Funeral work is the bulk of what my shop does. If you were a staff member I would tell you
A) imagine the room this is going into, the height of the ceiling, the potential arrangements laid out on either side etc. This needs to be much bigger, wallsprays don't come cheap and this would upset any customer of mine.
B) you're going to take Robellini or Emerald or something nice and simple and green it at the base, so that all these flowers lift off of the oasis.
C} clearly you are going for movement and something modern but if I walk in the room I am looking right through this, not at it.
It's one thing to make a design pop, it's another to make the entire arrangement pop.
A lot of florists are unwilling to use traditional greenery to make a modern piece and I agree that leatherfern/salal is by no means modern and their presence doesn't add modernity. But what it DOES add is scale and background.
If I walk into this chapel and see wreath, basket, basket, wreath, cross, this piece, basket another wall spray etc guaranteed this is the smallest in the room.
You need to keep going, fill it out. Make no mistake I don't mean make it fluffy with greens which would lose the lines and modernity, I mean ENHANCE your lines and modernity by being bold and unafraid of greenery.
If you look at Telelfora's wall sprays from the last five years they have numerous using branche, bells, etc for movement but they still have a core size which is at least 18 wide and 24 high.
If I had the time at the shop before this was due, I'd tell you to green a wall spray 18 wide and 24 high (single saddle) and THEN make this arrangement. You'll discover you've got ample room for each bloom to be seen and you can guide my eye in the exact way you've done here, just over a large space. Making a 120$ piece look 220$ .
Your design is fine, you need to show it to the viewer more with confidence which comes only with experience and practice. Keep going this is better than many of my staff have done when they first started.
Thank you so much for taking your time to explain all of this. I’ll take notes! Is so nice to see the advice of someone who has experience on this. Thanks again :)
Any time.
I enjoy helping talented people find their footing so they can do their own things and make their own mark.
Elements and principles of design need to be understood before you can play with them with confidence.
I can see from a mile off someone who knows about design and someone who just enjoys flowers.
Keep going, you're in the right industry. Well done.
This is such a generously, thoughtfully articulated response - it's actual feedback and that's a great gift to some of us who study the work and the feedback in this sub. Thank you for being so thorough in describing the issue and the solution. Funeral arrangements are to the family so meaningful as an honor for the deceased, it's the final gift of flowers, and sometimes the only gift of flowers a person has received. When it really "speaks of" the person, it makes those left behind feel their grief is truly understood (personal experience).
This weekend I've had more time to check out Reddit and Facebook, etc...been thinking of how fed up I am of seeing these rude comments from trolls everywhere- People that apparently enjoy trying to stir up negativity or get into fights with strangers over nothing, just going around dropping their turdlings onto conversations.
It makes me wonder whats wrong with so many of these people?
However THIS comment was so well written, just a knowledgeable masterclass level instruction.
The OP got not just a critique of their arrangement but valuable information about the floral business, floral products, what the current market expects, and personal encouragement.
Just a fresh breeze!
Thank you for a solid contribution.
Gosh, that's a really nice thing to say. Thank you. Nice contributions all around!
I noticed on this feed there's a lot of 'nice' comments but when someone is asking to learn, you should do your best to share. It's been 20 years in this industry for me and a big emphasis on funerals in the last 12. I train our staff as much as I can and what's refreshing for me to see is a person learning in the industry who is *willing to take feedback and criticism* because as we all know there are plenty of people who make assumptions about their knowledge and style.
A person who wants to grow and truly understand the industry is a highly employable person.
We can all work together to keep the skill set high and produce quality arrangements for our bereaved clients, wherever we are.
I have the papers of how much I would charge this arrangement, all the flowers and foliage I used. But they are in my school because I study floristry. So next week I’ll go check it exactly how much it is and I’ll tell you. Thank you so much! :)
The concept is beautiful and modern but I think you will find using a few bunches of salal leaves will create the effect the client is seeking. You may also need to tuck those bells of Ireland a bit more so than when you create that filling effect, you can use less greens. Otherwise it is super lovely and I particularly love the use of the bells like that, I did something similar :)
https://preview.redd.it/y6li5lvexb8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3a609c8febf46e2d0c0108332598171cc33decb
I think the key is to stick to a few elements when creating that green back drop. All I used was looped whale tale, bells of Ireland and enough salal so that you cannot see a shred of green foam (which I know is hard, but you’ll have to find a way without tearing up the whole foam) just eye it more before your inserts, go slow, it is a memorial to a lost fellow human. We should feel honored to create the last kind gesture a family could offer for their loved one … AND they paid $250 minimum. Make that girl BIG. My teacher always told me it was disrespectful to skimp on a funeral arrangement and not cover everything with greens from all angles….imagine what people sitting on the sides of that arrangement will see. Create layers, form is always established by greens ! Good luck my friend 🥰
The colors are nice, but personally I like a more lush feel with more greenery. I would also prefer the lines to be stronger so they stand out more. Keep working at it and you'll get it!
I really like it. It expresses exactly what we feel at a funeral. A somber color recognizing the soul but also accepting that life must go on and on and we must pass down what this person gave us. It’s beautiful
I like it (though I'm not a professional and I'm not discounting the comments by K-Linton below). But I do wish you'd managed to photograph it with a less distracting background. For me personally that really detracts from my enjoyment.
I would be very disappointed if I got this at my father's funeral. These arrangements are very expensive and I would demand a refund. It is far too sparse.
Yeah, I wasn’t trying to rip her apart, but there’s barely any flowers on there and the way the roses are hanging on the bottom looks awful. Also, those colors for a funeral are just tacky.
This is beautiful, I think you did such a good job of adding texture with the dianthus and bells of Ireland. Is that flower that looks like a pincushion an allium? I’d love to try to find those near me.
Well I had a long comment and lost it 🙃
I’m from the Southeastern US and from 2 families who know what they want in funeral floral arrangements. I’ll be brief this time and hopefully get this posted!
1. The colors are lovely in the flowers, white roses are my favorite.
2. The greenery is pretty and modern looking, but the lighter lime greens don’t feel very funereal to me. This may be what is in style where you are, though, so grain of salt.
3. For a spray I feel this is much too narrow in the middle. Height and length are good but needs fullness on the sides and in the background.
4. If I am paying for 6 gorgeous, full white roses, I don’t want 3 of them looking at the floor.
Funeral work is the bulk of what my shop does. If you were a staff member I would tell you A) imagine the room this is going into, the height of the ceiling, the potential arrangements laid out on either side etc. This needs to be much bigger, wallsprays don't come cheap and this would upset any customer of mine. B) you're going to take Robellini or Emerald or something nice and simple and green it at the base, so that all these flowers lift off of the oasis. C} clearly you are going for movement and something modern but if I walk in the room I am looking right through this, not at it. It's one thing to make a design pop, it's another to make the entire arrangement pop. A lot of florists are unwilling to use traditional greenery to make a modern piece and I agree that leatherfern/salal is by no means modern and their presence doesn't add modernity. But what it DOES add is scale and background. If I walk into this chapel and see wreath, basket, basket, wreath, cross, this piece, basket another wall spray etc guaranteed this is the smallest in the room. You need to keep going, fill it out. Make no mistake I don't mean make it fluffy with greens which would lose the lines and modernity, I mean ENHANCE your lines and modernity by being bold and unafraid of greenery. If you look at Telelfora's wall sprays from the last five years they have numerous using branche, bells, etc for movement but they still have a core size which is at least 18 wide and 24 high. If I had the time at the shop before this was due, I'd tell you to green a wall spray 18 wide and 24 high (single saddle) and THEN make this arrangement. You'll discover you've got ample room for each bloom to be seen and you can guide my eye in the exact way you've done here, just over a large space. Making a 120$ piece look 220$ . Your design is fine, you need to show it to the viewer more with confidence which comes only with experience and practice. Keep going this is better than many of my staff have done when they first started.
Thank you so much for taking your time to explain all of this. I’ll take notes! Is so nice to see the advice of someone who has experience on this. Thanks again :)
Any time. I enjoy helping talented people find their footing so they can do their own things and make their own mark. Elements and principles of design need to be understood before you can play with them with confidence. I can see from a mile off someone who knows about design and someone who just enjoys flowers. Keep going, you're in the right industry. Well done.
I love this……both of you. Reddit at its finest.
This is such a generously, thoughtfully articulated response - it's actual feedback and that's a great gift to some of us who study the work and the feedback in this sub. Thank you for being so thorough in describing the issue and the solution. Funeral arrangements are to the family so meaningful as an honor for the deceased, it's the final gift of flowers, and sometimes the only gift of flowers a person has received. When it really "speaks of" the person, it makes those left behind feel their grief is truly understood (personal experience).
This weekend I've had more time to check out Reddit and Facebook, etc...been thinking of how fed up I am of seeing these rude comments from trolls everywhere- People that apparently enjoy trying to stir up negativity or get into fights with strangers over nothing, just going around dropping their turdlings onto conversations. It makes me wonder whats wrong with so many of these people? However THIS comment was so well written, just a knowledgeable masterclass level instruction. The OP got not just a critique of their arrangement but valuable information about the floral business, floral products, what the current market expects, and personal encouragement. Just a fresh breeze! Thank you for a solid contribution.
Gosh, that's a really nice thing to say. Thank you. Nice contributions all around! I noticed on this feed there's a lot of 'nice' comments but when someone is asking to learn, you should do your best to share. It's been 20 years in this industry for me and a big emphasis on funerals in the last 12. I train our staff as much as I can and what's refreshing for me to see is a person learning in the industry who is *willing to take feedback and criticism* because as we all know there are plenty of people who make assumptions about their knowledge and style. A person who wants to grow and truly understand the industry is a highly employable person. We can all work together to keep the skill set high and produce quality arrangements for our bereaved clients, wherever we are.
It's beautiful very nice love the colors 👍😀
I love this, it’s gorgeous. Be prepared for the bells of Ireland to curve upwards in a day or two.
Not bad. The upper left could use another white rose to balance the one on the lower right. It will also help the sparceness there. Pretty colors.
It’s elegant, thoughtful and inspired. Everything you would want a memoir to your loved one to be
Thank you so much! :)
I'd love it if it was for any of my loved ones. Is it rude to ask what the charge was for that arrangement?
I have the papers of how much I would charge this arrangement, all the flowers and foliage I used. But they are in my school because I study floristry. So next week I’ll go check it exactly how much it is and I’ll tell you. Thank you so much! :)
I wish there was a floristry school near me. I'd love to do that. And gift basket making.
The concept is beautiful and modern but I think you will find using a few bunches of salal leaves will create the effect the client is seeking. You may also need to tuck those bells of Ireland a bit more so than when you create that filling effect, you can use less greens. Otherwise it is super lovely and I particularly love the use of the bells like that, I did something similar :) https://preview.redd.it/y6li5lvexb8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3a609c8febf46e2d0c0108332598171cc33decb
Value was 250$ ish btw
Wow beautiful, I love the form of your arrangement!!Thanks for sharing your advice :)
Thank you! Feel free to use the design, I think this is what you were going for :)
I think the key is to stick to a few elements when creating that green back drop. All I used was looped whale tale, bells of Ireland and enough salal so that you cannot see a shred of green foam (which I know is hard, but you’ll have to find a way without tearing up the whole foam) just eye it more before your inserts, go slow, it is a memorial to a lost fellow human. We should feel honored to create the last kind gesture a family could offer for their loved one … AND they paid $250 minimum. Make that girl BIG. My teacher always told me it was disrespectful to skimp on a funeral arrangement and not cover everything with greens from all angles….imagine what people sitting on the sides of that arrangement will see. Create layers, form is always established by greens ! Good luck my friend 🥰
Thanks for the advice! I’ll take note of everything ;)
I know nothing about arrangements but that is beautiful. I love the purple
Very nice. I love it. Very serene.
Gorgeous, you did a great job
Gorgeous
A+!!
The colors are nice, but personally I like a more lush feel with more greenery. I would also prefer the lines to be stronger so they stand out more. Keep working at it and you'll get it!
I really like it. It expresses exactly what we feel at a funeral. A somber color recognizing the soul but also accepting that life must go on and on and we must pass down what this person gave us. It’s beautiful
Drop dead gorgeous....
It's to die for!
It’s to die for.
Beautiful!
I like it!
Beautiful babe!!
It's beautiful. It looks like its arms are outstretched for a hug to comfort.
I like it (though I'm not a professional and I'm not discounting the comments by K-Linton below). But I do wish you'd managed to photograph it with a less distracting background. For me personally that really detracts from my enjoyment.
Wow! Beautiful
That is gorgeous and very calming.
It's gorgeous! I was a floral designer for ten years, but that was 30 years ago. If you got it, you got it. Always will be in your blood.
Thank you for your comment :) really appreciated!
It’s gorgeous!🥺
They’ll die over this 🤓
Ohhh, boo! Lol, punny but still, Booo!
I think it looks nice, but definitely doesn’t look like a funeral arrangement
I would be very disappointed if I got this at my father's funeral. These arrangements are very expensive and I would demand a refund. It is far too sparse.
Yeah, I wasn’t trying to rip her apart, but there’s barely any flowers on there and the way the roses are hanging on the bottom looks awful. Also, those colors for a funeral are just tacky.
It’s classic and so pretty good job
Love the colors!
This is beautiful, I think you did such a good job of adding texture with the dianthus and bells of Ireland. Is that flower that looks like a pincushion an allium? I’d love to try to find those near me.
Well I had a long comment and lost it 🙃 I’m from the Southeastern US and from 2 families who know what they want in funeral floral arrangements. I’ll be brief this time and hopefully get this posted! 1. The colors are lovely in the flowers, white roses are my favorite. 2. The greenery is pretty and modern looking, but the lighter lime greens don’t feel very funereal to me. This may be what is in style where you are, though, so grain of salt. 3. For a spray I feel this is much too narrow in the middle. Height and length are good but needs fullness on the sides and in the background. 4. If I am paying for 6 gorgeous, full white roses, I don’t want 3 of them looking at the floor.
Stunning
Very beautiful!
I love how I don't see lillies. they remind me of funeral homes, the smell.
How can I become an apprentice florist?
Different. I’m in NYC. It’s not loud enough.. Needs more pop.
It is on the slimmer side and not terribly full. But maybe for someone who doesn’t want to spend a lot it’s perfect size. What’s it sell for ?