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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

October & November Design classes

October Classes 
Join in...... learning something new.....


 Friday October 21     10-4pm    Silk Floral Design  $50
Join this class to create special holiday designs or everyday designs for your home... or a special gift...
email for pay pal Invoice:    flowerclassroom@gmail.com


Saturday October 22nd    10-1   Halloween Door Decor    $125
Join this class to create a SPOOKY door design....everyone will create a different design...
email for the Pay Pal Invoice: flowerclassroom@gmail.com


Saturday October 29th    6:30-8:30  Fresh Floral Halloween Design Fun    $60
Join this class for a unique and spooky fresh floral design for you Halloween Party....not a traditional design.....we love to learn new things!
email for the pay pal invoice:  flowerclassroom@gmail.com


November Classes

EFD Advanced class    November 7,8,10,11,12th   10-6                                                                      5 days of learning new tips, tricks & techniques                                                                                    $850 EFD grads    $1250 Floral professionals

email for the pay pal invoice:  flowerclassroom@gmail.com


Friday November 18th   Silk Floral Design   10-4    $125
create that special design for your thanksgiving table or something for christmas?  You make all the decisions with my guidance to create that special design.
email for the pay pal invoice:   flowerclassroom@gmail.com


Monday November 21    2 sessions   10-1 or 6-9    Thanksgiving fresh floral design   $100

We will create a beautiful fresh design with fall elements, flowers that you can brag at the table " I made that"!!  Everything is provided, bring a friend or family to learn something new.
email for the pay pal invoice:  flowerclassroom@gmail.com

Saturday November 26th    2-7pm   Learn the Basic's  3 designs/one day    $187.50

Learn 3 design styles in one session: round/mass, tall vase & hand tied table garland.  Three design you can create for yourself over and over. email for the pay pal invoice:
flowerclassroom@gmail.com


Monday November 28th    6-8:30  Tall Vase Design    $125
After you learn the basic's of a round/mass design learn the techniques of going 36" tall. 

This is a fantastic class to join... shopping is all done....Knowing you can re-create these for your Holiday or Christmas party just a month away.
email for the pay pal invoice:  flowerclassroom@gmail.com





All classes are a 8 Student maximum, using Seasonal fresh flowers and foliages.  Off-site classes can be booked as well as a private party class.
Call me to discuss all the details:  913-708-2988

Christina Burton-Fox AIFD floral artist & instructor

Monday, October 10, 2016

The Fibonacci Sequence



Christina Burton-Fox AIFDfloral artist & instructor

Save $300 on your EFD registration~~Columbus Day Savings

Columbus Day Flash Sale
October 10 & 11

Save $300 on your EFD registration
2 Evenings + Saturday for 5 weeks
Class Begins October 26
Contact:
for the discount savings on your registration
Christina Burton-Fox AIFD floral artist & instructor

Slow Flowers Newsletter

 
      
 
 
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​Slow Flowers 2017 Floral Insights
Participate in our 3rd annual Industry Forecast
 
 
Welcome to October! I hope the information shared in this month's newsletter is useful and thought-provoking, Warmly, Debra

LOOKING AHEAD TO YEAR'S END, Slowflowers.com is preparing to publish its 3rd annual Floral Insights & Industry Forecast. The report covers the Top 10 Emerging Themes important to the Slow Flowers Community and is released widely via channels such as the Slow Flowers Podcast, social media and press releases.

We'd love your input for 2017. Share your thoughts and add your voice as we compile the most important ideas, insights and themes for flower farming and floral design. Give us 5 minutes of your time and answer a few questions by following the Survey Link below.
 
 
 
Click here to share your insights ►
 
Slow Flowers Public Relations
 
 
 
LAST CALL for your Harvest-Home-Holiday Submissions!
Two weeks ago we sent the first Call for Images for our 2016-2017 Slow Flowers PR Campaign.
If you have content to share, we'd love to include one example or more of your design work using local and seasonal botanicals. The Harvest-Home-Holiday editorial package will be distributed nationally to lifestyle editors and bloggers. Don't miss out on this excellent opportunity to get published! DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: October 10th
 
 
Click here for submission details ►
 
 
 
Slow Flowers in the News
 
 
 
Central Texas Gardener, an award-winning PBS show, recently featured Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers and members Frank and Pamela Arnosky of Texas Specialty Cut Flowers at their Blanco, Texas farm

While in the Austin, Texas, area to attend and speak at the Field to Vase Dinner at the Arnosky family's flower farm, our good friend Linda Lehmusvirta, producer of "Central Texas Gardener," brought her crew to film a story about local flowers, slow flowers, field to vase and -- especially -- Texas-grown flowers!

"These days, we’re into local food, but how local are the floral bouquets we buy? At the Arnosky Family Farms near Blanco, meet Pamela and Frank Arnosky who restored the Texas cut flower industry. Get their tips for starting winter flowers and how they rotate crops for hand-packaged bouquets every day of the year. Plus, we stopped by the American Grown Flowers Field to Vase dinner event where slow food meets slow flowers." -- Tom Spencer, host of Central Texas Gardener
 
 
Click here to watch the entire segment ►
 
 

Slow Flowers sponsor Mayesh Wholesale hosted Debra Prinzing of Slowflowers.com and Lisa Waud of Detroit Flower Week, The Flower House and pot & box for a Facebook Live Chat. Above, top row: Yvonne Ashton (Mayesh), Lisa Waud; bottom row: Ali Dahlson (Mayesh), Debra Prinzing

We spoke with Lisa Waud of Pot & Box, and Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers about all of the greatness that is Detroit Flower Week or DFW.
You may recall hearing about an amazing project last year, The Flower House, which brought together over 3 dozen florists, 100 volunteers, 36,000 stems of American grown flowers & plants that were artfully designed in 17 rooms of an abandoned house in Detroit. Truly an awe inspiring moment in our flower history thanks to its creator, Lisa! Fast forward a year later to today, and Lisa is ready to leave her mark on history once again with help from some trail blazing flower friends like Debra.
Debra is a champion of American grown flowers helping to promote awareness and consumption of the blooms grown in the U.S. Such a dynamic duo that we were lucky to have time to chat with!
 
 
Click here to watch the Live Chat replay ►
 
 
ATTEND: Join Slow Flowers at upcoming events
 
 
 
 
DETROIT, Michigan

October 11-15: Detroit Flower Week

Debra Prinzing
 and numerous members of the Slow Flowers Community join Lisa Waud of The Flower House and pot & box at the inspiring floral convergence of design, art, farming and storytelling.
Read more about Detroit Flower Week here.
 
 
 
 
SONOMA, California

October 16: Field to Vase Dinner @ Sunset Magazine Cornerstone


Slowflowers.com is a sponsor and co-host of the amazing Field to Vase Dinner coming up at Sunset Magazine's beautiful new trial and demonstration gardens in wine country. 
Event florals will be designed by Slow Flowers member Alethea Harampolis of Studio Choo and Homestead Design Collective. Reserve your dinner ticket here!
 
 
 
 
HEALDSBURG, California

October 17-18: Slow Flowers Creative Workshop 


Russian River Flower School hosts the second Slow Flowers Creative Workshop. Spaces are still available for this excellent program.
Debra Prinzing will teach “floral storytelling” and partner with Dundee Butcher to use local flowers in our expanded design process that includes each student creating a video short for her or his own use. Details and registration link here. Click here to listen to a Q&A with Debra and Dundee as they discuss the workshop.
 
 
 
 
WATERFORD, Virginia

October 17-18: Flowerstock 2016
 

Holly Chapple and Hope Flower Farm present the first Flowerstock, two days of demonstrations and talks by renowned floral designers, a marketplace of vendors, flower playtime, live music, food trucks, barn dancing, campfires and glamping!
Slow Flowers is pleased to sponsor this special gathering of our flower friends.
We're also thrilled that Holly and participants of Flower Stock will design and produce one of our Floral Style Fashion images for American Flowers Week 2017! 
Find Flowerstock Details and registration link here.
 
 
 
 
ON THE ROAD with Slow Flowers
 
 
 
I experienced a whirlwind summer and fall of travels that brought me to flower farms, floral studios and other inspiring venues where our Slow Flowers Community gathered for conversation, inspiration and great exchange of ideas!
Thank you to my hosts and friends new and old! Read on to see highlights of those Meet-Ups:
 
 
 
SLOW FLOWERS COLORADO Meet-Up at Red Daisy Farm, Brighton, Colorado
Thank you to Megan McGuire and Terry Bauman of Red Daisy Farm for hosting more than 20 flower farmers and florists in the Denver-Boulder area and beyond for a fantastic potluck barbecue, farm tour, and Slow Flowers networking event on Friday, August 12th!
 
 
 
SLOW FLOWERS at Thistle Dew Farm's Field to Vase Dinner, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
What a treat to connect with so many Slow Flowers friends, members and supporters at the Field to Vase Dinner on September 14th!
I was honored to share remarks about the Slow Flowers Movement to 150 guests of our host David Beahm and Thistle Dew Farm. 
What a great evening to celebrate local and American grown flowers!
 
 
 
SLOW FLOWERS Hudson Valley Meet-Up at Etsy Event Space, Hudson, New York
Thank you to Marybeth Wehrung of Stars of the Meadow flower farm and members of the Hudson Valley Flower Growers Network for hosting our Slow Flowers Meet-Up at Etsy's beautiful meeting space on Saturday, September 18th.
You'll hear more about this group's emerging American-grown flower hub in a future episode of the Slow Flowers Podcast.
 
 
 
SLOW FLOWERS Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Meet-Up at Spring Forth Farm, Hurdle Mills, North Carolina
Spring Forth Farm, owned by Jonathan and Megan Leiss, is a modern homestead, a small-acre flower farm, and a beautiful North Carolina gathering place for kindred spirits in the Slow Flowers Community.
Jonathan and Megan took the lead in hosting a Slow Flowers Meet-Up/potluck on their farm on Sunday, September 19th and we had a fantastic turnout of folks attending from across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee! Read my blog post about our Meet-Up and the Slow Flowers Creative Workshop held the following day at Pine State Flowers.
 
 
 
 
LISTEN: Slow Flowers Podcasts for September
 
 
 
Voices of the Slow Flowers Movement
Each week the Slow Flowers Podcast releases a new episode featuring timely interviews with flower farmers and floral designers whose wisdom and insights will inspire you!
Check out the wide range of guests we've heard from during the month of September:
 
 
 
 
 
 
American Flowers Week News

Welcome to our newest sponsor of American Flowers Week 2017:

SEATTLE WHOLESALE GROWERS MARKET

SWGMC is excited about the opportunity to support and sponsor American Flowers Week. This creative campaign encourages consumers to think about where their cut flowers are grown, and brings about more awareness of the importance of our domestic flower farms, and the challenges they face.
— Molly Sadowsky, Market Manager
 
 
Seattle Wholesale Growers Market is the generous sponsor of one of five Floral Style Fashion shoots, the results of which will be revealed in the days leading up to American Flowers Week, June 28-July 4, 2017.
We assembled a talented “dream team” to create a prairie-goes-luxe wearable floral gown and photographed it in a pastoral setting that reflects American floral agriculture at its best!
Thank you to everyone involved!!

SLOW FLOWERS DESIGNER: Amy Kunkel-Patterson of Gather Design Co.(Seattle)
MODEL: Flower farmer Kelly Uhlig of Sonshine Farm (Whidbey Island, WA)
HAIR & MAKEUP: Yessie Libby of Yessie Makeup Artistry (Seattle)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Anna Peters of Anna Peters Photogaphy (Seattle)
LOCATION: Everyday Flowers owned by Vivian Larson (Stanwood, WA)
 
 
Learn more about American Flowers Week Here ►
 
 
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS
 
 

Christina Burton-Fox AIFD floral artist & instructor

Monday, October 3, 2016

EFD evening=Saturday class begins on October 26th at 6pm

Spaces are available to join this class....enjoy learning new things







Fall 2016 ~ EFD Evening class dates:
2 Evenings + 1 Saturday for 5 weeks

October 26-27 +29th
November 2-3 + 5th
November 9-10 +12th
November 16-17 +19th
off week of Thanksgiving
November 30-Dec. 1 + 3rd


Don't miss these last classes of 2016....Design tables are open to enroll.  Can't wait to meet you in the classroom!

Have questions....email or call: flowerclassroom@gmail.com   or 913-708-2988
Christina




Explore Floral Design ~~ 2016                                
                                                    



Evenings 6-9:30 + Saturday  for 5 weeks
Wednesday & Thursday
70 class hours of hands on training

10-Mondays 10am-6pm
1 hr. lunch break
70 class hours hands on training




Overview

This 10 day or 2 evening + Saturday Exploration of Floral Design class will teach the basic principals of floral design, and so much more.  Each day will have a morning/evening lecture and afternoon/evening of hands on designing.  Students will participate in the processing and handling of fresh flowers each day for the lab session.   The students will be trained to execute all basic forms of design to apply for a floral designer position.  This is a required class for job placement.  The class offers business information on pricing for profit, daily sales, floral delivery expenses, and bulk purchases for profitability, and so much more!  The students will have an open book final exam on materials covered during lectures.  And every class day will be more fun than you can imagine and the   amount of flowers to work with and industry information is fantastic!
FLOWERS are beautiful creations, the curiosity and enthusiasm for information on FLOWERS is contagious.  Take yourself somewhere new….to the Flower Classroom.  Learn to be a FLOWER expert.
This class enables you to become a FLOWER expert!   Having so much fun every class session.

Objectives

·       Introduction to design 
·       Color terms and theory
·        Processing and handling of fresh flowers 
·       Flower & Foliage identification
·       Hands on design of basic forms of design
·       Techniques in design 
·       Wedding Bouquets 
·       Flowers to wear
·       Sympathy Tributes
·       Every day designs
·       Pricing of floral products
·       Salesmanship with FLOWERS

Activities

Each student will have materials provided to execute all designs.  The classroom also has additional books, supplies and flowers for purchase.  This allows students to practice additional designs at home.
We will cover the Principles, Elements & Techniques of Design
·       Balance, Emphasis, Harmony, Proportion, Rhythm & Unity
·       Color, Form, Line, Space & Texture

Floral Design Tools

The Flower Classroom provides a Notebook of Floral information, Color Wheel, Floral design tools and a California Flower Selection guide, and industry catalogs.
 Students should bring something for note   taking and a calculator.  The classroom has assorted tools available to use, new floral tools are available in the classroom to purchase.  Any other tools necessary for the class will be available.

Evaluation

A certificate of completion of this class will be available with your final exam. 
Students that have enrolled and finished Explore Floral Design and wish to enroll in the Advanced Floral design class that follows will be given a discount on that class price when combining these 2 classes.
Christina Burton-Fox   AIFD   instructor





Materials

Fresh flowers and foliage’s and the containers will be provided for all the designs.  These designs are yours to take with you at the end of each class day.  You will not take apart your designs to execute the next floral design.
Flower selection will be seasonal.  The classroom will have a wide selection of flowers to choose from for design execution.  You will have permanent materials and all wire, tape, glue, etc. will be provided. 
Styles of Design
·      Botanical
·      Circular Mass
·      Formal Linear
·      Line-Mass
·      Triangular
·      Vegetative




Class Registration

70 hours classroom time
Registration & Class Materials for a 10-day class or 2 evenings + Saturday for 5 weeks.             
  $1,864.50

This amount is due in full to reserve your design table.  Payment can be made with any major credit card or with Pay Pal. 
You can copy and paste this link for payment.  I will confirm your registration after the payment is received.

PayPal link for payment of Class
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BKXUGEZDLPERA
Cancelation of your space in the class is allowed up to 14 days before class for a full refund.  After that a credit will be applied for classes in the future. For this class or any classes of your choice. No Refund from 14 days prior and thru each class session. 

 Call for more information.           913-708-2988
Thank you,
Christina Burton-Fox  AIFD,CFD
floral artist and instructor












Unsure how to view the class schedule or how to sign up for a class.....email me at: flowerclassroom@gmail.com I will be glad to answer any question at: 913-708-2988 thanks! Christina Burton-Fox AIFD

Christina Burton-Fox AIFD floral artist & instructor