Gorgeous!

I worked super late last night and then I just got home just a few minutes ago...and before I knocked out, I wanted to post up some of the beautiful flowers that I got to work with! These are pictures from last night and also this morning.

We had the privilege to design two wedding today...and wow, both weddings were full of color and just so beautiful and happy looking! What am I saying, nearly all the weddings that I've work have always been so unique and gorgeous! :) I so love my Passion Roots job! I am so blessed to be able to work with amazing people. Even though we all have our own special jobs with the company, I love when we are all together...because my boss, Shilhi (who is also like a sister to me...well, IS a sister to me!) makes sure before she hires anyone that we would all get together. One thing that I love about her is that she has an eye for potential in people. She is an amazing person to talk to, and she is just an amazing person to work with. She takes the time for you out of her busy schedule...and she is one of the most genuine person I know! AND she is SUPER talented and totally humble about it. I love how she loves to share her work with anyone who is willing to learn. She is pretty amazing. Everyone at my job is pretty amazing. Like I said, I love my job.

Well, since I'm pretty tired this time around, I will just go ahead a post some of the pictures that I was able to take and then take a nap so that I can do some things before going to my other job tomorrow!

Isn't this simply GORGEOUS! I love the colors! I love the texture! I even love the gold container that we used for the arrangement! The colors are just so happy looking...and I adore roses and orchids! :)

Like I said earlier...we were doing two weddings at the same time...and this pieces just took my breath away! Look how happy those yellows are! :)

Oh goodness...how can you be sad when you are around such beautiful flowers! :)

The textures are amazing...!

And here is the place where all the magic is created. I love creating. I love flowers. I love my job. :)

Flowers.

I saw this really cute poem online that I wanted the kids to learn. It's about covering your mouth when you cough and sneeze...and so I wrote it out on a piece of paper...and it went like this:

Cover you cough,

Cover your sneeze,

This is the way 

We stay healthy, please!

One thing that I have noticed about this group of kids, is that they have not had the opportunities to exercise their imagination when it does to art. They still are in that stage where they are scribbling. So I really wanted them to learn how to put meaning in their writing, even if it's just drawing their face, a flower, a picture. 

So with that in mind, I have encouraged them to draw faces on a circular piece of paper. Even then, I had to explain to them how to draw a face..."where are your eyes, how about your nose...what other things do you find on your face?! Could you draw that?!" I know that it will take time, but I have no doubt that they will get it. 

So I do try to provide them with opportunities that they can draw, actually draw. I think that they are actually getting now that I want them to draw a picture...because although I have no problem with scribbles because that is where it all starts, I know that they have the capabilities that they can actually draw a picture. I think they also need to be giving time to just paint...with no direction, but what they want to draw...and actual picture that tells a story. They are old enough to be able to do that. So that is what I'm working on with them.

They did a pretty good job with this project. I usually like doing open-ended part projects...but for now, I need them to learn to actually draw...instead of always just scribbling to get it down with as fast as they can. 

They really wanted me to do one...and I did have an extra of the project because one of my kids was not able to come into school...so I told them that I would only draw the things that they told me to draw...so I drew the different things things that they told me to draw.

I do not like making an example for my kids to copy, but I did do mine after everyone was done and they told me what to draw...I do like how they are proud of their work though...they want me to post their art up around my room. I know that they had a hard time with letting me do that during the first month, because they wanted to take their artwork home. But now they want to show off their work...and have it decorate the room. So that is good. :)

Well, I know that this month, we have a lot of weddings...and I know that I'll be working a lot with Passion Roots...but no complains...I need to bring in that extra dough for the holidays! *laughs*...but today, I did a LOT of processing of the flowers!

When I talk to my friends and they ask me what is so important about processing the flowers...why can't I just work with what I just get...because we get our flowers overseas and they have most likely been out of water for at least a day, and basically we need to get them revived and open for when we use them. Ideally, it would be nice if our flowers were processed 6+ hours before we will actually use them. Most times we like to let them sit for at least a day to get them to their full potential.

This is how it looks like when we first get the flowers. Just boxes and boxes of bunches of flowers (obviously, these ones are roses). We try to process them as soon as we get them...the faster they get into water and properly processed, the better our chances are that we will work with amazing flowers the next day or in a few hours...

I like the get the same flowers out as much as I can...and then we stripe most, but not all the leaves...slant cut the bottom of the roses...(and in this case) quick the roses for about 30 seconds before putting them in water...

Each type of flower has their own special way to be processed to get them to be at their full potential. I personally like processing flowers. Especially after a long day...coming into an AC room with just bunches of beautiful flowers and just watching them come out of their box all closed up and looking about to die...and then even in just one or two hours, you can see the flowers open and look alive. It's just so beautiful. Something about flowers just makes me smile.

I love flowers. My favorite flowers are the little unknown Billy Balls...but roses...any kine roses...just makes me smile. I think that they can smell like candy! *laughs*....and today working with all these beautiful roses just made me smile....and we all know that I love the color PINK! :)

Long Day.

So, I pretty much know that this week will be a very long week since I'll be working weddings for the rest of the week...but I'm not complaining because I am very blessed to have two jobs that are my passion...BUT...I will say, I know that I will have lack of sleep so lets hope that I won't get TOO cranky and grouchy! *laughs*

It was a long day today. I had honesty thought that yesterday my kids would have been super "rascal" because of the long weekend...but no, they held off until today. It was a crazy day. There are basically two things that I do not have patience or understanding for...when the kids tune me out and pretend that they don't know their name OR they look at me like they can not understand a single word that I am saying...which I KNOW that they do! *laughs*...and when parents "baby" their children, because that makes my job that much more harder because I won't do it...I won't baby my kids because it will only hurt them in the long run...but then I get more temper tantrums and stubborn kids who think that if they cry and scream they will get their own way...nope not in my class. I don't want to "break" them...I just want them to understand that I will NOT tolerate spoiledness. I only have one rule in my class...well technically two...but basically it's just "Listen and obey." Thats it...and I always tell them, as long as they listen to me, they WILL have fun...because I like to have fun...so I will have fun with the kids...they are two years old, for crying out loud...but if they don't listen...that's just that much more time taken away from what we could be doing by just "helping" them to listen. We have fun in my class, don't get me wrong...but I do have to teach them their social skills..and it's a lot harder than the world thinks...but I have fun.

But it was a long day.

So, when I walked in the studio to work with my beloved flowers... I was blown away with the beauty of these amazing roses! Just look at them! How could you not smile after looking at these...and the smell...wow. Amazing!

My favorite, as you can probably tell from past posts, are beautiful, beautiful pink roses. Any kine pink roses...they just make me smile...and I love them. All roses actually are beautiful. Try look up the free spirit roses...now those just take your breath away!

Today wasn't too bad. I made two bouquets...three actually...but one is more like a wand like thing...but these two bouquets were something that I have never made before. I mean...all our bouquets that we make are one of a kind...but for the most part they are somewhat similar..except different flowers...these on the other hand were a little bit more different than what I was used to making. But I think they turned out beautiful.

For this particular wedding...the bride wanted her flower girl to not toss the pedals but to hold this King Protea wand like thing with ribbon trailing it. I'm not a huge fan of Proteas...but I have to admit they are beautiful...and this one was cute with the trailing ribbon. I think it was a cute idea. :)

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to work on the center pieces but I couldn't help myself but to snap a few pictures of the center pieces the rest of my team did! Here they are all done just sitting in the refrigerator. I like the pops of the pink roses! And although dusty millers aren't my favorite to work with they gave these arrangements a different texture that is so beautiful! Even the seeded eucalyptus! I know that I've probably said this a million times already...but I am so lucky to be working with an awesome team! Whoops forgot few words...let me try that again...I am so lucky to be working with an awesome, EXTREMELY TALENTED, CRAZY, FUN team. :)

And before I finally go to sleep...here is the last shot of my bouquets neatly tucked into the already bursting fridge of gorgeous flowers.

Sidenote: Do you see them!? The wonderfully processed pink spray roses?! Oh yes, I get to work with those tomorrow! They opened so beautifully...so that makes my job more easier. Oh, I just love what I do! :)