Saturday, January 24, 2009

Arranging flowers for CNY 2009 (Year of the Ox)



Yesterday i went to the tanjong pagar market and bought flowers with the intention to arrange for CNY. Alas, so many flowers and hard to choose which one and how many to buy. I spent a long time at the market, then i saw one of the pre-arranged flowers with red and yellow chrysantheman. Ok, decided i will buy Yellow round chrysantheman with red carnations. The combination shld be quite nice. But how many to get?? Since i've learnt floral arrangement till now, i have not been putting to practice. This is the ist time that i'm doing it alone without the teacher's assistance. I tried to recall what the teacher had teach us bef and deciding what type of shape shld i arrange. But i have no clue at all !! Ok, just go according to feel, i finally decided. Anyway, if the flowers are nice, anyhow also will be nice. I finally chose all my florals and 2 "Kai Yun Zhu", total adding up to $25. Wow, didn't expect that the flowers can be so expensive, and i didn't actually choose a lot.

Today is the arranging day... I went to market with mum early in the morning to buy all the CNY food. Upon reaching home, i prepare myself to do the arrangements. After pondering the whole night esterday, i still can't figure out what arrangements to do. Again, go accordingto feel. I realized my flowers were not really enough and one of the leafs that the floral shop sold me has signs of decay (not very nice). Oh no ! Short of leaves and flowers. After spending abt 2 hours on it, the above is the outcome. I'm glad it didn't come out too bad. Well well, its a good start. Haha. Happy Ox year.








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