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Date: 12/20/17
Project: Finals Arrangement (Christmas)
Materials: Pittosporum, White Mini Carnations, Red Mini Carnations, White Daisy Pom, Christmas Tree Clippings, Baby's Breath, Leather Fern, and Floral Foam
What Did You Learn: I learned how to incorporate ornaments into an arrangement.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to come up with an arrangement yourself.

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Date: 12/13/17
Project: Christmas Wreath
Materials: Wreath Ring, Christmas Tree Clippings, Ornaments, Pinecones, Wire, and Ribbon
What Did You Learn: I learned how to make a Christmas Wreath from scratch.
What Was Challening: It was challenging to tie the Christmas tree clippings together, tightly. It was also difficult to make the bunches proportional.

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Date: 12/06/17
Description: A round arrangement is a circle.

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Date: 12/06/17
Description: An asymmetrical arrangement has a point and shape.

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Date: 12/06/17
Description: A fan arrangement has variety in space and has some negative space.

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Date: 11/16/17
Project: Line Arrangement
Materials: Carnations, Red Roses, Lemon Leaf, & Curly Willow Tip
What Did You Learn: I learned how to make a line arrangement.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to make the roses and carnations gradually come down into a spiral.

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Date: 11/09/17
Project: Fall Basket
Materials: Mini Carnations, Spider Mums, Carnations, Pom Pom Mums, Solidaster, Basket, Dried Leaves, Floral Foam, Candle, & a Candle Holder
What Did You Learn: I learned how to make a circle arrangement without having a flower as the high point.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to make the arrangement one level and to put in the dried leaves without it coming out too much.

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Date: 10/31/17
Project: Spider Cupcake
Materials: Chocolate Cupcake, 2 Googly Eyes, 2 Carnations, Pipe Cleaners, & Floral Tape
What Did You Learn: I learned how to tape pipe cleaners.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to wrap the floral tape around the flower stems.

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Date: 10/27/17
Project: Pumpkin Arrangement
Materials Used: A Pumpkin, Floral Foam, A Plastic Cup,  2 Stems of Gerbera Daisies, 2 Stems of Lilies, 5 Stems of Carnations, 2 Stems of Solidaster, 1 Stem of Thistle, 2 Stems of Lemon Leaf, and 4-5 Leather Leaf
What Did I Learn: I learned how to fill a flower arrangement evenly.
Was Challenging: It was challenging to balance out the amount of yellow and orange flowers on one side.

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Byzantine Period

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Byzantine Period

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Date: 10/23/17
Description: Symmetrical, stylized tree compositions and containers filled with foliage to represent conical trees were introduced. Garlands were constructed with narrow bands of flower of fruit alternating with foliage using a twisted, spiral effect.

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Roman Period

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Roman Period

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Date: 10/23/17
Description: Baskets of mixed flowers were introduced with roses, anemones, tulips, dianthus, and other flowers in combinations of colors and forms - this is the first representation of a truly naturalistic flower bouquet.

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Greek Period

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Greek Period

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Date: 10/23/17
Description: Flowers to wear were important, such as wreaths, chaplets, & garlands.

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Egyptian Period

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Flower Art in Ancient Civilizations - Egyptian Period

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Date: 10/23/17
Description: During the Egyptian Period they used wide mouthed vases, jars, & bowls. It was simplistic, reptitious, & highly stylized. Primary colors such as red, blue, and yellow were used.

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Date: 10/19/17
Project: Wire Project - Heart
Materials Used: Floral Tape & Wire
What Did You Learn: I learned how to wrap floral tape around wire.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to twist the floral tape around the wire & to form the wire into the shape I wanted.

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Date: 10/13/17
Project: Mini Pumpkin Triangle Arrangement
Materials Used: Mini Pumpkin, Floral Foam, Leather Fern, Yellow Mums, Red Carnations, Yellow Brown Mums, & Fox Tail
What Did I Learn: I learned how to form a triangle arrangement.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to fill in th arrangement with more leather fern & fox tail then flowers.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: Contrast is used so eyes can rest for a moment on a design, before it travels to another pathway. It is also important to include movement. Repeating several line forms with variation can ceate a strong visual movement.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: Place the smallest flowers at the edges of the arrangement. Place the largest flowers at the bottom or in the area of prominence. Strong colors should be at the focal area, while lighter colors should be placed further out.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: The comparative size of the individual parts to each other, to the whole, and the space.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: The comparative size of the individual parts to each other, to the whole, and the space.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: Proportion is the relation of one portion to another or one area to the whole, and the quantity of plant material in realtion to the container and accessories. The appropriate proportion is 1/3 container & 2/3 floral design.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: Balance is the physical and visual stability in a design. Plant material is usually equal on both sides of the arrangement. This can be achieved with symmetrical balance or asymmetrical balance.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: Unity is a blending together of all parts when viewed as a hole. It includes a vase/container, flowers, foilage, color harmony, and accessories.

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Date: 10/10/17
Description: Harmony is the effect of matching and blending materials together. It can be a combination of materials, colors, and textures.

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Date: 10/6/17
Project: Color Wheels Piktochart
Description: I made a Piktochart based on the six different color wheels. We had to include pictures of flower arrangements that demostrated the color wheel it was associated with.

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Texture

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Texture

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Date: 9/27/17
Principles of Art Area: Texture
Description: This floral arrangement represents the principles of texture because you can see that some flowers are pointy and some are waxy.

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Color & Value

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Color & Value

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Date: 9/27/17
Principles of Art Area: Color & Value
Description: This floral arrangement shows the principles of color and value because all of the colors of the flowers go together very well.

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Space & Depth

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Space & Depth

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Date: 9/27/17
Principles of Art Area: Space & Depth
Description: This floral arrangement respresent the principle of space and depth because all the flowers are spread out, outwards.

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Shape & Form

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Shape & Form

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Date: 9/27/17
Principles of Art Area: Shape & Form
Description: This floral arrangement represents the principle of shape and form because the flowers are arranged in a round/circle shape.

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Lines

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Elements & Principles of Floral Design - Lines

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Date: 9/27/17
Principles of Art Area: Lines
Description: This floral arrangement represents the principle of lines because it shows a high point and a low point vertically.  It shows that it is tall and directs the viewers eyes from the top to the bottom of the arrangement.

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Date: 9/19/17
Project: Present Bow
Materials Used: Scissors, Wire, & Ribbon
What I Learned: I learned how to create a Present Bow.
What Was Challenging: It was challening to properly twist the ribbon after making a loop because you have to make a "hard twist." It was also difficult to not let go of the ribbon.

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Date: 9/21/17
Project: Homecoming Corsage
Materials Used: Floral Adhesive, a Corsage Wristlet, Ribbon, Wire, Mini Carnations, Leather Fern, & Baby's Breath
What I Learned: I learned how to make a simple corsage.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to glue all of the flowers onto the corsage wristlet before the glue dried up and was unable to use.

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Date: 9/19/17
Project: Standard Bow
Materials Used: Scissors, Wire, & Ribbon
What I Learned: I learned how to create a Standard Bow.
What Was Challenging: It was challening to properly twist the ribbon after making a loop because you have to make a "hard twist." It was also difficult to not let go of the ribbon.

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Date: 9/20/17
Project: Homecoming Boutonnière
Materials Used: Floral Tape, Leather Fern, Baby's Breath, & a Flower
What I Learned: I learned how to make a simple boutonnière
What Was Challening: It was challenging to keep the Baby's Breath, the Leather Fern, and the flower lined up on the flower stem while taping it.

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Date: 9/14/17
Project: Back To Ag Night
Materials Used: Bucket, Floral Foam, Leather Fern, Lilly's Wax, White Carnations, Pink Carnations, & a Lily
What I Learned: I learned how to make a flower arrangement.
What Was Challening: It was challenging to fill the arrangement with the fewest amount of flowers but still make it look full with the filler flowers.

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Date: 9/7/17
Project: Floral Leaf Work
Materials Used: Flower Petals & Glue
What Was Challenging: It was difficult to make the flowers look nice and not wilted.

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Date: 8/25/17
Project: Floral Pens
Materials Used: Pens, Plastic Flowers, Floral Tape, & Wire Cutters
What I Learned: I learned how to properly use floral tape.
What Was Challenging: It was challenging to cleany apply the floral tape onto the pen without it clumping or overlapping.

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Date: 8/30/17
Project: Floral Safety
What safety procedure I am covering: How to Properly Use Flower Shears