21Feb
Floral Design Skills – Do They Really Matter?
I’m now back on US soil…feels good after floating and sailing for the past 10 days. In a recent post, I wrote about cruise ship flowers and expressed my disappointment with the lack of professional expertise and design skills of the hired floral personnel on the ship. It really does a disservice to the floral profession and customers when non-trained individuals are employed as designers when it is quite apparent they lack the necessary skills to deliver quality products and creative designs. Floral design skills do matter! Continue reading »
24Dec
Merry Christmas – Happy Holidays and BIG changes coming in 2010!
Merry Christmas to all of my students, their family and friends! I’m taking some good quality time to spend with my children and will be visiting upstate New York to see mom and the rest of my family. I will also reconnect with some long lost high school friends.
With the upcoming new year quickly approaching, I also wanted to let you know that there will be many good changes coming to the Royal Bouquet Florist website. Most importantly there will be many new courses offered – both to the casual "at-home" floral enthusiast who wants to learn how to create gorgeous floral arrangements simply along with specific courses for the "work-at-home" flower lover who can learn how to parlay their creative skills into a money making venture by offering their floral design services to others.
There will be special emphasis on video courses that are filmed in a casual manner in my home! This is so that I can show everyone out there how to "do what the florists do" but doing it at home! Everyone can learn how to design amazing looking floral arrangements right in the comfort of their own home. I especially enjoy showing people how to transform a pretty looking wrapped bouquet from the local store into a FANTABULOUS looking flower arrangement.
Definitely look for some very exciting new courses and videos in 2010. My focus will be on video demonstrations showing exact step-by-step "how to’s".
Peace & much love to all.
10Nov
Horizontal Flower Design – A Perfect Style Choice – Tips to Create
There are several different styles of classic and contemporary floral designs. They each typically follow a geometric form. One geometric form that is used for floral designs is the rectangle. The horizontal flower design typically follows the rectangle form. It will look fantastic on a rectangular or oval table or platform, although it will look good displayed on other shapes too.
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08Nov
Flower Arranging – Intro to Floral Design 101 – FREE Course
Learning the art of proper flower arranging involves instruction from experienced floral designers. This can be obtained from professional florists that provide a mentorship program, by reading books authored by professional floral designers, watching video training courses by experienced floral designers, or by attending any of the many choices of floral schools offering educational opportunities.
Introduction to Floral Design 101 is a complementary course provided through this site. There is no cost to take this course and it is provided to beginner’s as a way to learn the basic concepts of floral design. You will be given immediate access to the course by requesting it here:
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26Oct
Floral School – Which Students Get Hired?
There are many reasons to attend a floral school. The most common reason to is learn how to become a florist or floral designer. Most floral schools have specific programs to teach students all of the necessary skills to succeed in the florist industry. Continue reading »
25Oct
Floral Design Secrets – Get My Top 13 Now – See Sidebar
To many people the art of floral design seems quite complicated. Some even believe that there are floral design secrets that you must know in order to create something fabulous. The truth is that there are no floral design secrets required, and in fact the art of floral design is quite easy. Continue reading »
06Oct
Flower Course – Find the Right One Easily
Many times I get asked for suggestions of where to find or take a flower course. This request is fairly general, however it typically is asked because of an interest in learning how to create flower arrangements at home, or to create their own wedding flower designs, etc. There are many opportunities for anyone who has an interest in learning about flowers to locate a flower course that meets their needs. Continue reading »
01Oct
Floral Design School – Get the 5 C’s
Aspiring floral designers and florists should consider attending a floral design school. Success in the floristry field requires a good foundation and understanding of the principles of floral design, proper flower care, design techniques, and florist business operations. This can be obtained in a very structured way when attending a floral design school. Continue reading »
30Sep
Flower Designer – Judgement time …
A critical position in a flower shop is the flower designer. It may be the owner, a manager, or other employee. A flower designer by definition creates designs using flowers. A flower designer is the person who translates and fulfills a customer’s order into a floral arrangement. As you may have experienced, not all designs are created equal. So what makes a good flower designer, anyway? Continue reading »
23Sep
Flower Arrangements – 3 Basic Designs for Great Flower Arrangement Designs
When first learning how to create great looking flower arrangements, there are 3 design styles that are the easiest to create – the horizontal, the vertical, and the triangle designs. Each of these 3 design styles are the easiest to follow because everyone can visualize and understand the shapes.
It is important to learn these 3 basic designs first when starting out because they provide the right foundation upon which to build your more complex designs. Mastering these designs is important and fairly easy to do when understanding and visualizing what the arrangement is supposed to look like when it is completed. So a horizontal arrangement will not look like a vertical or triangle shaped design, etc. Continue reading »
21Sep
Floral Arrangements – Using Color Correctly
There are a few floral arrangement options when performing flower arranging by color. You can create fabulous floral arrangements by using all one color, mixing complementary colored flowers together, or choosing a color scheme based on harmony.
The choice of color creates a visual impact statement (garners attention or not) as well as sets the tone or mood by impacting peoples emotions. Consider the gift recipient, whether it is you or someone else, when choosing the color scheme. The color palette provides unlimited possibilities and your limitations are only dictated by your creativity when it comes to floral arrangements. Continue reading »
20Sep
Floral Design Schools – A Ticket To A Rewarding Career…
There are many floral design schools that provide educational opportunities for those seeking employment in a floral design capacity, or for those looking to start their own florist. For those wanting to be employed in a flower shop seek out specific floral design schools which have very specific courses and classes intended to train students to become floral designers. If you are going to start your own floral design business, then you will seek out schools which provide floral design training courses as well as floral business operations courses. Continue reading »
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