Floristry: Week 2.

Week 2 on my floristry course went just as well as week 1. This week was a hand tied, which is a technique I haven't tried before and is a little tricky at first but doesn't seem like it will take long to pick up.

This design has changed in the 4 days since I made it as the flowers are coming out more, and the colours are becoming more and more vibrant.

I also tried out out the technique at home with some roses and alstromeria:

I'm a Student Again!

I've been thinking a lot lately about what I want to do with my life - the design thing wasn't working out and by not working in the field for a couple of years I'd lost interest in the subject. I knew I still wanted to do something creative though, and when my mum suggested Floristry it instantly appealed to me. Everyone I spoke to about it said that it was an area that would really suit me, so I decided to look into it a bit more. I then helped do the flowers at my brothers wedding and knew that it was what I wanted to do.

I found a course at Writtle College that I wanted to do but it would involve taking one day off a week at work and they weren't very keen on that idea. So I found another course, again at Writtle, that was in the evening. I don't think it's a formal enough course to be able to get a job off the back of, but I can apply for the first course again next year and hope work have a change of heart (or get a new job!)

The first session was last week, and the second tomorrow. The first subject matter is hand helds and arrangements, so I made this:

I actually found that I took to it really easily, and it felt natural. I was happy. I'm really excited about pursuing Floristry and really hope I have a better future as a result.

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Between Two Feet (part 2).

A few weeks ago I shared some of my holiday photos from Portugal, and as I'm off to Barcelona tomorrow with a couple of friends I thought I'd upload some more.

These are all off my Praktica L2 - I really like how this set came out with the light and the tones. You can check out the full set on my Flickr.

Not Quite Christmas.

Another quick little post about something I've made recently to clutter my room up with!

I've seen many kits for making your own floral paper chains, but it's really just strips of overpriced paper so I thought I'd make my own. Only I didn't have any floral paper so I used fabric stuck to card (much more stable then as well, although quite heavy to hang up!) I also had to use staples to hold the strips together which aren't very attractive but you can't really see them when they're hanging up.

Listen To Me.

A while ago I blogged about something I tried out for my iPod earphones. Well they've just broken so I bought a new pair of Gumy headphones from Sainsburys (pink ones!) and have decorated them with hama beads using the same method I used before.

I stuck to a green and pink colour scheme so they'd match the floral skin I have stuck on my ipod (FYI you can customise your own from wrappz.com, super easy and very reasonably priced - I have one on my laptop too!)

Swing the Hammer.

A while ago I posted about the variety of nail wraps you can buy from Asos.

Well you may know by now that I'm not really quick to do anything (especially the amount of time it took me to get a film back from my Diana camera) but I've finally got round to trying them out.

The first ones were these Toonland nail wraps:

These are really, really cute but I found them a bit too thick and plasticy to fit on my nails properly. And because of where the image sits on the wrap it feels like they were upside down.

These doughnut and ice cream wraps were much more successful. They fit much better on my nails and because of the repeat pattern rather than a single image it's easier to get away with them not being perfect!

Another nail art craze I'm currently really into is nail decals, which I've gone a bit mad buying from ebay!

Cross decal from hailthenails

Peace sign decal from uk-quick-sales-2012

And just a cute little idea I painted just before I went on holiday (finished off with a layer of seche vite, they lasted the whole week!)

And how my nails currently look: