Monday, November 24, 2014

Makeup Monday Madness

Hey everyone!!!! For Makeup Monday Madness (my makeup days for missing Floral Friday Findings), here is a link to a guideline ln shapes and sizes to help make your arrangements more pleasing to the eye!!! Happy Monday!!!!!


http://www.flower-arrangement-advisor.com/basic-arrangement-forms.html

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Lilian Walker, Martha Els, and Pamela Bates Presents "Pinterest Holidays!" for the Nov. Meeting

The November meeting presented "Pinterest Holidays," which consisted of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Designs in both fresh and permanent flowers! Three of our SAFD members, Lilian Walker, Pam Bates, and Martha Els created these lovely and extraordinary designs!


Lilian is a former floral professor at Lone Star College. Pam is the current President of SAFD. Martha is our Program Chairman and a freelance floral designer. 


Thanksgiving Arrangements:

Here is a beautiful cornucopia arrangement! 

Here is Lilian Walker working on her arrangement while teaching us tricks of the trade :) Her goal is to be a Master Florist!
Here is Lilian teaching us to treat flowers like they're human beings. When they're given water and care, they can last as long as you want them to. 
Here is Lilian's finished arrangement! 

Christmas Arrangements:
Here is Martha Els working on her sparkly present looking arrangement.
Here she explains the tied ribbon will kep the flowers in place.
This completed design contains clusters of red Roses, Carnations, and Gerbera Daisies. They reflect different shades of red in nature.
Here Martha went for a layered look!
Here is a beautiful and unique wreath she made.

New Year's Arrangements:
Here is Pamela Bates working on her "fireworks" piece.

Here is Pam adding her final touches to her tall arrangement.
Beautiful job well done! 

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Floral Friday Findings

Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't post for Floral Friday Findings! This is the Makeup Monday Madness!!!! Lol!  Floral Friday Findings are tips I will be posting every week to help make your arrangements easier to create! Here is a wonderful quick read blog page with 10 wonderful tips!!! This is from an former florist! Enjoy! http://muralmaker1.blogspot.com/2012/10/10-flower-arranging-tips-from-ex-florist.html?m=1 


Here is another awesome tip! If you need flowers to float in the water, Bubble wrap is a great cheat! :)

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Happy Veteran's Day!

Thank you to all of the men and women who have served and sacrificed so much for our wonderful country! May God Bless You All!!! Happy Veteran's Day! 
Picture is from www.Telaflora.com 

Sunday, November 9, 2014

November Meeting

Hey Everyone! SAFD will hold its November meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Cypress Creek Christian Community Center (The Forum) located at 6823 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, Texas 77379. Our program this month is "Pinterest Holidays," which will consist of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Designs in both fresh and permanent flowers! Three of our SAFD members, Lilian Walker, Pam Bates, and Martha Els will lead the program!

Lilian is a former floral professor at Lone Star College. Pam is the current President of SAFD. Martha is our Program Chairman and a freelance floral designer.

Refreshments will be served at 6:30pm with the meeting starting promptly at 7:00pm! Guests are more than welcome! We'll be happy to show you around! This is a great time to meet new people, visit with friends, learn new skills, and enjoy the night!

If you require any additional information, please contact Linda Jackson at safd.houston@yahoo.com or (832)454-0330. Hope to see y'all there! :)

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Pearl Fincher Fundraiser Arrangements

SAFD members made many exquisite floral arrangements for Pearl Fincher Museum of Arts 5th Annual Afternoon Tea Fundraiser! The fundraiser took place at Shirley Acres and was to support the museum! Here is their website: www.pearlmfa.org Such beautiful arrangements and we learned so much! 



Here is the SAFD President Pamela Bates on the left and on the right is Pam Dube who helped to teach us how to make these arrangements!

Here is Patricia Wisniewski second from the left who recruited SAFD to do these arrangements for the Fundraiser! She is also a member of SAFD! 


Here is just one cart full of floral arrangements set off to be placed on the tables at Shirley Acres.





Absolutely Gorgeous! :) 

SAFD Community Affairs Workshop Oct. 25th

SAFD members created beautiful wreaths for Christ the Good Shepherd Catholic Church's monthly Bingo Night with The Gathering Group of folks suffering with memory loss or caring for those who are! We also made gorgeous fresh floral arrangements to Northwest Health and Rehab Center of Cali Drive for their dining hall tables!

Here is a pic of the entire group, plus Linda Jackson who took the photo, who helped make these fabulous wreaths and arrangements!

Here is our President Pamela Bates

Here is our newest member Cindy Newsome who joined earlier that week at the SAFD meeting! 







Here are all of the arrangements we made ready to be delivered!


For her first workshop, Cindy Newsome did a wonderful job! See, everyone can make arrangements! We'll teach you!

Here is Pam Dube who is SAFD Community Affairs Chairman who organized this fabulous workshop! She also delivered all of these fresh floral arrangements!