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Ready to learn how to make a garland? Check out the video below. This video is an excerpt from the Team Flower Arbors and Ceremony class. In it, I’ll demonstrate how to create a lush, full garland using only one ingredient. The techniques you’ll learn can be used in a variety of circumstances—from decorating a railing to creating a table-runner.
In this excerpt from the Team Flower Growing and Arranging Peonies class, Foxie and I give a hands-on demo of how to plant peonies. You’ll see us give details on how to plant a peony root!
This clip from the Team Flower Bouquets and Personals class demonstrates how to make a tailored bouquet. This type of bouquet is typically a little more round and classical in shape. In this clip, Kelly shows us how to create a more structured bouquet with a fun flair!
Burnout in the floral industry is something we’ve all either heard about or felt ourselves, and it can be caused by a variety of different things—one of which is physical pain or exhaustion. This video clip from the Team Flower Business Growth class gives you practical tips for body mindfulness and a self-scan.
I’m answering five questions on one of the most complex topics in the floral industry: pricing. No matter what realm of the floral industry you’re a part of, this subject has likely caused you a bit of a headache in one way or another. We all want to charge a fair rate, but we also need to pay ourselves. Where’s the balance? This clip from the Team Flower Pricing and Ordering class will shed some light on a few of the most asked pricing and ordering questions.
Wiring is a valuable and specialized skill that can add value to your business and set you apart as a designer and freelancer. Kelly explains why wiring is important—as well as when and where to use wired flowers—in this excerpt from the Team Flower Advanced Techniques for Wiring fast track class. The wiring technique gives you a lot of control over the exact placement and orientation of each and every bloom in a piece—if you need your focal flower to bend in a certain way that is not natural for its stem, wiring makes that possible!
In this excerpt from the Team Flower Elements and Principles of Design class, Kelly demonstrates the principle of movement by creating a minimalistic floral arrangement using complimentary colors. Complimentary colors are opposites on the color wheel (orange and blue, purple and yellow, and red and green). She uses caladium, firecracker, and green trick dianthus to demonstrate the most difficult of the three groups: red and green. This is a color palette that typically reminds us of Christmas, but it can be used to create a sweet summer piece as well.
Pricing is often a sore spot within the floral industry, and it’s one topic I’m very passionate about. Floral professionals are easily overwhelmed with how much to charge for their services, but with the right mind-set, this obstacle can be overcome.
Watch this clip from the Team Flower Bouquets and Personals class. Here, Kelly demonstrates how to make a double wrist corsage (everybody’s favorite, right?). Even though pin-on corsages and hand-held posies are becoming more popular, the wrist corsage is a classic piece that every wedding designer and shop owner should have the skills to create. Watch to see a few tricks Kelly has learned in order to make wrist corsages easier and more feasible.
Small businesses grow one step at a time, and most often, the really important things unfold slowly right under our own noses. You probably remember those early moments of your floral business, too, where you were crunching the numbers and fitting in floral work where you could on top of others jobs…
In this snippet from the Team Flower Foundations class, Kelly walks you through her studio setup and how she organizes everything for maximum efficiency and minimum workload. Many people don’t realize that working in the floral industry can require a lot of manual labor. From picking up and moving buckets of water to processing flowers to delivery, these are all tasks that can take a toll on our bodies!
Adding ribbon streamers to a bouquet can add a touch of whimsy to your design, and can be the perfect touch to the overall design for your client’s special day.
In this video, Kelly begins a creatively inspired design made from ingredients from her garden. While she is purposefully designing something unique and professional, she is allowing herself freedom in expression - both in design and in color - as she chooses her ingredients and places each bloom.
This clip offers a sneak peek into the Team Flower How to Photograph Flowers Class. Heather Payne of Heather Payne Photography takes you behind the scenes when choosing a backdrop for photographing a flower arrangement. You’ll learn about using a simple paper backdrop, and how choosing various colors brings out the colors of the flowers in the design. Heather and Kelly discuss lighting, reflectors, and diffusers. Watch to receive tips on how you can take a simple yet great quality iPhone photo.
In this video, Kelly shares the story behind her own design philosophy and challenges us to find our own flower story. Something inside all of us drives how we design, and ultimately determines the message that we send when we share our love of flowers with others.
Learn about Kelly's personal story that led to the creation of the latest Team Flower class — Sustainable Business Growth.
