Absolutely Amazing Floral Designs

Oh my goodness Glitterinas,

do I have a treat for you!

I was lucky enough to be invited to go to a 

floral design program at 

Southern Floral Company

in Austin.

Walking into Southern Floral you are 

greeted with vignettes like this....

The presenter we were looking 

forward to seeing was 

Els Teunissen.

She has worked all over the world 

for 40 years as a cherished 

floral designer.

Els has designed for parties, receptions,

corporate functions and even 

grand occasions for the 

Queen and King of Holland!

Before Els was known all over the 

floral world, she was a 

foreign exchange student from Holland.

Her first trip to the United States 

took her to Thrall, Texas to the home 

of Shirley and Jack Winterrowd,

my husband's home!

My husband, Papaw Jack and I all 

trekked to Southern Floral 

last weekend to watch this remarkably 

gifted lady create beautiful floral designs.

Here is the woman of the hour with 

Sweet Husband and Papaw Jack!

I think Els must have gone through the line 

more than once when the Lord was 

passing out talent!

This lady is amazingly creative 

and funny 

and knowledgeable

and personable

and warm

all rolled into one 

fabulous person!

You can see that Sweet Husband and Papaw are 

holding books......well, Els wrote a book, too!

Such loveliness.....

Let's get to the flowers.....

oh, Glitterinas, 

prepare yourselves for some

majorly gorgeous 

floral designs!

Yes, these are all real!

The afternoon was one beautiful arrangement 

after another.....

Els shared some of her memories of Texas as 

she designed.

She remembers asking if Texas really had snakes.

Shirley told her absolutely yes, and showed Els 

a little wooden box with rattlesnake rattles in it!

Eeeeek!

Els just kept creating and entertaining us

 for hours....

.....each time I looked over at Papaw he had a 

smile on his face.

Shirley has gone to Heaven with her memories 

of Els, but Papaw has his own of a 

hard-working young lady who 

spent a couple of months in Texas 

and then went on to become a 

global traveller.

Here are some more drool worthy 

floral designs.....

Look at this container.....

.....lovely!

This piece was about six feet long!

It was so striking!

This pink arrangement was crazy gorgeous!

I seriously considered snatching it and running for the 

door.....but I didn't think my chances of a clean get away

were very good!

At the very end of her presentation, Els

made a bouquet of tulips and presented them to 

Papaw!

It was a very touching moment with applause

and a couple of tears!

What stunning colors!

Papaw was sweet enough to share this 

lovely bouquet with me....

.....he has a mischievous cat who I think 

he was a bit concerned about.

These tulips remind me of the lovely and talented 

lady I was lucky enough to meet.

Els, here's to 40 more years of 

gorgeous and remarkable floral design!

You have some devoted fans here in Texas!

Until next time, Glitterinas,

Tammy