My second project I'm quite happy with.  I love these coasters, I keep them out year 'round.

If you like them too, go to www.goreydetails.com and you can get some!! 

Here's the second.  The pineapple is the star of the arrangement.  What you can't see is that there's a hula girl inside the pineapple and when the sensor is tripped, she pops up and dances to the surfer song "Wipeout".  I'm not sure I'm done with this one yet, I typically continue to tweak them for a week or two.  I kind of have to live with them for a bit before I decide they're complete.  I guess this is a work in progress...

Nice pics,thanks for sharing!  You arrangements are beautiful!

Thanks, Angel, Curlgirl & Kiraela.

Since I didn't know anything about designing a floral arrangement, I bought a book from Michael's craft store.  Its called Decorating with Silk & Dried Flowers by Creative Publishing.

In my local Michael's floral department there's a petite hispanic lady who's very lovely and helpful and talented-her arrangements are gorgeous and are really why I picked it up.  You see, my Halloween party this year is a vampire wedding (a deading, if you will) and I have an arbour that I'm going to use for the cemetary ceremony.  Since its spring, Michael's has lots of wedding craft ideas out in the store.  At this store they have an arbour (their's has lights, mine has skulls & spider webs) but the way it is decorated blew me away.  So, I asked and she told me quite easily how she made it and I knew I could do it.  So far, these arrangements are really cutting my teeth for the great, grand arbour.


"So more power to you if you can do this yourself and actually feel satisfied with your work.  "

Ahh, this is tricky.  After I finish it mostly, I walk away and look at it.  And look at it.  And look at it.  I get a feeling something's missing and I go back to my book and look at it some more and tweak it 20 times and then maybe  it will be done.  So from the time I begin to the time I'm satisfied can be a couple of days to a couple of weeks.  I am, afterall a total amature.

These are realy nice!  My only suggestion is to try orange flowers with the halloween peice.  i would love to see the hula girl come out of the pineapple!