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Summer
Barbecue
What a beautiful morning; the sun is shining brightly and the sky is blue without a cloud
in sight. Summer is here! It’s time for a barbecue! In this video clip Leanne creates
a fun and festive arrangement in a Weber kettle barbecue.
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Hydrangea
Care & Handling
Hydrangea: bold, beautiful, popular with brides and very susceptible to water deprivation
damage. In this video clip, Leanne shares the techniques for care and handling of
hydrangeas, emergency blossom revival and a few design tricks that you will love.
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Memorial
Day Picnic Basket
While Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for all who have died in our nation’s
service, it is also evolved into a day for families to get together, visit the cemetery,
decorate family gravesites and celebrate the beginning of summer. Leanne creates a
“picnic basket” of flowers, perfect for a Memorial Day family get-together.
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Take
Flight with Birds of Paradise
The dramatic Strelitzia is the perfect flower for demonstrating
the principles of line design. In this
demonstration Leanne demonstrates both inward and outward line floral design.
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Bird
of Paradise, care and handling
Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia is a beautiful dramatic flower, perfect for contemporary
floral design. However, the care and handling of these cut flowers is a bit more
complicated than most. In this video clip, Leanne shows you how to “give
flight” to the bird of paradise.
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Sweet
Peas from the Garden
Spring is in full bloom and summer is just around the corner. Leanne gets a jump on the
season with a simple, fun and festive arrangement of beautiful and fragrant sweet peas.
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The
Bunny Hop
Leanne shares a creative Easter design and an
interesting perspective on why it is such a joy to be a florist. “You never really have to grow up”.
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Calla
Crescent Bridal Bouquet
The Calla is currently the third most popular flower among brides. Especially popular are
bridal bouquet styles featuring expensive long stemmed Callas. In this film clip Leanne
demonstrates an easy and inexpensive technique for creating a bouquet that only appears to
use long stemmed Callas.
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Wings
of Love
Leanne creates a distinctive cube vase design using Angel Wing begonia leaves to line the
vase and a hand-tied nosegay technique for the arrangement of Lavonde roses, callas and
leucodendron.
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Valentine's
Day 101
The busiest holiday of the year is upon us. Leanne shares design tips for the holiday as
well as some very important advice on taking care of your hands, body and soul.
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Blooming
in Style
Blooming plants are a popular and beautiful alternative to arranged flowers. They can also
be boring and unremarkable. As a professional florist you must learn to creatively dress
your plants, make them fantastic and create a distinctive style for your business.
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Bulb
Flower Primer
It’s January, spring is just around the corner. Tulips, daffodils and iris abound in
the markets. In this video clip Leanne shares the basics of purchasing, care and handling
of bulb flowers.
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Winter
Rain Chaser
Leanne combines a pair of child’s rubber boots and a few bright spring blossoms to
create and arrangement guaranteed to brighten a rainy day and chase away the winter blues.
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Twisted
Tulips
This unique technique for creating a triple tulip blossom is not only clever, but so
beautiful that you will just have to try it for yourself. Buy some tulips today and
celebrate springtime, even if it is snowing outside.
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Christmas
Wreath Magic
Turn a standard wreath into a centerpiece. With a few design tips from Leanne, a
Christmas wreath becomes truly magical.
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Autumn
Harvest Cornucopia
The Cornucopia or Horn-of-Plenty is one of civilizations oldest symbols of an abundant
harvest. While beautiful, the mechanics of the cornucopia can be tricky. Leanne shares her
favorite design mechanics for creating a dramatic autumn harvest cornucopia.
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The Collection Bouquet
The cold crisp days of autumn are perfect for wandering and collecting. In the Collection
Bouquet, you will learn a fun new way to display your gathered treasures. Leanne starts
with the Oasis wired collar and ends up with a casual autumn design filled with gatherings
from a walk through the neighborhood.
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Fun and Festive Halloween Pumpkins
Time for Halloween fun! Yes, the little goblins (and some big goblins) are already running
around in their costumes. As you prepare for the holiday, don’t forget flowers. A fun
and festive pumpkin arrangement is the perfect addition to your Halloween decorating.
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Hand-Tied Bridal Bouquet, with a secret water source
The ribbon wrapped hand-tied bridal bouquet is a
favorite for outdoor summer weddings. However,
not all flowers will last well without a water source on a hot day. Leanne will demonstrate a simple technique for
adding a secret water source to a hand-tied bouquet.
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Dramatic Sunflower Column
At first glance, sunflowers shout out casual and country. For an updated
contemporary look, add in a bunch of red dogwood branches. Yes, sunflowers and red dogwood
combine for a magnificent contemporary design in an architectural style.
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Calla Hand-Tied Bridal Bouquet
Not only is the calla a very popular flower among
brides, the calla may be the perfect flower for bridal bouquets. Callas are elegant,
available in a wide range of colors, very long lasting and easy to work with once you
master a few techniques.
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Calla Boutonniere, without wire tape or pin
No wire, no tape no pin, how is this possible? Elegant
callas are the perfect blossom for artistic and delightfully unique boutonnieres. Callas
are also an astonishingly hardy blossom giving the creative floral designer freedom to
explore new styles. Enjoy…
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Ring Bearer's Pillow, a simple new technique
There are many ways to attach flowers to a ring
bearer’s pillow. But, few are as quick and easy as this. The floral design is built
upon decorative aluminum wire and the flowers are attached using floral adhesive. This is
a design technique that you will love and use often.
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Creating a Flower Girl Halo
While there are numerous techniques for making a floral
halo, this is a preferred technique because it is easy, elegant and fast to create. As you
know, when it comes to creating profitable wedding work, speed is of the essence.
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Holiday Production Bows
Mastering bow making speed techniques. Can you
create 60 bows an hour? Can you have fun while doing it? Leanne shares methods and
demonstrates techniques for increasing you bow making speed, an essential holiday
preparation skill for every florist.
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Basic Wiring and Taping Techniques
The wiring and taping of a fresh flower blossom onto an
artificial stem is an essential skill for all florists. Wiring and taping techniques are
used in making corsages, boutonnieres, tussie mussies and bridal bouquets. Leanne reviews
three basic wiring techniques; the pierce, the hairpin and the clutch with easy step by
step demonstrations and lots of close-ups.
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Clip-On Flower Jewelry
Every once in a while you stumble upon a floral design
technique that is so beautiful, versatile and easy, you just want to jump up and down.
Well, this is one of those techniques. Leanne demonstrates how to create clip-on flower
jewelry using floral glue, simple spring loaded hair clips and Gerbera daisies. You are
going to love this clip, enjoy!
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Creating a Pleated Bow
The Pleated Bow is an excellent bow technique for
working with larger, stiffer ribbons. Pleated bows are perfect for creating spectacular
holiday bows while saving on the amount of ribbon used. With easy step-by-step
instructions with lots of detailed close-ups, Leanne will show you how to create this
lovely and versatile bow.
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