This week I didn't use cut flowers and foliage for my challenge, and I have to admit that I purchased a couple of items to bring it together.
The cushions on the seat at my front door needed
replacing, so I thought I should give the succulents out there a bit of
attention while I was zhuzhing up the space. 
One of my gorgeous day care kids gave me a snail for
that Jack and Jill seat - he said it was like Turbo from that movie
about the fast snail. Turbo has to stay there because he has sentimental
value, so what I add has to match.
When we look at the Principles of Design in Floristry we
consider unity and harmony. That is, does the design all work together
as an inclusive whole, and does it match it's surroundings? In this
living design I knew that Turbo would be right next to the container
that I used, so whatever I placed in the container needed to match him
for it to make sense to my eye. I found these cute little snails at the
Reject Shop and they were perfect. I chose two because Turbo is my third
(florists like threes and fives), but I wanted a third "something" in
the container to give me that triangle (that florists also like). I
remembered this little flower with a ladybug that I already had, and the
ladybug tied in because of the ladybug on the green and pink snail. The
tropical colours of the new cushions unite the whole space. (The
Bridgestone Gecko in the coffee cup kind of looks like an afterthought
now, but I'm going to say that he was already there, and his container
fills a gap. Besides, he's green, and the succulents in his pot are some
of what's in the snail pot, so that works for me.)
I submitted Module 8 of my Diploma over the weekend, and
have started work on Module 9 - Go me! This one has a lot of research.
Some of that research includes watching the BBC 4 series called "The
Genius of Photography". I'm enjoying it, so I'm not too daunted by the
remaining four hours I still have to watch. The kicker is that I have to
write about something from each episode and say how it may influence my
own work. At this point everything is influencing my work and I'm
looking for different photographic experiences from equine events.
I said I'd share Tone this week, and here it is. My long
suffering "model", the newly minted Learner Driver himself. He had a
birthday last week, and since he was away for boxing training last
weekend he had some mates over yesterday. Always a challenge with the
cake, and this year was no different. It was going to be red, but the
first layer of fondant was too thin and tore, and then I ran out of red
gel colour, so the fix was to make a green glove. I am very pleased (and
a bit surprised) that no one said it looks like The Hulk's hand!
At the time I had difficulty choosing the image for Tone, but decided that this one was possibly more predominantly Line. I'll share it here anyway, because I like it, and I used it elsewhere in the assessment.
Countdown to Novice Titles is on - 11 days to go! It's too early to be getting nervous for him, isn't it?
It's been quite a party, ain't it.
Purple Fairy
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