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After much work, stress, and a little sweat…Erik has successfully passed his PFDE (Professional Floral Design Evaluation) and has been invited to join AIFD. Next July, he will be inducted into this prestigious group in San Franscisco. His next adventure will allow him to stay aware of all the new trends and techniques that make Flowers Washougal, what we are…Extraordinary!

PFDE Testing for AIFD

Over 100 people tested to become members into AIFD this year. Erik is one of many that passed his testing and will invited to join AIFD next summer! Here are some of the designs that he created for the test.

Stunning contemporary yellow rose bouquet with turquoise wire beads and bobbles	Erik created a unique sympathy design suitable for the funeral service for someone that loved the beach. Calla lilies, eremuris, roses, succulents, shells and more were incorporated into this fabulous design!
Erik created a modern linear design suitable for the home with gladiolus and steel grass framing a focal emphasis of sunflowers. Petals of sunflowers lift away as if to float to heaven	This design, although not one of Erik's personal favorites, was part of the tested which allowed judges to see if you could duplicate a design. Each contestant was given a photo in which they had to duplicate everything about the design.

This category was for an "over-the-shoulder" adornment...Erik created a whimiscal corsage of Calla lilies, billy balls, hypericum, live wire and gems appropriate for a wedding.

This week, we have kept quite busy thanks to Owens Corning (a client of ours) and their 2 day employee appreciation event starting at Springhouse Cellars Winery. 50 people attended a beautiful dinner provided by Niki Davis of Nicolette’s Catering and coordinated by Amanda Houghton of Life’s a Party Event Planning and Consulting. We created lavish centerpieces, inspired by the venue and wine corks…hundreds of them! Julie comes up with some awesome ideas…but this one took the cake!

Long arrangements consisted of grapes, corks, grapevines and hundreds of red carnations paved together in a sea of red, green and cork brown.

Look close! You will see some corks entwined on vines!

Niki’s buffet arrangement was created in a bowl brimming with corks and corks on grapevine. Shots of vibrant red crocosmia added the life to the party!

Well, to say we have been doing weddings lately, would be an understatement! We have been doing lots of weddings. About 2-3 a wedding is our max however. This past weekend, we created the flowers for Ashley. She loved vibrant color, lots of texture and feathers.

Here her bouquet was created from billy balls, dahlias, lilies, calla lilies, hydrangea, hypericum, and polka dot feathers. The combination was really fabulous!

This beautiful bridal bouquet was created by Erik for a wedding this last weekend. Shelby carried a bouquet of eggplant calla lilies, white calla lilies, deep luscious lisianthus, purple aranda orchids, stephanotis and seeded eucalyptus. This combination was truly stunning! My my, purple is coming back into trend again!

Below is her stunning toss bouquet…a bit of whimsy was added with cascading orchids and wire beading…Fun!

A beautiful day in June started off right for Amanda and Dave’s organically creative wedding. From classic touches like gardenias, old fashioned roses and sweetpeas, to less conventional selections like succulents, string of pearls, scabiosa pods and poppy pods, this wedding was fabulously fun to create!

Bridesmaid’s carried sweet nosegays of freesia, roses, mokara orchids, billy balls, succulents, lamb’s ear and much much more. The vibrant shades of yellow and contrasting grays made for a sophisticated yet casual feel perfect for the afternoon affair.

Amanda’s toss bouquet consisted of all things textural in a display of organic wonder.

Her boutonnieres were anything but ordinary. Each different, they displayed many of the individual elements of the wedding in “small bites”

This custom cake was created by Sweet Cakes by Melissa - Gresham, OR. We adorned the cake with all of the wonderful touches of the wedding. Adding manzanita branches to the look really added a bold and beautiful texture to the overall look.

For more imagery of this wedding and many more of our creative events…check out our wedding section. You will see organic, casual, classic, traditional, contemporary and creative wedding work beyond the norm. Getting married? Better come chat with us!

This past weekend we had the glorious and fun job of creating flowers for Washougal High School’s 2010 Graduates! This year we decided to create a panther paw of flowers surrounded by tropical foliages and stunning ‘Orange Unique’ roses in a vegetative design style! It was great fun to create and stunning for our future of Washougal…GO PANTHERS!

Soft lavender ‘Ocean Song’ roses, crisp white tulips, fragrant wood hyacinth, miniature calla lilies, lily of the valley and soft fuzzy lambs ear create this romantic and luscious look for Kristen. Congratulations!

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This month we are featuring a local artist with all the creative juices and energy to fit right in among our crowd!
Mike Meyer…a local earth-friendly garden artist!

Mike Meyer starting making birdhouses and bird feeders as gifts for family and friends. He fell in love with the creative process and in 2000, along with his equally talented wife Barbara, formed Earth Tones. They have been selling their unique art work at the Vancouver Farmer’s Market ever since.

In 2003, Mike was juried into Cracked Pots, an organization dedicated to recycling and the art created from recycled materials. You can see his garden art every year at the annual Cracked Pots Garden Art Show held at McMenamins Edgefield (Troutdale, Oregon), in July.

Mike and Barbara use everything from tin cans, bottles and garden hoses to CD’s, rope and fabric in their, earth friendly, recycled and unique creations. They just finished a successful Yard, Garden and Patio Show at the Oregon Convention Center. For more information…give them a call 360.256.2392

Big Bench Birdhouse Every once in a while you hit the jackpot. The treated 2×2 4 foot cedar pots used to create this structure were leftovers from a large construction site. When my good friend asked if I wanted them I had no idea he would bring me a pallet full. There must have been a hundred of them! I often wonder how chemically treated lumber is disposed of? -Mike $400 with birdhouse…can be sold separately…please inquire
Pastel Squares Birdhouse Made from scrap exterior grade plywood. The cavity and entrance hole is made to accommodate chickadees, finches and wrens. For easy cleaning, the metal pin is removed and the house and roof separate. $60 Wren Rope This birdhouse was created from thrown away rope, scrap woods, a bowl recovered from the dump, and old pot lid and a gutter spike that pulls out to separate the roof and body for easy cleaning. $60
Paint Brush Flowers Used up paint brushes, paint can lids, wire scraps, and empty paint cans filled with cement. Big old rusty nails secure them into the ground wherever you like! $32
Garden Books Old paperback books collaged with magazine cutouts and coated with two part marine epoxy resin. Scrap woods and various found doo-dads and gee-gaws. They all come with a length of scrap rebar for easy placement…just pound it in and slide they garden books on! $40
Blue Branch Bird Feeder From various scrap woods, swimming pool liner, thrown away pieces of glass and plexiglass, wine corks, and a chunk of unknown metal. The roof lifts off for pouring in seed, the body lifts off for easy cleaning, the branch is removable and the whole thing can detach from the stand for transport! $100

 Come on in our store now and see Mike’s incredibly creative, and earth-mindful work!

Or check Earth Tones out at the following locations…

Vancouver Farmer’s Market

Cracked Pots
at McMennamins Edgefield in Troutdale, Oregon

Vivian got married 7000 feet about Timberline in the rustic Silcox Hut a weekend or so ago. Being she is a park  ranger herself, it seemed the perfect place for her future husband and her to  make their love and vows complete. Her choice of flowers also seemed perfect, from mosses, branches, rabbit foot ferns, succulents and fern curls, to soft romatic flowers like garden roses, tulips and ranunculas, this look evoked both of their personalities perfectly!  Textural wonderment was created by Julie…a lover of anything native and Northwest! Truly Breathtaking!

This last weekend, we delivered an elegant and simple wedding to Skamania Lodge. Laura  Knight’s bouquet consisted of dusky Sahara roses, fragrant freesia, miniature calla lilies, dendrobium orchids and blousy hydrangea. Cascade bouquets are popular this year, and this timeless one, is right along the lines of what our brides are looking for.

A bouquet of Sahara roses was created as her toss bouquet with tons of trailing ribbon. This bouquet was constructed so that it would explode into many bouquets when tossed.

Her cake, created by JaCiva Bakery of Portland. It was created using white chocolate with white chocolate roses. We embellished it with flowers in the layers. Simple and beautiful!