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You know you are a wedding floral designer when…

A post I saw on Flirty Fleurs.com

You know you are a wedding floral designer when…

You know you are a wedding floral designer when…

- You look forward to Mondays.
- you take off your clothes at the end of a day and leaves fall out of your bra.
- when you know the difference between simple and cheap.
- when you would never take those hands in for manicure.
- you carry a design knife in your pocket, everyday!
- when you know where the back door entrance is to every church and
reception hall in town.
- when you have not slept on a friday night for 7 months straight.
- when you watch to see when there’s a wedding on the soap operas.
- when your vacation revolves around a design class, visits to other wedding florists or AIFD Symposium OR all 3 in 1 trip.
- an engaged friend tells you her wedding date and all you think about is what flowers are in season instead of saying congrats
- your trying to figure what shade of peach this is :~)
- you look at movie weddings and determine which flowers are silk and fresh.
- you pack a pair of clippers into your clutch for an evening out.
- you know when you run every conversation likes it’s a consultation…
- you can’t say what the bride wore but can describe the bouquet perfectly.#floristsmakebadweddingguests
- U know you’re a wedding floral designer when you get stopped @ airport security with a floral knife in your purse!
- when you put your arms in the “making a bridal bouquet” stance…..and part of your back goes numb
- you know you’re a florist when at ancient greek festival your kids” head wreath is awesome!
- your vehicle smells of mold no matter how clean.
- when you bring flowers on every road trip. Even camping. (and you come home with more)

2010 in Review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,200 times in 2010. That’s about 8 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 57 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 58 posts. There were 218 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 306mb. That’s about 4 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was February 23rd with 210 views. The most popular post that day was Portfolio.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, wedding.ebonito.com, web.me.com, en.wordpress.com, and android-vs-ipad.co.cc.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for dandie andie designs, baccara rose, dandie andie, dusty pink wedding, and white rose boutonniere hypericum.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Portfolio September 2009

2

Dandie Andie Designs September 2009

3

Flowers September 2009

4

Contact September 2009

5

Ashleigh & Daves Elegant Purple & Dusty Pink Wedding September 2010

A Perfect Bloom

Beautiful Flower

Gorgeous Bloom

Perfect Specimen

I am often asked what is your favourite flower.  I have some that I love, I have some that I love to work with (VERY DIFFERENT ANSWERS) but generally I love a PERFECT bloom of most flowers.  They can just be stunning when there is no bruising, damaging, no browning.  It would have a perfect shape, vibrant colour and the fragrance it is supposed to!  Take a look at some of these beautiful specimens of flowers I have taken of in my studio.
Stock, White Calla Lily, Hypericum Berry
Molucella, Pink Calla Lily, Waxflower
Crysanthemum, Seeded Eucalyptus, Silver Brunia

Dandie Andie Designs’ YEAR END SPECIAL

Dandie Andie Designs’ First Annual Year End Special

Book your 2011 wedding between
NOVEMBER 15 and DECEMBER 31, 2010 and RECEIVE:
FREE
your toss bouquet and the groom’s boutonniere*

*The order must be a minimum of $500 before taxes.

I’m Impatient

I normally try and think of something clever to title my blog posts.  I try and think of a theme or something like that.  I look around my favorite florist’s blog and websites.  I look around my favorite wedding blogs and websites… And I LOVE looking at images of flowers and bouquets. Just love it.  That’s the reason why this blog post is called I’m Impatient.  I loved these bouquets so much I couldn’t wait for a theme for these GORGEOUS bouquets to be included in.  So here they are – fantastic bouquets I have recently seen and admired!

Andie

Give Orange a Chance

Orange used to be my favorite colour when I was a kid.  I loved it.  A LOT.  My 11th birthday party was an orange theme.  Everyone had to wear orange and every food had to be orange… Everybody wrapped my presents in orange paper and bags.  As I grew up my love for orange diminished.  It’s not that I hate the colour – I just don’t love it like I did.  Now that I have been working with flowers for a while this love of orange is creeping back.  I feel significantly disappointed as each wedding goes by with no orange flowers.  Here’s some of my favourite bouquet designs featuring ORANGE FLOWERS!  Check out my Jenn designs on my website too!

Bliss!

Well,  I have an announcement to make!  I AM A MOM!  My children Makai’o & Amaris will be joining their forever family in the next few weeks.  After a long wait for our adoptive child – we got a great gift of TWO!  So expect less posts – and more “mommy brain” chaos!