My personal final take on this, is that I agree with Master J. Its an old vase and Grocery Store flowers.
I was hoping for more responses here, but I thought this might be enough to prove a small point in perception and what is most relevant to the industry as a whole. This post was not really meant to be about design. With all the accreditation talk going on, I just wanted to look at the industry from the customer's perspective a little closer.
I pose a question about the industry itself, and to those who say that our industry is a mess, and not just changing or changed.
"What do these mixed responses tell us about ordering flowers?"
I have truncated the responses a little for clarity, and to point out the different emotions displayed in regards to this post more clearly.
Is it a professional looking design? - No
Does the amateurish placement of flowers detract from the enjoyment? - Possibly
Is someone enjoying the beauty of flowers? - Emphatically yes.
Even the 'cookie cutters' espoused by certain people on FC can look beautiful in the hands of a trained designer, they can also look ugly in the hands of an amateur.
But the recipient sees nothing wrong with them at all, just we the floral community do....all she sees is beautiful flowers sent by her adoring husband and is happy about them....amateur or not this florist did their job and will probably be used again by the sender...even if it was a barely passing grade in our opinion..
My thought is be thankful someone cared enough tweet thing so it has gotton attention so that someone will call you now, also it did get yours to post, sometimes I don't get it, we want folks to bye flowers then when they put up they got them then this, Heavens I seen worse in my lifetime, also I hate to say this, the trend for this year is pearlized enamal vases, or anything , even jewlery, from the things that I saw last week, and that of green , pearl, purple, gold and silver, so it is what it is,
This tells me that things are as it says in my signature. " It is NOT about the flowers, NOT about the florist, It IS all about meeting and exceeding the needs of the customer" -- and it is the skills I have learned, the credentials I have gained, that allow me to do that.
it looks like someone bought a bunch of flowers, and dropped them in the vase themselves, there is no way this came from a florist, right?!:itchy:
The flowers look healthy and fresh, just bad design IMO
- Vase is ugly and should go to a funeral.
- Balance is off, that stargazer is way too big for the size of the vase.
- Too much green left on the stems (They are likely in the water)
- Agree, the hole in the middle is too big fillers would help
- Roses look very soft at the bottom, will die tomorrow or the next day, and will have to be pulled out LONG before those lillies are done.
I put my response last here, because I have been wondering about when we discuss customer appeal and certifications, or shop designations, is it really the consumer we are talking about? I have no formal design training, have spent minimal time arranging flowers, but spend a great deal of time in a flower shop. I then created a judgment of this arrangement based on that experience, as did the rest of the posters.
What we all agreed on, is that the customer/recipient were very happy with the outcome here.
When we get into these heated debates about certifications, and leading the industry, we end up in boxing matches in a multi-cornered ring, with the certified designers, non-certified designers, been there done that's, newbies and assciation supporters all in different corners.
IMO, we have to either keep fighting amongst ourselves about our own take on what's wrong with the industry, or wake up to the fact that there is nothing wrong with the industry!
The industry has changed, and the consumer has changed. In the short term, being PO'd about it isn't helping. I guess a better question is,
"Do I get on the band-wagon, or succumb to this change and die?"
I do believe that the industry can be brought back to what it was, but I sincerely hope that no one is sitting around waiting for that to happen. Even a very strong movement will take years to accomplish, and most of us don't have that much time to wait.
I have anther post to follow shortly about design.
