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Originally Posted by Apple

I think i get it now, few ideas:
shower bouquet, tear drop or half shower, oasis posy uses bridal holder (icecream cone i call it) that is the medium. Usually used for traditional type bouquets arranged in the oasis holder. The only flowers that would be difficult to use in them is really thick stems like amaryllis and really thick calla oh and soft stems although they could be wired like hyacinth, popular flowers would be roses, mini calla, freesia, any of the fillers and foliage usually soft ruscus, tree fern, ivy, bears grass, leather fern, eucolyptus.
Pomanders for flower girls (puke), the oasis ball would be the medium. Usually use small flowers like spray roses, hyacinth pips etc to get a nice ball shape
Baskets for flower girls, the basket would be the medium and small flowers again usually roses, freesia, tulips etc
there are also a number of novelty items you could mention, wire frames, twiggy frames and baskets, oh cornocopia

Funeral work: there are all the bases which would be the mediums: closed heart, open heart. pillow, cushion, gates of heaven, crosses, posy pads, wreath....they are the most common ones which can be either based with usually double chrysanths or carnations, or they can be textured using different textures and shapes of foliage and/or flowers. there are a million other shapes like motorbike, car, guitar, bunny, teddy etc which are usually based so that they keep their shape and you can see what they are supposed to be. Posy pad, crosses, open & closed heart, wreath, spray holder(for single and double ended sprays) are also done with mixed flowers and foliage

Arrangements well that is a mindfield, my brain is a bit frazzled after funeral work, but a few ideas: vases, are plant arrangements counted that would be soil as medium, baskets, china pots, baby china posts in shapes of trains, bears etc, if you were to make a birds nest type frame work from twigs or wire I think that would be counted as a medium and thread the flowers through it like calla, tulips that have bendy stems

I hope that helps you gill and I havent just waffled on about a load of poo

Originally Posted by Apple

oh, I forgot letters and numbers, NAN, GRAN, MUM, DAD, PAPA are the usual but you can make up any name up to 7 letter as more than 7 wont fit in the hearse, they can be based in xnths or carnations with 1, 2 or 3 sprays depending how big it is, they can also be mixed flowers & foliage. All the bases are usually ribbon or foliage edge apart from mixed wreath and funeral spray and mixed posy. There is also designer boards that can be cut into any shape or leave them as boards and trace any picture onto board like Treen picture boards in the gallery. There is 3d shapes too, cat, dog, sitting bear etc....they are done in xnths also so you can get the shape....anyway really cant think of anything else now so Im going to shut up....good luck with your assignment

Originally Posted by Apple

its saturday night gill, your supposed to be out partying not doing boring old assignments!!!! I demand you step away from the pencil, close the book, get your glad rags on and out the door

Originally Posted by gill gillespie

Help with my assignment How would you make effective use of flowers and of colour in the following Traditional arrangement-Contemporay arrangement-Funeral work- wedding work in a medium: