Explore the unique flavors of flowers. Elegant, edible flowers are becoming more accessible every day—and they taste as good as they look. This curated collection of 41 delightful recipes combine the playful creativity of fashion, the deliciousness of food, and the beauty of flowers in one gorgeous glass. Whether you're throwing a baby shower, hosting a Mother's Day brunch, celebrating a wedding, or simply entertaining guests, there's something for everyone, with our without alcohol, including: • Iced Lavender Café au Lait • Rose Petal Almond Milk • Dandelion Tea Cinnamon Cappuccino • Hibiscus Old Fashioned • Plum Rosewater Gin and Tonic • Orange Blossom Moscow Mule Learn how to create floral pantry item staples to create a scrumptious and sophisticated cocktail of your own, and embark on a new culinary adventure. This garden-party eye candy also includes practical tips on where to buy edible flowers, whether to choose fresh or dried flowers, how to grow edible flowers at home, and how to use florals in other recipes.
THE FLOWER CHEF is a modern, comprehensive guide to floral design that caters to all readers--from beginners who have never worked with flowers before and are looking for a new creative outlet, to decorators, party planners and photographers looking to liven up their spaces. Even professionals will find ways to update their techniques! This book teaches you everything you need to know about flower arranging including tips on how to buy and care for flowers, how to cut and prepare them, and how to use floral foam, vases, and various other decorative elements in your arrangements. Filled with beautiful photographs and easy-to-follow instructions on how to create over 80 different arrangements, this is the go-to guide to floral design that every flower lover will want to add to their collection.
Compelling fiction starts with characters who have well-crafted layers that make them memorable, relatable, and fascinating. But trying to convey those layers often results in bulky descriptions that cause readers to skim. Occupations, though, can cover a lot of characterization ground, revealing personality traits, abilities, passions, and motivations. Dig deeper, and a career can hint at past trauma, fears, and even the character’s efforts to run from—or make up for—the past. Select a job that packs a powerful punch. Inside The Occupation Thesaurus, you’ll find: * Informative profiles on popular and unusual jobs to help you write them with authority * Believable conflict scenarios for each occupation, giving you unlimited possibilities for adding tension at the story and scene level * Advice for twisting the stereotypes often associated with these professions * Instruction on how to use jobs to characterize, support story structure, reinforce theme, and more * An in-depth study on how emotional wounds and basic human needs may influence a character’s choice of occupation * A brainstorming tool to organize the various aspects of your character’s personality so you can come up with the best careers for them Choose a profession for your character that brings more to the table than just a paycheck. With over 120 entries in a user-friendly format, The Occupation Thesaurus is an entire job fair for writers.
Fresh from the Field Wedding Flowers is a complete guide to using local flowers for weddings. It was created for the eco-conscious couple committed to having a greener wedding, the passionate gardener who wants to grow flowers for events, the floral designer who wishes to jump in on the locally grown trend, and the specialty cut flower farmer who will be offering wedding services. Beautifully illustrated with photographs from dozens of actual weddings, this book provides advice on where to find local flowers, what blooms are available in each season, how to stretch a floral budget and what to expect when working with local flower farmers. Five detailed step-by-step photo essays walk you through the process of creating your own bouquets, boutonnieres, centerpieces, and large arrangements. Four in-depth videos totaling 75 minutes teach you the basic mechanics and overall thought process that goes into creating the flowers for an event. Designer Erin Benzakein demonstrates how she constructs an abundant bridal bouquet, a large altar arrangement, a low and lush centerpiece, a boutonniere, and a pin-on corsage.
First there was "slow food." Now there's "slow flowers," local and fresh: no chemical-laden, lifeless blooms flown in from afar. Acclaimed garden writer Debra Prinzing wants to show us the rich, floral bounty closer to home. In Slow Flowers, she takes us through the seasons to create 52 vibrant, sensual bouquets using only locally sourced materials - even in winter.--
Turn your knack for floral design into a profitable business. Learn how to start and operate a profitable wedding floral design service from your own home. This in-depth self-study business training manual is aimed at the individual who already has some basic floral design ability and wants to learn how to successfully turn it into their own business. It is intended to help you transform your existing talent for floral design -- even if you are self-taught or dabbling as a hobby -- into a profitable and viable home based business. As a bonus to the valuable business information which is at the core of this training manual, this course also shares design ideas, principals, suggestions, and tips that are important in wedding floral design, however, it is not a design course - it is a business start-up training manual. You'll learn everything from the correct pricing formulas used by wedding florists for achieving maximum profit, to creative ideas to add interest and professionalism to your wedding designs, to proven marketing & promotional methods for attracting clients, as well as operating procedures for the home based wedding floral designer, complete with proven, highly successful business concepts you can model your own business after. You'll be guided step by step through finding clients and establishing yourself within your local market. You'll learn how to correctly set up your business, how to do a consultation with a client, how to create a contract. Sample forms and contracts are included for you to model your own after. We've left no stone unturned.The course reveals the trade secrets that can otherwise take years of experience to acquire. Get the insider's edge to put your wedding floral business on the fast track. We'll show you exactly how to pump more profit out of your business by incorporating rental items. We'll show you how to buy wholesale. We'll lead you through the proven formula to establish yourself as a major player within your local marketplace, yes even if you operate from home. And you will learn the hottest, most powerful ways of promoting and marketing your wedding floral design business, because if you don't have customers, you don't have a business. All of this information is presented in a easy to follow, fully comprehensive training manual consisting of over 179 pages. Start your new business soon - full time or part time. Enjoy the pride and self-satisfaction of business ownership. If the thought of turning your knack for floral design into an income-generating business excites you, this self-study course is an excellent way to get started now and be in business soon with very low overhead and very low start-up expenses. Enjoy the comfort and convenience of working from home if you like. Structure your business as it best suits you: part time or full time, home-based or retail store front.Get your start in the floral design business and take advantage of the lucrative $60 billion wedding industry for a diversified, multi-faceted approach. The course was developed by drawing upon the experiences of highly successful home based wedding floral business owners. We give you a complete proven and tested system. All instruction is given in an easy to follow, step-by-step format.You'll need to already know how to create bouquets, corsages etc. for weddings to get the full benefit of this course. If you don't yet have that knowledge, the Institute of Weddings (instituteofweddings.com) offers a self-study course in wedding floral design which can give you the design skills you need to design flowers for weddings. Your opportunity to earn a great income while doing something you already enjoy is within reach. Continually updated and revised, this in-depth, fully comprehensive self-study course has been the only one of its kind in the industry for over a decade and has successfully helped thousands of other individuals just like you to launch their own wedding floral businesses.
Do you enjoy cooking for others? Is your buffet table a work of art? Are your parties the best in the neighborhood? Then catering may be a great career for you! It's all here-from getting licenses and choosing the perfect name to developing menus and getting the word out. Seasoned food expert and caterer Joyce Weinberg covers all aspects of the catering business and shares her secrets to success with you, including how to: Choose a specialty-fancy fundraisers, company and family picnics, or romantic weddings; Learn the ropes before you start your business; Create a marketing plan that gets your company noticed by all the right people; Find clients and generate repeat customers. The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business is all you need to make your passion your profession!
