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Design Inspiration Challenge Winner Announced!

THE WINNER OF THE 2010 DESIGN INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

MARYJANE’S FLOWERS & GIFTS FROM BERLIN, NJ

Flower Shop Network is very proud to bring you the inspiring work of ART by Sandra of MaryJane’s Flowers & Gifts.

THE INSPIRATION:

Sandra interpreted this painting by famous artist, Van Gogh, into a floral masterpiece.

THE DESIGN:

Sandra did a fabulous job of matching the textures of Van Gogh’s work with various types of flowers. The tiny rose petal path really shows her attention to details.

THE WINNER:

When paired together, the works of Van Gogh and the inspired floral arrangement really take on a new life. Amazing work and very inspiring to floral designers everywhere.


Sandra is receiving the beautiful, personalized Design Inspiration Challenge trophy plaque and FSN prize pack!
CONGRATULATIONS SANDRA~!!

For more inspiration from our Design Inspiration Challenge, visit these links:

View All Entries For Round 1
View All Entries For Round 2

View All Entries For Round 3

View All Entries For Round 4
View All Entries For Round 5

View All Entries For Round 6

FSN would like to thank everyone who participated. We had a lot of fun with this contest this summer and plan on next summer’s challenge to be EVEN BIGGER!


Design Inspiration Challenge: Grand Finale — Who Inspires You?

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For the Grand Prize Winner, we want to know,

WHO INSPIRES YOU?

Flower Shop Network recently did a series of contests all about inspiration. We gave florists a specific, inspiring photo — from a Van Gogh painting to an undersea coral reef — they designed something fabulous based on that inspiration. Now is the final round and your chance to vote on the winners of each earlier round! (Scroll to the bottom to vote!)

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 1 Winner
Sandra from MaryJane’s Flowers & Gifts, Berlin NJ
View All Entries For Round 1

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 2 Winner
Rebecca from Forget Me Not Florist, Northampton MA
View All Entries For Round 2

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 3 Winner
Bitsy from Hope Floral, Hope AR
View All Entries For Round 3

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 4 Winner
Earl from Shirley’s Florist Inc., Birmingham AL
View All Entries For Round 4

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 5 Winner
Keith from Buds ‘N Bows, Crawford GA
View All Entries For Round 5

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 6 Co-Winner
Shirley of Shirley’s Florist Inc., Birmingham AL
View All Entries For Round 6

NOW ITS TIME FOR YOU TO VOTE!!

We think everyone did a FANTASTIC job on their arrangements. It was so close, and a very tough decision!
FSN would like to thank everyone who was a part of this contest!

We will announce the winner next Monday! Good luck everyone!!


Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 6 Winners

The WINNER of the Design Inspiration Challenge Round 6: Jelly Fish
SHIRLEY’S FLORIST INC. & MARYJANES FLOWERS & GITS!

This week was a busy week for florists. With Labor Day and the beginning of fall, its no wonder we only had two entries for Round 6. In the spirit of fun and because this was the very last round, we decided to make both WINNERS! So…

CONGRATULATIONS

Shirley’s Florist Inc. in Birmingham AL

MaryJane’s Flowers & Gifts, Berlin NJ

These were so fun and different! Who wouldn’t want a jellyfish wedding bouquet? (LOL)

They both win a beautiful award certificate, great FSN tote bag and is now a finalist for our grand prize! Congratulations!

FSN would like to thank everyone who was a part of this contest!

Congratulations guys! We will be announcing the official rules and prizes for determining the DESIGN INSPIRATION GRAND CHAMPION next week. Because the vote was canceled we are going to have to change a few things up. :)



Vote For Your Favorite In Our Design Inspriation Challenge: Round 5

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The entries are in and are lookin’ GOOD!
Flower Shop Network asked talented floral designers to create unique floral art inspired by a subject we selected. For this one, we chose a photograph of a stained glass ceiling, from the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. It really piqued our florist’s interests and they delivered fantastic results! Find more about the Design Inspiration Challenge here.

Now it’s your turn to participate! Look at the photo carefully and choose a floral design you think best interprets this masterpiece. Look closely at all of the designs before picking a winner! There is a poll at the bottom of this post — Be sure to cast your vote!!

FSN wishes all of the florists who entered GOOD LUCK!! [Read more…]

Vote For Your Favorite Designs In Our Inspiration Challenge ROUND 4!

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Underwater SceneThe entries are in and are lookin’ GOOD!
In case you missed it, Flower Shop Network asked talented floral designers to create a fabulous floral art inspired by a subject we selected. For this one, we chose a photograph of an incredible, lush coral reef. It really piqued our florist’s interests and they delivered fantastic results! Find more about the Design Inspiration Challenge here.

Now it’s your turn to participate! Look at the photo carefully and choose a floral design you think best interprets this masterpiece. Look closely at all of the designs before picking a winner! There is a poll at the bottom of this post — Be sure to cast your vote!!

FSN wishes all of the florists who entered GOOD LUCK!! [Read more…]

Vote For Your Favorite Design In Our Inspiration Challenge ROUND 3!

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Design InspirationThe entries are in and are lookin’ GOOD!
In case you missed it, Flower Shop Network asked our talented designers to create a fabulous floral design inspired by a subject we selected. For this one, we chose a photograph of two beautiful acrobats. It really piqued our florist’s interests and they delivered fantastic results! Find more about the Design Inspiration Challenge here.

Now it’s your turn to participate! Look at the photo carefully and choose a floral design you think best interprets this masterpiece. Look closely at all of the designs before picking a winner! There is a poll at the bottom of this post — Be sure to cast your vote!!

FSN wishes all of the florists who entered GOOD LUCK!! [Read more…]

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 3

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FSN is PROUD to bring you the NEXT Design Inspiration Challenge! Florists everywhere are buzzing about this new Challenge, we hope to see designs from each and every one!

BUT FIRST….

And now…
The WINNER of the Design Inspiration Challenge Round 2: Luna Moth
FORGET ME NOT FLORIST!


Again, this was a very tough decision! Our design team studied and critiqued each of the finalists until we finally decided on a winner. This contest is all about inspiring the designer, and we felt Forget Me Not Florist‘s entry did the best job of interpreting the design. The design team scored this arrangement at 55 out of 60 points. The bright greens and vivid oranges really reflect the colors and energy from the original work of art. Forget Me Not Florist wins a beautiful award certificate, great FSN tote bag and is now a finalist for our grand prize! Congratulations!


We Would Also Like To Recognize:
2nd Place – MaryJane’s Flowers & Gifts (53/60 points)
3rd Place – Beautiful Blooms
(48/60 points)
View all entries here…

We think everyone did a FANTASTIC job on their arrangements. It was so close, and a very tough decision!
FSN would like to thank everyone who was a part of this first contest!

NOW BACK TO…

THIS WEEK’S INSPIRATION CHALLENGE:


Again we picked an inspiration completely unlike anything we’ve done so far! These lovely contortionists create an incredible composition that is an inspiration to any artist! The red and blue is an interesting feature too, hot and cold, water and fire — what can you come up with?!

Study this photo carefully and use your imagination to interpret it into a floral design. This inspiration is a great exercise for your composition, balance and symmetry. We hope these challenges are helping you to learn to see design in your every day lives.

This contest is over, view entries here.

HOW TO ENTER:

Entering is EASY! Simply:

  • Go to our Facebook Page
  • Post a photo of your design on our wall or email it to mandy@flowershopnetwork.com
  • Be sure to include the name of your shop. (If your shop has a Facebook Page, link it by typing @ and your shop’s name)
  • Please specify it as being an entry to the contest. “My entry for the design contest.”
  • Include a brief description of your design and how it was inspired by that week’s challenge (Optional)

HOW TO WIN:

(This has changed a bit since the last contest)
You have one week to create and enter your challenge arrangement. Then, there will be two types of voting — think Idol. Round 1 is open public voting on our website for your top 5 finalists! Then those finalists move on to Round 2 where our FSN Design Team will judge them based on creativity, style and how well their design interprets that week’s inspiration.

How the judging works: Our design team will score each finalist on 3 categories: style, creativity, interpretation. Each category is worth 20 points for a total of 60 points. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at mandy@flowershopnetwork.com

Timeline:

  • Contest Begins (Friday)
  • One week to design (Friday-Thursday)
  • One week to vote (Friday-Thursday)
  • Winner Announced/New Challenge Begins (Friday)

Each winner will receive a great FSN tote bag and awards certificate, plus a special feature on our blog with their arrangement and a link to their shop’s website! They will also be promoted on our Twitter and Facebook for one week. After 6 challenge winners (August) we will have a Tournament of Inspiration and our top winning designers will compete for a grand prize! (More on this later)

You are allowed to enter the weekly contests more than once, but only entered as a Grand Prize Finalist once.

Vote For Your Favorite Design In Our Inspiration Challenge Round 2!

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Luna Moth InspirationThe entries are in and are lookin’ GOOD!
In case you missed it, Flower Shop Network asked our talented designers to create a fabulous floral design inspired by a subject we selected. For this one, we chose a beautiful Luna Moth metal sculpture by Kari von Wening and Jan Bush . It really piqued our florist’s interests and they delivered fantastic results! Find more about the Design Inspiration Challenge here.

Now it’s your turn to participate! Look at the painting carefully and choose a floral design you think best interprets this masterpiece. Look closely at all of the designs before picking a winner! There is a poll at the bottom of this post — Be sure to cast your vote!!

FSN wishes all of the florists who entered GOOD LUCK!! [Read more…]

Design Inspiration Challenge: Round 2

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With the great success of the first one, FSN is PROUD to bring you the NEXT Design Inspiration Challenge! Florists everywhere are buzzing about this new Challenge, we hope to see designs from each and every one!

BUT FIRST….

And now…
The WINNER of the very First Design Inspiration Challenge: van Gogh
MaryJane’s Flowers & Gifts!


Congratulations are truly in order!! The race to the finish line was intense — She had 116 final votes!! It really was a surprise photo finish! MaryJane’s Flowers will be recieving a great Flower Shop Network tote bag and awards certificate. PLUS, she is now entered to win our GRAND PRIZE at the end of summer.


We Would Also Like To Recognize Our Great Entries:
1st Runner Up – Hope Florist – 113 votes
2nd Runner Up – The Enchanted Florist – 93 votes
3rd Runner Up – Every Blooming Thing – 87 votes

We think everyone did a FANTASTIC job on their arrangements. FSN would like to thank everyone who was a part of this first contest!

NOW BACK TO…

THIS WEEK’S INSPIRATION CHALLENGE:

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We wanted to pick something completely different for this week’s challenge, and this is about as different as you can get! This may look real, but it is actually a metal sculpture by artists Kari von Wening and Jan Bush, titled Luna Moth.

Study this sculpture carefully and use your imagination to interpret it into a floral design. By interpreting this moth sculpture into a designs you are proving inspiration can truly be found anywhere! I think there are tons of aspects to this sculpture you can emphasize. The cascading lower wings.. the long, fuzzy antenna… the possibilities are endless!

We cannot wait to see what you come up with!

HOW TO ENTER:

Entering is EASY! Simply:

  • Go to our Facebook Page
  • Post a photo of your design on our wall or email it to mandy@flowershopnetwork.com
  • Be sure to include the name of your shop. (If your shop has a Facebook Page, link it by typing @ and your shop’s name)
  • Please specify it as being an entry to the contest. “My entry for the design contest.”
  • Include a brief description of your design and how it was inspired by that week’s challenge (Optional)

WINNERS:

(This has changed a bit since the last contest)
You have one week to create and enter your challenge arrangement. Then, there will be two types of voting — think Idol. Round 1 is open public voting on our website for your top 5 finalists! Then those finalists move on to Round 2 where our FSN Design Team will judge them based on creativity, style and how well their design interprets that week’s inspiration.

How the judging works: Our design team will score each finalist on 3 categories: style, creativity, interpretation.  Each category is worth 20 points for a total of 60 points. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at mandy@flowershopnetwork.com

Timeline:

  • Contest Begins (Friday)
  • One week to design (Friday-Thursday)
  • One week to vote (Friday-Thursday)
  • Winner Announced/New Challenge Begins (Friday)

Each winner will receive a great FSN tote bag and awards certificate, plus a special feature on our blog with their arrangement and a link to their shop’s website! They will also be promoted on our Twitter and Facebook for one week. After 6 challenge winners (August) we will have a Tournament of Inspiration and our top winning designers will compete for a grand prize! (More on this later)

You are allowed to enter the weekly contests more than once, but only entered as a Grand Prize Finalist once.

Contest has now ended, check out these awesome submissions!

FSN’s Very First Design Inspiration Challenge!

Everyone on the FSN blogging staff is excited to bring to you the FIRST ever Design Inspiration Challenge! This is going to be a fun and exciting bi-weekly event to spice up your every day floral designing.

Here is how it works:

We provide the inspiration, whether it be an image, object, color, etc. and challenge you come up with a design inspired by what this week’s muse will be. Your design can be any type or style that you feel represents that week’s inspiration the best.  Think outside the box too! Here at FSN we understand florists are artists too and come up with some AMAZING designs. Now is your chance to show your creativity to the world!

THIS WEEK’S INSPIRATION CHALLENGE:

For this week’s challenge, we are going to take a look at van Gogh’s Trees in the Asylum Garden, created in 1889.
This is one of van Gogh’s lesser known paintings, but definitely a masterpiece nonetheless.

Study this painting carefully and use your imagination to interpret it into a floral design. This painting has SO much expression, color and vibrance that this should be an easy one!  Those blues are intense! Just have fun with it.This is your chance to show off your artistic and creative abilities!

We cannot wait to see what you come up with!

How to enter:

Entering is EASY! Simply:

  • Go to our Facebook Page
  • Post a photo of your design on our wall.
  • Be sure to include the name of your shop. (If your shop has a Facebook Page, link it by typing @ and your shop’s name)
  • Include a brief description of your design and how it was inspired by that week’s challenge (Optional)

Winners:

You have one week to create and enter your challenge arrangement. Our design team will then choose the top 5 contest entries and we will hold a vote for 1 week and announce the winner on Friday. So..

  • Contest Begins (Friday)
  • One week to design (Friday-Thursday)
  • One week to vote (Friday-Thursday)
  • Winner Announced/New Challenge Begins (Friday)

Winners will be picked based on creativity, style, and how well their design represents that week’s inspiration.

Each winner will receive a special feature on our blog with their arrangement and a link to their shop’s website. They will also be promoted on our Twitter and Facebook for one week. After 6 challenge winners (August) we will have a Tournament of Inspiration and our top winning designers will compete for a grand prize! (More on this later)

We are SO excited about this and can not wait to see what you come up with!!