Advanced Bridal Church Flower Arranging Training Course

Another amazing and busy week at Kay's School of Floristry this week. Tuesday & Wednesday this week saw our students designing  stunning Wedding Unity Candle Arrangements, Altar arrangements, Pew Ends, Glass Bowl Arrangements.  Tutor Janette also demonstrated a 5 foot Church Pedestal Arrangement & Wedding Floral Arches.
Our Wedding Floral Arch is a one of a kind design and we show you how to make your own stand that is light, flexible and easy to assemble on your own in the church.
The students all played a part in putting together Topiary Trees, Candelabra Arrangements and smaller candle stand arrangement.

We were delighted to see all our returning students, some who had trained with us this year and some who had trained with us last year.  This final module is the end of their training with us, but as ever we cannot stress, no matter how long ago you trained with us, we are always here should you need advice or a friendly ear  - info@kaysschool.com

Click here for details of our Advanced Church & Hotel Design Course 

Details of our BROOCH BOUQUET TRAINING KITS & WORKSHOPS can be found here 

AOIFA - Association of Irish Floral Artists National Competition in the Middleton Park Hotel, Co Cork

Kay was delighted to get the opportunity to visit the National Competitions for AOIFA this year in Middleton in Co Cork.  As a Commercial Florist it is such a wonderful experience to see these Artists at work using the flowers & materials we use in the school everyday but on a commercial basis.
Their designs were just amazing and the hours of work that must have went into each piece was evident in the attention to detail in each of the floral designs.

Over the course of the day Kay got chatting with lots of the designers and coincidentally some of them had actually started out as students at  Kay's School of Floristry many many years ago.

Mary O Brien won Floral Artist of the year with this stunning creation and fantastic use of midelino sticks 

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Beatrice Hartog won first in the Craft Class with this exceptional piece of craft.

For more information on AOIFA visit their website here 

The 11th World Flower Show will be held in Ireland this year for the very first time in the RDS in Dublin.  This Event will be attended by Floral Artists and Flower arrangers from all over the world and is expected to be a phenomenal success.  For more information on this event and to buy tickets pop over to The World Association of Flower Arrangers Page. (WAFA)

Advanced Bridal Floristry Course - Head-dresses - step by step approach

Normally on day 1 of our Advanced Bridal Floristry we cover halo Head-dresses and we usually do these in all white, today we decided to change our theme for these and go for an Autumnal Theme Wedding Head-dress.

Janette demonstrated the Bridal or Flower Girls Headdress step by step creating a beautiful creation using Orchids as the main flower and adding to it some mixed foliage and some cotoneaster berry.

The students then got the opportunity to try on and photograph the headdress 

For more information on how you can learn to create head dresses like these or maybe design your own wedding flowers, drop us an email to info@kaysschool.com

Large Waterfall Bridal Bouquets on our Advanced Bridal Course

What a busy day we had today at the school.  Students were learning the skills of putting together a very large cascade bridal bouquet.  These Bouquets are definitely coming back into fashion and we are seeing more and more celebs choosing these wedding bouquets.  

This is floristry work at its best as each and ever piece of foliage & flower head is individually wired.  It could take an experienced florist up to 3 hours to create something like this on their own.  Although there is usually a junior florist on hand to help with the wiring of these bridal bouquets

Today our students got to work with Roses,  Cymbidium (Orchids) &  Dendrobium (Singapore Orchids) and they used lots of Beargrass to create the flowing tails of the bouquet 

I think our girls will have tired arms and fingers after all the hard work they did wiring these bouquets. 

For more information on any of our Floristry Courses and Flower Arranging Courses visit our website on www.kaysschool.com  or email info@kaysschool.com 

Brooches for Sale - Wholesale

We are so delighted to add some new colours to our Brooches for sale collection.  Since introducing our  brooch bouquet kits, we have been trying to give our students what they want.
Quality Brooches, varying in size and shape, in silver and in gold and now we have a good selection of colours too.
We do not have a minimum order but the larger the order the cheaper the brooches

Order 60 Brooches for only €200 euro which includes FREE World Wide Postage.
To avail of this offer quote BLOG60 and email info@kaysschool.com 

See a close up of our brooches in our Brooches for sale Album on our Facebook Page

Brooches Available for sale 

Colored Brooches For Sale 

 Our Brooch Bouquet Kits contain 30 Brooches in a colour of your choice, all the wires and fabric that you need and full DVD step by step instructional training to help you complete your Brooch Bouquet.

Pearl & Crystal Brooch Bouquet 

To talk to us drop us an email to info@kaysschool.com or call Ireland 00 353 1 453 86 49

Eirflowers Naas, Christmas Demonstration & Open Day

A pleasure as always to visit Eirflowers Naas Christmas Demonstration and Open Day this Sunday. The certainly did not disappoint with Oasis Ambassador Helen Jamieson who was on hand to give all attending a very entertaining demonstration with lots of fab ideas and tips for Christmas. 

We also got the opportunity to catch up with lots of our past students there and it was great to hear how their business are going for them.  It is so important for florists to get together at events like these and network and thanks to John in Eirflowers for providing the opportunity and the refreshments. 

Janette & John at Eirflowers Christmas Demonstration Day

Eirflowers supply both sundries and fresh flowers to the Flower Trade and have recently introduced some fabulous stands that would be ideal for Church Arrangements and Hotel Receptions

We had a bit of Fun when our tutor Janette picked up this stand laughing that she had found the Sam Maguire Cup 

Just some of the gorgeous arrangements demonstrated by Helen Jamieson from Oasis 

Janette doing what she does best "chatting" with past student Carmel from La belle fleur in Co Leitrim.  Carmel and Helena are now recognized as Ireland leading florists with many a Celeb wedding under their wing 

After a lovely relaxing afternoon it was back to the school for our flower delivery from FleuraMetz  in preparation for our Advanced Bridal Course beginning on Monday.  

Details of all our courses can be found on www.kaysschool.com

Beginners Flower Arranging Course

Our Beginners Commercial Flower Arranging Course designed for those wishing to work in a flower shop or maybe work from home on a Commercial basis 

Well what a busy week we have had, we were delighted to welcome a new bunch of budding Flower Arranging Students from all over the country to the school on Monday for their first introduction to Commercial Floristry.
Over the course of the week the students completed 7 different styled flower arrangements using different flowers and foliage.

Janette guides Fiona 

Karen designing her arrangement on day 2 

All of the Flower Arrangements designed by our students at our flower school are theirs to take home with them each day.  

It really gives our teachers such satisfaction to see the fabulous arrangements our students produce and also the smiles on their face at the end of each day as the leave the school.

 

Sonia from Monaghan with her contemporary flower arrangement. 

These Mock Hand Tied Flower Arrangements designed by the students on the last day of their Commercial Flower Course.  

If you would like any more information on any of our training Flower Courses, just drop us an email on info@kaysschool.com or visit our website on www.kaysschool.com 

For a limited time only we have a €50 discount voucher for Module 1 Commercial Flower Arranging on Kay's School Website 

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