On the job training...

If you have spoken with my mother lately you probably know that I started working at a flower shop! She was super excited about it and I think she is secretly living her wanna-be life of a florist through me. :) Which is ok, it's fun to have her interested in what I'm learning! I only work there two days a week- on the days I'm not at the coffee shop- and I have only been there a total of 6 days all together. Thus far I have learned:

• How to use the big tank of helium to blow up balloons, and have popped only 2! We put this gooey stuff inside the latex ones and let me tell you, it is super sticky when it blows up in your face and gets on your clothes!
• How to take an order properly.
• Wrapping carnations with filler/tissue paper/water tube/plant food/ribbon
• How to make candy bouquets
• How to "green" a basket in preperation for an arrangement.
• How to make a bud vase, double bud vase and triple bud vase
• How to unpack the flowers when received from the wholesale guy
• How to wrap pots with foil
• How to make deliveries and wrap the flowers/plants accordingly

Here is my first triple bud vase! I had to take a picture, and good thing I did because it was sold within a couple hours.

Oh yeah, and the floors are ALWAYS messy--this pic above is when the floor is quite clean actually.

The latest most difficult thing I have learned is to make bows!!! Oh man. It's a lot harder than those ladies make it look! Last night I went home early and got "home work"....I had to watch a video on how to make bows and then bring two of them to work with me this morning. After a while I kinda caught on, but my hands were hurting me by the end of the night- more like after making two bows!

Here was my progress last night. I'm MUCH better today, my boss actually said I was doing very well, I just needed practice. YAY! At least I'm more comfortable with it now. I got to practice on bigger ribbon today, one inch I think, then on some REALLY BIG cloth ribbon with wire in it, which I love. :) It's so much easier with wire in it.

Anyways, I will keep you posted on the next new thing I learn!