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| Day one begins under the giant mango tree with white crown flower leis. Some of the ladies began telling their floral stories. |
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| More ladies. |
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| After our introductions, we walked to our work space. This incredible site is where we got to do our designing for three days! |
The Haiku Mill is a an old sugar mill which has been restored to incredible beauty. It's hard to take a bad photograph here.
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| Some of the gorgeous flowers and foliages that we used for our workshop. |
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| Our first project was a "small" arrangement in a footed container. |
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| Ariella demonstrating her technique. |
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| We broke for lunch which was a feast for the eyes too. |
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| Super healthy! |
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| Day 2 began with a demonstration of a "medium" size arrangement in a cut glass compote. |
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| Ariella's finished arrangement. |
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| Sachi's finished arrangement. |
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| After lunch we began work on wedding bouquets. These are Ariella's choices for her "pink" bouquet. We had a choice of pink or yellow flowers to work with. |
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| Ariella beginning her demo on a hand-tied bouquet. |
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| The class working on their pink bouquets... |
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| ...and yellow bouquets. |
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| The amazing Jose Villa shooting our bouquets with professional models in beautiful gowns. |
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| Day three and final day began with a demo on designing in a large urn. |
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| My finished urn. |
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| After we finished our urns, we began to prepare for the final night dinner. Ariella explained her inspiration for the entire final night "look." |
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| Her inspiration came from this gorgeous wallpaper. Photo by Ariella. |
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| Jason Murakawa of Small Masterpiece set the most beautiful tables for us. |
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| Our chairs had name cards with the wallpaper design and were decorated with Lantern Ilima and fern. |
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| Our final night group shot. It was a pleasure to have experienced this magical time with these ladies. |
