DIY Floral Workshop

Are you planning a wedding or an event and a little lost when it comes to your floral vision? Thinking of DIY your wedding flowers and not sure where to start? Perhaps you are a kind and generous friend who is helping someone with their wedding flowers? Or maybe you just love flowers and want to make something pretty?

Have no fear! I'll be hosting a DIY Floral Workshop on Wednesday, June 13 from 6pm-8pm in San Francisco.

In the session we will:

-       Discuss the popular flowers used in each season.

-       Basic design options.

-       How to prep and process flowers.

-       Advice on organizing and implementing a plan to DIY. {Along with a list of items needed!}

-       Receive hands on instructions on how to make your own bouquet.

-       Discuss the pros and cons of DIY.

You will be able to take home a packet full of information along with a pretty little bouquet that you will be making in class.

For tickets and more information please visit: http://stdweddingfloral.eventbrite.com/

Floral Workshop

I hosted another floral workshop a couple of weeks ago.  We had 10 students that were eagerly waiting to learn about flowers and how to make bouts, corsages and bouquets.  Usually when I have these workshops the ladies are chatting away about weddings.  But this was a very focused group - no chit chat going on this time.  As you can see their concentration paid off cause they made some beautiful flower pieces!

I went to the flower mart the day before and found these beautiful yellow roses.

So I had to buy them for the class.

Processing flowers

Spidermums

Working on an orchid bout

Jamie from Coquette Events choosing some flowers for her bouquet.

Trisha of Trisha Dean Events is working on her bouquet.

Emily's bouquet with roses, spidermums and wax flower.  It turned out beautiful!

Liz and her lovely bouquet.

Andrea with her bout creations.

Andrea and her mom Betty with their bouquets.

Jamie with her final product.

Thanks ladies for coming to the workshop.  I had a great time!

Both Jamie and Trisha wrote a little ditty in their blogs about the workshop.  If you want to get their perspectives on the workshop check it out here and here.

Flower Workshop

Hope to see you there!

Workshop Scheduled!

The next workshop has been scheduled! Click on the flyer to view the details.

Hope to see you there!

Featured on SF Daily Candy

I am beyond thrilled that I was featured on Daily Candy's SF Fall Wedding Guide. I have received a lot of inquiries for my next workshop and just wanted to give a quick update. My next workshop is scheduled for late January or early February of 2010. However, I have received a lot of interest to have one in December. If I can get enough people signed up then I'm happy to host one sooner. So drop me an email line and let me know if you are interested!


Here's a link to DIY Floral Workshop II and Workshop III I hosted in the previous years. In the workshop you learn how to make your own personal flowers that include bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages. I teach you how to pick and prepare your flowers and give you a list of tools and supplies you need to get started. You get to take a resource packet home along with the flowers you put together. The cost of workshop is $75 per person. Hope you can make it to the next workshop!

Workshop Scheduled!

Alright people. I was finally able to get my *ahem* stuff together and schedule my next flower workshop!

Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Location: Fort Mason in San Francisco
For more info click on the flyer!

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Hope to see you there!

A & C Wedding Part I

I have been waiting months to blog about this wedding. It all started with one of my floral workshops I hosted last year (April 2008). Annamarie (the bride) signed up for my class and did a great job. She definitely had an eye for style and I remember liking the bouquet she created. I asked her to help out with some of my weddings last year and we soon became good friends. She recently sent me some pictures of her fall wedding where she (along with her fiance, friends and family) created all of the flowers and decor. She did a phenomenal job. Seriously amazing. I have some great pictures to share with you so get ready!

Let's start out with the lovely couple Annamarie and Chris!

Annamarie did not only take on her own flowers but she also had a lot of DIY projects that added a lot of personality to their wedding. Here are some ceremony details.

And of course the flowers!




Annamarie mentioned that she forgot to bring an extra set of clippers with her so she could trim the bouquet handles so that's why they are so long. I think they still look beautiful!
More pictures of the reception and details to come! Trust me, you don't want to miss it.

Flower Workshop III

I had my 3rd Huckleberry Flower Workshop a couple of weekends ago and it was so much fun! I had a great group of people that came ready to make beautiful bouquets, corsages and bouts. I have to say that this group is quite talented and I was very impressed with the fellas. They made some really cool bouquets. I forgot my camera (booo!) but my assistants Caroline and Annamarie came prepared for me (yeah!). So here are some photos I have from Annamarie.

Flowers we used: variety of roses, spray roses, orchids, calla lilies, hydrangea

Here are some bouquets we made:

One of the guys made this one. Isn't it cute?!

My lovely and very talented students!

And I received a very nice thank you from one of my students:

Hi Karen!

Thank you so, so much for the workshop today. Jesse and I can't believe we actually made these amazing bouquets, boutonnieres, and corsages. You've empowered us so much! I was skeptical that we could pull off DIY flowers for our wedding, and now I have total faith that it can all work out. I learned so much and feel so confident now that I can create the flowers we really want for our wedding. We took pics of our finished products and sent them to our family members. They thought we were pulling their legs when we told them we had made them ourselves. They kept saying, "You're kidding! You couldn't have made those! Those look professional!"

Thanks so much again!

Dawn

Dawn and Jesse were also kind enough to send me some great photos they took of the flowers they made from the workshop! As you can see - these do not look like DIY flowers at all :) Great job you guys and I can't wait to see what you create for your wedding!

Here I am with Dawn and Jesse!

DIY Workshop II

Last weekend I had hosted another workshop at Fort Mason, San Francisco. It was so nice to meet everyone and we all had a good time! It was a very dedicated and patient group that created some really cute bouquets, bouts and corsages. Take a look...

Great job everyone!