Friday, September 17, 2010

My Life as a Florist

Today was my last day at my part time job working for a florist. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot about flowers, arrangements, and how to get along with absolutely anyone. Here are some of the things I created over the past month and a half... enjoy!



















This cute little baby mum went to one of my kindergarteners from last year. I spent much of my time making homecoming mums, (which I already knew how to do) and most of them were for Burnet. Why a baby needs a mum is still anyone's guess!


















Vase arrangements like this one were my favorites to do but were hard to learn. This arrangement actually got sent back to the shop. It was sent back because (and I directly quote here), "I refuse to accept anything from him; I don't care how beautiful the flowers are." I don't know what "him" did but apparently flowers are not going to cut it as an apology.


















Sometimes people ordered ugly things from pictures on the internet and I had to make them.

The absolute worst arrangement anyone can order is a dozen red roses. It's the hardest to make and is also very expensive! It took me four tries to finally perfect the arrangement and I would get so frustrated with it. Roses also suck because they have an unreasonable amount of thorns. Why do they need them anyway?An abundance of predators? Well guess what, roses? You now have one more! 

This was my first and last funeral arrangement- a pink basket arrangement. The worst thing about the job was reading the obituaries every morning to check how many funeral arrangements we would have to make.  I only look happy in the picture because I got the arrangement right and it was really pink and cute. Funeral arrangements were not fun to do!


















The list of flowers that I actually like has gotten a lot smaller since I started working at the shop. Most likely due to the fact that I went home everyday with a new and probably bleeding cut somewhere on my hands. My favorite flower was and still is Lisianthus. It comes in almost any color and looks just like lace. The texture is so feathery and delicate and it smells amazing! Let's review... lisianthus good, roses bad. This is a picture of the vase arrangement of Lisianthus that I made for my mom.  

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