Ok Guys and Gals, now we have got the peaks out of the way and I can’t be bothered to do anything else, other than sit on my butt, I thought I’d start my promised tutorials and step thrus again. I have had so many messages from florists and students that either don’t do much of this stuff or are longing for a bit of tuition that is rarely covered in colleges or courses. I have done shed loads of these tributes over the years (I wish I had pics of them all) and have encountered tons of pitfalls and consequent solutions along the way. They are little use to me stuck in my head and it’s a real pleasure to share with those of you who are interested.

Many of you have said that you rarely get asked for these sorts of tributes and that your customers won’t pay the money they need to be to make them worth your while. I think some of you have the impression that I either shove these things down the customers throat or have some weird shop full of strange creatures and objects made out of flowers. Not the case at all! I have a small out of town shop and there is not a picture or a sample of anything strange or unusual made from flowers anywhere. My pictures are in the back of my sympathy guide and I never steer the customer to them unless that's their initial enquiry. All the local undertakers send their families to me if they’re after something strange as they know I am prepared to do the job. Some of these tributes are extremely time consuming and require a bit of thought and planning. They are difficult to quote for on the spot and sometimes I get it wrong! I love to do them .... I think that’s pretty obvious ..... and if it takes me 4 or 5 hours to do a job I wrongly quoted for, I take it on the chin! MY time is MY time and although I price it in I sometimes have to give a bit more than they paid for - no different than the 30 quid bridal circlet that ended up taking you 2 hours! The more I do the more it seems people want them and now I have the web site I get enquiries from all over the country. I have had people come a hundred miles to pick one up and I have even posted them when customers have begged me, not something I like to do but if they want to pay the 50 quid postage and take responsibility for the state of their arrival, I’ll flippin do it!

I will start with the dart board I mentioned in Treen’s Gallery Pics thread. I will probably have to do it in stages but I may as well make a mission of it.

Please , please ask questions if you have any...... if no one says anything I will get bored and not bother.......

Hope you enjoy it!

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