Last fall, photographer Ted Mishima and I decided to do a  show together. We have been collaborating for 4 years on botanical couture photo shoots and we thought it would be fun to showcase his photography and have some models who would showcase botanical headpieces, jewelry, purses and shoes.

Mount Burns, owner of St John’s Coffee Roasters, generously offered to host the event at his coffee shop and Nyki Burns contacted several of her friends asking if they would model.

The collaboration was fantastic! The show was very well attended and we all had a blast that evening.

As always,Ted captured great images:

botanical rings and earrings

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Last fall the editor of the Russian Magazine ‘Flowers‘ requested some images. So honored that they featured these pictures in their winter issue.

Photos  by Ted Mishima  (except the cover)

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A woodland arrangement that I made for a memorial service today. It was several years ago that I bought this gnarled root structure and it was simply perfect for this occasion.

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A large terra cotta saucer was perfect for this bright spring arrangement made with forsythia, tulips, daffodils, ranunculus, accacia, sandersonia, kalanchoe, succulents, moss and small zucchinis.

Photos: Joni Photo

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Chartreuse, Chocolate, Burgundy and Butter Yellow: for years this has been a very favorite color palette!

Herbs, hops, mini cymbidiums, seedpods, berries, fern curls, chocolate cosmos, scabiosa, caramel antique garden roses

Photos: Robbie Augspurger

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Fallopia foliage covered the outside of this stiletto, while black begonia leaves were glued on the inside. A  few orchids as well as snippets of green blackberries, succulents, kangoroo paws, dill, sedum, penstemon seedpods and grass enhanced the rim of the shoe as well as the heel.

You will learn to make your own fairy tale shoe, as well as stunning  purses, jewelry and headpieces during the 2 day Botanical Couture workshop at Vinewood Plantation, near Atlanta on April 22 & 23.

Photos: Ron Weeks

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Last week the first fritillaria maleagris plants of the season were available at the flower market.  Every year I buy several flats from Northwest Fresh, as no one sells these treasures as cut flowers. They are a great choice for woodland arrangements.

Thank you Ted Mishima for these beautiful images! A piece of wood served as container and was decorated with mossy branches, staghorn fern, succulents, tillandsias, ferns, mushrooms, other textures and a few stems of fritillarias.

Join us for a 3 day woodland workshop in the studio in Portland on February 16-18 and learn how to use wooden pieces as containers and much more. For more information or to register, click here.

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So looking forward to teaching the Botanical Couture/ Woodland/Wedding workshop at the Sid Valley Hotel in Devon, England, hosted  by The Academy of Floral Art

Thursday 14th Full Day workshop, Haute Couture Designs

Friday 15th Morning workshop Woodland Designs

Friday 15th Afternoon workshop Bridal Designs

For more information or to register, please go to: https://francoiseweeks.com/francoise-coming-to-england/

Here are some examples of what you will learn.

Thrilled to have been invited by Claire Cowling with Thrive Floristry in Bury St Edmunds in England teach a Botanical Couture/Wedding workshop on May 22 & 23.

For more information and to register please go to https://francoiseweeks.com/francoise-is-coming-to-england/

Here are some examples of what you will learn during this 2 day workshop.

Here are some pictures of the log arrangement that served as the demo piece for the class that I taught at Florabundance , earlier this month. The selection of textures and flowers were fantastic! More on the workshop later this week.

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