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Flower Power


I love flowers in case you haven't known.  Well yes most girls do.  But ever since I did my wedding flowers with Gabby who guided me, I fell in love with this art of putting these beautiful stalks together. We always joke that we should do a wedding collaboration.  Me doing flowers and she doing make up (where her true passion lies).


I chanced upon a flower school here a few months ago and have been having this nagging thought: to try out a course someday!  Life skill, friends, life skill :)

This particular rose is called Rosa "Miss Piggy".
What a cute name, isn't it?!

I finally took to the chance in signing up for a 2h taster course in doing a hand tied bouquet last Saturday.  This place is pricey, I won't lie, but the whole experience was just so wonderful.  I went alone and met 4 other like minded ladies and we learnt from the guru, Judith.  She taught us the technique and gave us tips and educated us on flowers as much as she could in that short time frame.
I came out feeling… accomplished.

You would be surprised how much flowers and foliage you need to make a proper hand tied bouquet!

Here is Judith teaching us the technique.

My flowers all laid out ready to start

and tada!!  This is my finished bouquet :)

We were given proper jute bags even to carry it home.

I'm worried this will soon become an expensive obsession… signing up for more "life skills!"


On a similar topic, can I proudly say that autumn is officially here in our garden?!!  When I saw this beautiful backdrop on Sunday, I gave a little shout and asked K to come and have a look.  What a pleasant surprise.  To think I thought these were weeds a few weeks ago!




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