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GET LUCKY!!!! GO FOR THE GOLD!!! OR SHOULD WE SAY THE BLUE!
Get design tricks and inspiration from WCFA Designer of the Year, Kristina Reese, as she creates unique designs highlighting the NC State Fair competition categories. With the NC State Fair right around the corner, this meeting will help you jump start your creative juices and hopefully bring home a blue ribbon. This joint meeting of the Wake County and Northern Piedmont Florists Association promises to be fun and informative. Please note due to a conflict related to the weather and the venue’s schedule, the meeting has been moved!!!
LOCATION: Trali Irish Pub in Brierdale Shopping Center 10370 Moncreiffe Road Raleigh, NC 27617 919-544-4141
Registration at 6:30 pm; Meeting at 7:00 pm
Cost: $20; New lower price!!!
NC State Fair Let’s make the 2008 NC State Fair design competition/show our most successful yet! Come on, you know you want a blue ribbon! Check out the website for more details and some design inspiration! Date: Fair starts October 10, 2008
STATE FAIR COMPETITION CATEGORIES
Over the River and Through the Woods Can you see the forest and the trees? As you travel to your upcoming holiday destinations, enjoy the scenery and celebrate the bounty of NC’s forests and river systems in a dramatic design for a front door. Designers should incorporate natural elements that evoke thoughts of lush forests and sparkling streams, while also celebrating the upcoming holiday season. No artificial or synthetic materials other than foams and adhesives should be used. To Grandmother’s House We Go (Surprise Package) From brightly polished silver to the most scrumptious sweet potato pie, Grandmother’s holiday table is a feast for the senses. Designers are to create a centerpiece worthy of taking center stage at Grandma’s. The design may be as literal or interpretative as the designer wishes, incorporating traditional centerpiece themes or employing vegetative elements, family photos, china, silver or kitchen items in the design. Ready for a Close-up Elizabeth Taylor is getting married again and she needs a bouquet! Create a design worthy of a stroll down the red carpet. Channel Hollywood glitz and glamour with the inclusion of at least one fabric, jewelry or metallic element. bouquet worthy for a matinee idol, whether it is Elizabeth Taylor’s 10th turn as a bride or a young starlet’s first. Hollywood glitz and glamour are the perfect inspiration for a bridal bouquet ready for a close-up. A Life Inspired Who has inspired you in life? A parent, a teacher, a friend. Designers are challenged to create an original sympathy design celebrating the inspiration of a loved one who has passed. The design may be as traditional or “out-of-the-box” as the designer wishes, but it must clearly create a story about a person inspirational in his/her life. Designers should include a brief written description of the person who inspired the design which will be displayed with the arrangement. North Carolina the Boo-tiful Blackbeard’s Ghost. The Maco Light. The Phantom Train Wreck. Specters, ghosts, and goblins abound in the Old North State fueled by the talents of Southern storytellers and our own desire to believe in the unbelievable. Designers must create a design incorporating themes from NC’s spookiest stories while also paying homage to our state’s rich folklore. Books, photographs, maps, and souvenir items can play a key role in the design or the designer may take a more interpretative approach.
Christmas Kick-off Get ready for your best holiday season ever as we celebrate the holidays with what will hopefully be the first of many annual holiday parties. Bring a fun, very inexpensive gift for exchanging. A “stress” specialist will present great ways to handle the holiday rush and a fun design show will inspire you to make this holiday season the most profitable and creative ever! Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Location: South, 4351-119 The Circle at North Hills, Raleigh, NC 27609 Time: Registration at 6:30 PM; Meeting at 7:00 PM Cost: $20; price includes dinner, but not mixed drinks
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