Kayla & Travis
Wedding Date: September 14, 2013
Venue: Ponzi Vineyards
Photographer: Honeysuckle Photography
Thank you Maggie for the great pictures!
Workshop in Los Angeles on January 28 & 29
photo: Ted Mishima
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 28 & 29, 2014, 9AM to 4PM each day
Hosted by Lori Eschler Frystak
with Blossom Alliance, centrally located in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles
Woodland and Botanical Couture Workshop
Class size limited to 6 students! Create and keep your designs.
Lunch 12PM to 1PM: there are many restaurants and food trucks in the neighborhood or bring your own.
Please bring your own tools, i.e. clippers, scissors, wire clippers and knives.
Tuesday, Januaruy 28 – Woodland Arrangements
For Françoise, the Woodlands sprouted from a childhood memory that took a life of its own. Using foliage, bark, berries, seedpods, twigs, mushrooms, herbs and some flowers, we’ll explore how to make woodland bouquets as well as centerpieces. We’ll discuss color, texture, form, ideas and techniques.
photos: Joni Photo & Sara Gray
Wednesday, January 29 – Botanical Couture
We’ll explore different ideas for botanical shoes as centerpieces and will discuss sourcing materials and the mechanics involved to create a wide variety of these unique designs. In the afternoon we’ll make botanical headpieces.
photos: Jamie Bosworth and Ted Mishima
Register for the Workshop
Price $1,000to RSVP or for more information
Workshop Info
Françoise Weeks
Atelier Botanique Françoise Weeks
francoise@francoiseweeks.com
503-236-5829
Lodging Info
Lori Eschler Frystak
Blossom Alliance
blossomalliance@gmail com
323-251-9160
Workshop in San Francisco
What a great workshop it was in San Francisco last week! Thank you so much Mindy Rosenberg ,with Mindy Rosenberg Design, for hosting the workshop in your studio. Here are pictures of the delightful woodlands, botanical purses, shoes and rings that everyone made. Thank you Susan Kelly, with Three Sisters Flowers,Tanya Slye, Sharri Robinson and Kasey Hansen for attending. It was a delight to meet you all!
And thank you Mindy for the pictures!
Hands-on Class in the Studio: Scrumptious Holiday Wreath!
photo: Lauren Brooks
Starting with a fir bough wreath, you will create a rich arrangement that includes clusters of bright berries and fruits, dried seedpods, cones and succulents, holiday spices and woodland gleanings .
Monday, December 2, 2013 6:30 – 9:00pm $85 sold out
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:30 – 9:00pm $85 sold out
Please call early to reserve your place! The hands-on classes are limited to 8 students per class and are conducted at Françoise’s Studio – 2754 SE 33rd Pl. 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. Deposits are generally non-refundable but exceptions may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Workshop in Orinda, CA
Here are some pictures of last week’s workshop in the Bay Area. Thank you Chris Stoneberg, with Blooms by You, for hosting the classes in your beautiful studio and for taking these great pictures! It was a delight to share ideas and mechanics with you, Karen and Sheryl.
designs by Chris:
Botanical Masks and Headpieces
A couple of months ago, Alicia with Flirty Fleurs suggested that a few of us would gather and have a ‘flower play date’. Everyone would bring some bunches of flowers and texture. Peggy and Carol, Liz, Lora, Annie and Alicia came to the studio on a brilliant fall morning and we spent the day making masks, headpieces and other arrangements. We all had a blast and plan on doing this again!
Thank you Alicia for taking these great pictures! And thank you Peggy for making a wonderful lunch!
Lora’s designs:
Botanical Wire Shoes
Selection of botanical wire shoes decorated with succulents, bromeliad leaves, ferns, tillandsias, orchids, seedpods and other textures. These are super fun to make; they are great centerpieces for bistro tables – or place several on a mantle or a long dinner table!
Joni Photo
Joni Photo
Rose Hill Flower Farm
Elizabeth Bryant is the organic flower grower extraordinaire at Rose Hill Flower Farm in West Linn. She came to visit in the studio last fall and we hit it off right away! I had prepared a long list of favorite plants and flowers and mentioned that it would be fantastic if she would be interested in growing some of them. This past season I was absolutely thrilled to work with the selection that she delivered weekly at the studio. We both are so passionate about our work and we can talk endlessly about flowers and plants. I was delighted to visit her farm this summer.
Here is a sample of her treasures: salpiglossis, nicotiana, several varieties of clematis, love-in-a-puff, cleome, ageratum, penstemon, salvia, abuliton, gloriosa lilies, chocolate cosmos, allium, cerinthe, toadlilies, persian shield, nigella, many herbs and lots of fantastic texture… I cannot wait to see what she has in store for next year!
Elizabeth amongst her amazing sweetpeas!
Log Arrangement with Porcelaine Berries
When Bethany, co-owner of Charles Little – a wonderful flower farm in the Eugene area – asked if I could make an arrangement for her booth at the design show at the Portland Flower Market last week, I wanted to incorporate the fabulous porcelain berries that she grows.
