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The Rosehaven Cottage blog is about the adventures of creating and maintaining a garden as a certified wildlife habitat and our journey of restoring the 1940's bungalow that we call Rosehaven Cottage.
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Lighted Kissing Ball
Click image above to view largerThe above arrangement is another of the design projects I've been working on for Aqua-Gems using their products--Aqua Gems Liquid Marbles and BrightSPOT Submersible LED Accent Lights.I've named this design "Lighted Kis...
Lighted Carnation Parfait Centerpiece
Click on any image in this post to view largerThe past two weeks I've been working on a confidential design job that I can finally write about. I've been designing projects for Aqua-Gems using their products--Aqua Gems Liquid Marbles and BrightSPOT ...
The calming activity of corsage-making
I was anxious to get back to floral design class again this week since I missed both my classes last week due to illness*. I wasn't sure what everyone else would be doing, but I knew I had missed the class on fine-tuning our corsage-making skills, s...
The real reason I love floral design
Click on any image to view it largerI have to admit that one of the reasons why I enjoy my floral design classes is because I love looking at flowers before they are arranged. Yes, it seems opposite of what a floral designer would say, but it's true...
When it rains... it pours
When we were first married, we entertained the idea of living somewhere else other than the San Francisco Bay Area. We loved British Columbia (and felt like we could easily become Canadian). We loved the Pacific Northwest with its stunning green vi...
Harvest Moon
Last week, my floral design classes started up again after a 2 month break for the summer. I was glad to get back into the swing of things. As my instructor and I reviewed what I had and didn't have in my beginner's certification portfolio (I had 2...
Weeks Nine and Ten of Floral Design
Because I missed my floral design class last Tuesday (funeral stuff), I had to make up a class period by attending both the afternoon and evening classes yesterday.Week nine was the L-shaped arrangement that I made up in the evening. In my garden, I...
Flower therapy
Click on any image to see it largerAs things have finally settled down after an extra long weekend of family gatherings in honor of my father-in-law, I'm getting a chance to post once again. All of your words have meant so very much. You have no id...
Week Eight--Symmetrical Isosceles Triangle Arrangement
Today (week 8 in my floral design class) we learned how to construct a symmetrical arrangement based on an isosceles (equilateral) triangle. It was an interesting challenge because each of us had a different vase so each arrangement had to be propor...
Week Seven--Corsages and Boutonnieres
Click on image to view largerToday was week 7 in my floral design class, and we were introduced to the intricate world of corsage and boutonniere construction. I had no idea that something which is so small and seemingly simple has so much handwork ...
Easter Arrangement
I just completed week six's arrangement for my floral design class. I had chosen a pink and white color palette of lilies, ranunculus, tulips, snapdragons, and baby roses when I picked out my flowers yesterday at Trader Joe's. Once in class, our in...
Long and Low
Click image to view largerToday was week 5 in my floral design class at the adult education center in our town. And our arrangement was really exciting to construct. It's called a "long and low" arrangement. It is intended to be used as a centerpi...
One Dozen White Roses Bouquet
Click on image to view largerToday was my fourth floral design class, and we learned how to arrangement a dozen roses in a vase with leather leaf and fern for fillers. This arrangement uses the stems of the filler to create an interlaced grid to plac...
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today, I spent the afternoon in my third week of floral design class. Last week, I had asked our instructor to try and find me some green carnations for St. Patrick's Day. And she did! We learned how to make a symmetrical arrangement today. Part o...
Pink Carnations & Chocolate
Click on image to view largerIn this week's floral design class (Week 2), we learned a lot of basics--cutting and placing the foam oasis, wiring stems, symmetrical placement of fronds and flowers. Each student ended up creating pretty round-ish arra...
Carnation Parfait
Click on image to see it largerToday, I attended my first floral design class. We have a wonderful adult education center here in town that offers an array of classes ranging from GED completion to computer skills to creative skills. This beginning...
