Françoise Weeks European Floral Design

photos: David Barss

This Wedding/Event Workshop is intensive and inspiring, providing insights and techniques developed over many years of European floral design. Classes begin with a lecture and presentation, where your input and questions are welcomed.

After a demonstration of floral techniques and mechanics, you will design your own pieces. You will hone your artistic talents, and will be encouraged to listen to your intuition and further your own vision. Classes are limited to five students to ensure valuable individual attention.

Dates: Monday April 22, Tuesday April 23,  Wednesday April 24

Time: 9am til 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Where: At Françoise’s Studio

Cost: $900 – A 50% deposit is requested to reserve your space; the balance is due April 8.

For more information, please call 503-236-5829 or check my website

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Joni Photo

Bring the outside in and learn how to force blooming branches! Quince, cherry branches or forsythia arranged by themselves en masse look dramatic. Learn how paired with other spring flowers like daffodils, tulips, hellebore and hyacinths they make exquisite arrangements. Come and join us for this fun class that will remind you that spring truly is around the corner!

Monday March 11                                             6:30 – 9:00pm   $75

Call to reserve your space @ 503-236-5829

http://francoiseweeks.com/classes

The hands-on classes are limited to 8 students per class and are conducted at Françoise’s Studio – 2754 SE 33^rd Place.  Prices include flowers, supplies, use of tools, and best of all, your creation goes home with you!  Receipt of your check (or payment with Paypal) for the full tuition secures your place in the class.

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Wedding Date: November 17, 2012

Venue: Maysara

Wedding Coordinator: Becky with No Ordinary Affair

Caterer: Vibrant Table

Photographer: Jessica Hill

Over 600 candles transformed the reception area at Maysara into a magical space. Clusters of pillar candles and runners of rosepetals decorated the long tables. Beautiful heirloom candelabras with flowers, also lined the head table. The other long tables featured manzanita trees, illuminated with dozens of candles; the container was covered with bark, moss and lichens  – flowers and textures lined the base of the trees.

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Wedding date: September 29, 2012

Venue: Hawks View Cellars in Sherwood

Photographer: Alaln Weiner

Caterer: Artemis Foods

Cake: Papa Haydn

Thank you Alan for the great pictures of this woodland wedding in the wine country on a gorgeous fall day.

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Jamie Bosworth Photographer

I am delighted to announce that Holly Heider Chapple will be  our guest designer at the wedding/event workshop in February. Holly is a nationally recognized wedding/event designer in the Washington DC area. Her work has been featured in numerous wedding  magazines and national blogs, including  Flower Magazine, Martha Stewart, The Knot, Southern Living, Brides.

This Wedding/Event Workshop is intensive and inspiring, providing insights and techniques developed over many years of European floral design. Classes begin with a lecture and presentation, where your input and questions are welcomed.

After a demonstration of floral techniques and mechanics, you will design your own pieces. You will hone your artistic talents, and will be encouraged to listen to your intuition and further your own vision. Classes are limited to five students to ensure valuable individual attention.

Dates: Monday February 18, Tuesday February 19,  Wednesday February 20

Time: 9am til 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Where: At Françoise’s Studio

Cost: $900 – A 50% deposit is requested to reserve your space; the balance is due February 4.

For more information, please call 503-236-5829 or check my website

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I am excited to announce that I will be teaching a wedding/event workshop in Los Angeles on March 26, 27 28.

Lori Eschler Frystack with Blossom Alliance graciously offered to host this event.

For more information cick here

Jamie Bosworth Photographer

Explore the many possibilities the woodlands have to offer and be inspired by the botanical treasures of the Pacific Northwest! Françoise’s absolute love for this style of arrangement stems from her time spent as a child in Switzerland. Foraging for a piece of wood or bark and moss and adding some wildflowers, she would make arrangements for her Mother while on summer hikes with her family in the Alps. Her woodland fairy creations have since bloomed into unique centerpieces and bouquets using the foliage of the Northwest as her muse. Detail is paramount in these layered, intricate creations. Gather ideas to express your creativity and learn to work with woodland materials found in nature!

Woodland Workshops are intensive and inspiring, providing insights and techniques developed over many years of European floral design. Classes begin with a lecture and presentation, where your input and questions are welcomed.

After a demonstration of floral techniques and mechanics, you will design your own pieces. You will hone your artistic talents, and will be encouraged to listen to your intuition and further your own vision. Classes are limited to five students to ensure valuable individual attention.

Dates: Monday January 28, Tuesday January 29, Wednesday January 30

Time: 9am til 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Where: At Françoise’s Studio

Cost: $1,300 – A 50% deposit is requested to reserve your space; the balance is due January 14

For more information, please call 503-236-5829 or check  my website

photo: Jamie Bosworth

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Wedding Date: September 29, 2012

Venue: Portland Art Museum

Wedding Coordinator: Susan with Blush Bridal Consultation Group

Caterer: Art of Catering

Photographer: Jessica Hill

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Today I am thrilled to announce that my second website, Atelier Botanique Françoise Weeks, which focuses on the workshops and classes, has been launched. The other website now is dedicated to the weddings and events only. Numerous links connect both websites, so all the information and pictures are easy to find.

You will find slideshows and explicit details for all the workshops and classes for the next 6 months as well as all the information for the workshop that I will be teaching in Los Angeles at the end of March. This wedding/event workshop is hosted by Lori Eschler Frystak with Blossom Alliance on March 26, 27 and 28.

A huge thank you to my fabulous we designers, Josh and Qiana Rickabaugh Rich with Quoin Design. As always their creativity, work and customer service are impeccable!

Wedding Workshops

photo: Nicole Wickens

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Wedding Date: July 10, 2012

Ceremony: on the beach

Reception venue: Haystack Gardens in Cannon Beach

Photographer: James Olson with Alderbrook Imaging

photo: James Olson

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