Wiring flowers SUCKS!

Anyone who says making your own corsage is fun is a dirty, filthy liar.

Last night I was put through wiring boot camp. We made a buttonhole, a corsage & a circlet…well half a circlet, we need to finish them at home. We need to keep practicing until our fingers bleed & our souls are broken. Did I mention that wiring sucks? Wiring is stressful, time consuming, fiddly, annoying…utterly painful & above all I think, a little dated.

Ranting aside, I can see that this is a skill that will require many hours grueling labour until I can do this with my eyes closed. I actually concentrated so hard last night I forgot to breathe & made myself ill. Tonight I am going to relax with a glass of wine & a fistful of shrubbery & practice wiring until I die or pass out.

Still I’m pretty proud of what I have achieved in 3 short weeks, my brain is brimming with information, I am developing callouses  from wiring..I am going to be a florist next year, it still hasn’t sunk in. If this is the worst floristry has to throw at me I think I can live with that! I have an insane amount of homework to get through this year, including some amusing questions relating to communication & body language such as “how would you convey confusion with your feet?”……HUH?

I think I might give frustrating homework a break tonight & bake something, something chocolatey for a certain man who is turning 50 tomorrow. I just may decorate that something with truffles or chocolate meringues too…stay tuned!