Blooming Wonderful

I’m really enjoying my flower arranging course. It’s good to have something just for you, to fully immerse yourself and lose track of time with.

It was my second class on Tuesday and this week we worked on a slightly different arrangement using some beautiful white flowers. The time just flew by and before I knew it, it was time to go home!

I’m really pleased with how it turned out, and it offers a nice modern look don’t you think?

Here’s a snapshot of the step by step process on how I created the display.

And next week we’ll be learning how to create hand-tied bouquets, I can’t wait for that!

The light is bright at the end of the tunnel

It’s Friday and the end of the ‘working’ week and I must say it has been a very productive week for me. This positive thinking is really working!

On Tuesday evening I attended the first class of my flower arranging course. Part of my resolution for this year was to learn something new, and I’ve always held an interest in making things so thought this would be a good option. I absolutely loved it!!

There was quite a large of group of ladies, say around 20-25 from varying degrees of experience. I found myself on the table of “newbies” which was quite reassuring we were all in the same boat i.e. first timers. Our knowledge of flowers was pitiful however this wasn’t important as the tutor would go through a step-by-step process on how to arrange our first display. Great.

Our flowers were ready and waiting so the tutor began the class. We learnt about different types of oasis and how to work with it. We were told about creating lines with our displays, which apparently is one of the fundamental basics. As long as we remember this we should be fine…..right, OK.

Our first arrangement was a simple display using birds of paradise. And I was very happy with how mine turned out. I was even more pleased to hear I had a good eye for lines!!

The second reason for my upbeat demeanor is I’ve managed to secure three interviews. Yes three! With my proactive attitude I set out to make things happen, instead of just sitting around waiting for them to fall into my lap. I trawled the job sites, sent off applications and followed up with phone calls. And it worked. I’m keeping everything crossed that I find my new job. But it’s definitely taught me that with a positive mind and can-do attitude, you can determine how successful you are.

On another note, I’ve also started yoga. I was reading one of my magazines the other day and it featured an article on a number of different exercise DVDs that are out. Standard January get fit feature 🙂 but one of them was a yoga DVD which received 4/5 stars. So I decided to order it. Look out for my next post which gives my own review.

Enjoy your weekend and keep positive 🙂