Easter Basket

For this blog Ill let the pictures speak louder than my words

Carlsbad Flower Fields SHOW

Well here is the beginning of my journey here in Carlsbad. I know you most likely cant read it.. It says "The Flower Fields"

And so the show begins. Here you can see the buckets of Ranunculus. I was really glad they had plenty to work with. I would sure hope so. Thats what they grow here. Fields and Fields of it.

Ok so here I go.. I am starting to glue all of my Ranunculus tops on the tree. I chose to do this because the flower has a very fragile stem. I thought what the heck. I am going to cut off all  the stems. Problem solved.

 

And So here is the finish product. I just love my little hidden Easter eggs. 

Hmm what am I holding up? What could it be? You really cant see it..

I came in 2nd place.Im a bit surprised myself. There were so many amazing and talented designers. Voting was done by the people. Not by judges. 

I thought this was the best pic. With the outside sky. Why did I chose this design? Mainly because I knew this was a family event and I wanted to make sure it was a fun design. Not really meant to be an elegant or to be judged by the experts. 

Well this is it folks. Thanks for all your love and support. It means so much to me. They say that The Del Mar fair is next. Hmmm not so sure about that quite yet.

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Carlsbad Flower Fields, Day 1 design

Day 1: Well as you can see we have lots of moss... and I spray painted a wire tree that was bright green that I got at Pier 1. I bet you can see my hidden Easter Egg ... Can you?

Sorry about the bananas being in the back round. I had taken "wood picks" and painted them white to make a fence. That was interesting .. As you can see white spray paint has worked like a charm

Now this is where it gets interesting... I am putting little pebbles on the sides of the moss to make like a shore beach sorta thing. ( I still have to go get the Sand and throw it on there)... literally

Birds eye view

You know I never did tell you how I am going to put the flowers on the tree did I?? hmm maybe Ill show you when the Show pictures are submitted next.

 Do you see the hidden Easter Eggs now? Hmmm???

 

Well thats it folks. You know working with moss is fun but kinda messy. Im not one for small tiny little things so making the fence will take some patience for next time.

Stay tuned for Day 2 The SHOW!

And by the way.. I have no idea what other people are doing. I am assuming your typical Easter baskets? This could mean I am taking a risk here. By Just doing what My heart and brain tells me to.

Womens Day Event

Burlap, glass bowl, mums, green button palms, Seeded Eucalyptus

I was given a card and said.. Just match these colors.. I was to make 15 table top arrangements.

As the days progress I thought it was going to fade. But because I got them fresh and barely opened, it is now day 6 and they are more vibrant then when I purchased them. AMAZING.

I would say the most changeling part was trying to find something to cover the glass bowl. I glued the burlap.

Oh and the day of arranging the flowers. My tooth decided to hurt. Talk about extreame pain. Made an emergency Dentist visit. But before I went I did all 15 arrangements.  

 

Overall I would say it came out very cute fun and full of life. Had a good time going to the event too!

Tropical

Lobster Claw, Ginger, Palm, Ti Leaf, Bear Grass

I had One Lobster Claw and I wasn't satisfied. So I cut it up and made it 3 little claws

Even Though I find Tropical's to be so vibrant and so strong It has its limitations. . However I heard you could take the Ginger and bend back its leaves.

Here I covered the black container with Ti Leaves. I just had to.GLUE is my best friend for sure!

  Here you can see some of the bear grass. Whats really cool about Tropicals is that it can be used to point somewhere. Like there is the door...

If given more time I think I would of had a blast with this really. I think we had less than an hr.. More like 30 minutes.