle-Holder
Flowers: Lilac, Carnations
Accessories: Salix Matsudana

Breakfast Room:
Receptacle: Glass Candle-Holder

Flowers:Lilac
Greens: Aspidistra, Streliza


Rest Rooms:
Receptacle: Cube vases, floral foam cubes covered with Aspidistra
Flowers: Carnations, Skimia
Greens: Aspidistra

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January 2011 - Floral Sushi

 

Floral Sushi are made of floral foam covered with aspidistra or calathea leaves, blocked with a ribbon. There are single flower as well as double size (flower and a fruit) and big cube sushi.

Receptacle: 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 Floral Foam Brick
Flowers: Rose, Tulip, Dendrobium, Cimbidium, Carnations, Thistles, Chrysanthemum, Schimia, Hipericum, Fresia, Alstromeria
Greens: Aspidistra, Galax, Montera, Steel Grass, Pitosporum
Accessories: Apples, Ribbons

20 January - Lesson - Preserved Roses & Shola Flowers

Today I had another lesson with 5 female students, they were learning how to make a Dry Flower Arrangement using Preserved Roses, Stabilized Hortensia, Dried Silver Brunia and Handmade Shola Flowers: Shola Belly and Shola Kamal.

Natural roses are preserved with a glycerine based solution (glycerin is a natural, non-toxic, vegetable by-product), together with natural food dyes. The preservation process stabilizes the color and leaves them looking and feeling, as fresh as the day they were picked. Preserved flowers are ideal for decoration, provided that they are not exposed to water as they may, like fresh flowers, shed some of their color if they become wet.

Shola Flowers (also known as Sola Flowers) are handmade flowers made  from Tapioca Wood /  Sola Tree (Sano Hang KhaiTree), which is harvested in the Mansoon period in India. Sola wood is cut in pieces in the shape of the petals. It is a very soft wood which makes easy to string them together with a needle to make natural garlands and rose balls for decoration, an entirely natural handmade paper product.

 

To know more about Shola Flowers click here. For Preserved Flowers check here.

January 2011 - Hotel Arrangement 2

Reception:
Receptacle: Round Vase, floral foam cubes covered with Aspidistra
Flowers: Purple Roses, Trachelium
Greens: Aspidistra, Ruscus, Congo
Accessories: Salix Matsudana

Bar:
Receptacle: Round Vase, floral foam cubes covered with Aspidistra
Flowers: Purple Roses, Trachelium
Greens: Aspidistra, Ruscus, Congo
Accessories: Salix Matsudana

Breakfast Room:
Receptacle: Cilinder Shape Vase
Flowers: Purple Snapdragons

Rest Rooms:
Receptacle: Cube vases, floral foam cubes covered with Aspidistra
Flowers: Purple Roses, Trachelium
Greens: Aspidistra, Ruscus, Congo
Accessories: Salix Matsudana

January 2011 - Tulip Baskets

January 2011 - Hotel Arrangement

Reception:
Receptacle: Round Vase, floral foam cubes covered with Aspidistra
Flowers: Strelizia, Orange Rose, Thistles
Greens: Aspidistra, Ruscus, Monstera, Galax

Bar:
Receptacle: Round Vase, floral foam cubes covered with Aspidistra
Flowers: Strelizia, Orange Rose, Thistles
Greens: Aspidistra, Ruscus, Monstera, Galax

Breakfast Room:
Receptacle: Cilinder Shape Vase
Flowers: Strelizia
Greens: Aspidistra, Strelizia Leaf, Steel Grass

Rest Rooms:
Receptacle: Cube vases, floral foam cubes covered with Aspidistra
Flowers: Orange Roses, Hipericum
Greens: Aspidistra, Galax

January 2011 - Stabilized Roses

January 2011 - Blooming Pink & Blooming Orange

January 2011 - Modern Artificial

January 2011 - Sunflowers Basket

January 2011 - Classic Artificial

Japaneese Style: New Year 2011!

For friends passionate with Japan I have prepared 6 pieces of yummy yummy Sushi. Happy New Year!

Receptacle: wooden tray & 6 micropieces of floral foam rolled with leaves
Flowers: Roses, Wax-Flower, Elderberry
Greens: Aspidistra, Calathea
Accessories: Chop-sticks, Rope