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- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - UK & NI
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - UK & NI
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - UK & NI
- How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - UK & NI
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - UK & NI
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - UK & NI
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - UK & NI
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- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - With post to Ro Ireland
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - With post to Ro Ireland
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - With post to Ro Ireland
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - With post to Ro Ireland
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - With post to Ro Ireland
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - With post to Ro Ireland
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - With post to Ro Ireland
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- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - Europe
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - EuroZone Post areas
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - EuroZone Post areas
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - EuroZone Post areas
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - EuroZone Post areas
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - EuroZone Post areas
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - EuroZone Post areas
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Books with postage to non-Euro Europe
- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - European Post areas
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - European Post areas
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - European Post areas
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - European Post areas
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - European Post areas
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - European Post areas
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - European Post areas
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Books with postage to the USA
- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - With post to the United States
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - With post to the United States
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - With post to the United States
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - With post to the United States
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - With post to the United States
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - With post to the United States
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - With post to the United States
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Books with postage to Canada
- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - With post to Canada
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - With post to Canada
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - With post to Canada
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - With post to Canada
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - With post to Canada
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - With post to Canada
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - With post to Canada
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Books with postage to Australia
- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - With post to Australia
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - With post to Australia
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - With post to Australia
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - With post to Australia
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - With post to Australia
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - With post to Australia
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - With post to Australia
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Books with postage to New Zealand
- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - With post to New Zealand
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - With post to New Zealand
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - With post to New Zealand
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - With post to New Zealand
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - With post to New Zealand
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - With post to New Zealand
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - With post to New Zealand
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- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - with post around the world
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - with post around the world
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - with post around the world
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - With post to New Zealand
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - with post around the world
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - with post around the world
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - with post around the world
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Books with postage to India
- How to.. Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design - 'My Little Black Book' - with post to India
- How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs - with post to India
- 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design - with post to India
- New book - How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - with post to India
- How to.. Festive Winter Floral Designs - with post to India
- Booklet 1 - Five days in a hotel bedroom - with post to India
- Booklet 2 - Winning thruppence shaped my career - with post to India
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Flower Arranging Books 'How to Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design'
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From Beginners to Advanced Flower Arrangers and Florists - understanding how to Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design enables you to create floral designs of distinction. This book from Gill McGregor steps you through each Element of design and how they each need to satisfy the Principles of design - supported with over 150 different floral designs - and 240 different images - to Inspire!
Over 240 photographs visually illustrate over 150 different floral designs,  from gifts and designs for the home to Designs for Shows and Exhibits, Wedding Designs to Funeral Work, created to guide the reader through a process to discover How to Apply the Elements (Colour, Form, Texture, Space, Line) of Floral Design and how they should satisfy the Principles (Balance, Rhythm, Dominance, Contrast, Scale, Proportion, Harmony). Find out how much more creative you can be when you understand the Es and Ps - My little Black Book - How to Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design. 120pages including covers & index with Full colour photography and supporting text.
Published: November 2017
ISBN: 9780992933241
About the author Gill McGregor
Price: £16.99 In Stock
Written by: Gill McGregor
Published by: Gill McGregor College Publishers
Available in a handy A5 portrait format in Paperback
As a NAFAS National Flower Arranging Teacher, a Qualified Floristry Teacher and NAFAS Flower Arranging Demonstrator and Nafas Area Judge, Gill McGregor has specialised in Contemporary Floral Design and knows how important it is to create designs by Applying the Elements of Floral Design to create Floral Designs with distinction - £16.99 + UK post - other country's postage varies.
"My little Black Book - How to Apply the Elements and Principles of Floral Design ".
ISBN 978-0-9929332-4-1. Full colour photography and supporting text, A5 portrait, 120 pages including covers.
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How to.. Make Living Vases, Screens and Structures for Contemporary Floral Designs | How to Make instruction with over 160 photographs for 50 floral designs | Book price £9.99 | Plus UK P&P UK & NI Only |
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50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Designs | Seventy different floral designs of distinction illustrate the 50 Techniques | Book price £9.99 | Plus P&P UK & NI Only |
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Booklet 1 "Five days in a hotel bedroom" | How to make instructions for 15 Contemporary Floral Design Ideas & Techniques | £1 donated to Cancer Research UK for every booklet purchased | Booklet price £5.99 | Plus P&P UK & NI Only |
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Booklet 2 "Winning thruppence shaped my career!" | How to make instructions for 18 Contemporary Floral Design Ideas & Techniques | £1 donated to Cancer Research UK for every booklet purchased | Booklet price £5.99 | Plus P&P UK & NI Only |
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50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design, Booklet1 & Booklet 2 | £2 donated to Cancer Research UK | Three Book Total £21.97 | £1.50 P&P UK & NI Only |
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How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation | Over 40 different contemporary floral designs, supported by over 140 photographs with concise construction methods are included in this new Contemporary Floral Design ‘How to’ Wire Manipulation Book Design Concepts for Florists and Contemporary Flower Arrangers |
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Wire Manipulation, 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Design, Booklet 1 & Booklet 2 | £2 donated to Cancer Research UK | Four Book Total £31.96 | FREE P&P UK & NI Only |
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Festive Winter Floral Designs - Contemporary & Traditional Flower Arranging | Over 150 photographs & instructions to make over 30 different flower arranging designs | Book price £9.99 | Plus UK P&P UK & NI Only |
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Flower Arranging Credentials
Gill has performed 100s of Floral Art demonstrations and entertained 1000s of club members at NAFAS Flower Clubs in the London and Overseas, Home Counties, East of England, Kent, BBO and Surrey Areas. A Flower arranger since the age of 11, Gill was on the adult flower arrangers, competitor’s circuit at the age of 14; winning a host of different competitions and awards. At 16 Gill performed her first Floral Art demonstration and became a qualified NAFAS Flower Arranging demonstrator in 1992. As a fully qualified Flower Arranger Gill has taught Traditional Flower Arranging and Contemporary Floral Art classes and workshops; receiving hosts of compliments for their course content and her teaching delivery. For many years Gill was a Floral Art scheme adviser for City and Guilds and wrote the current suite of C&G Level 1-3 Flower Arranging qualifications. Flower Arranging has always been Gill’s passion and she continually strives to design and develop new Floral Art Techniques and Designs for the Floral Art World.
Floristry Credentials
Gill McGregor NDSF is a fully qualified florist holding the Society of Floristry NDSF Diploma, equivalent to the current Level 5 C&G Floristry qualification, a fully qualified Further Education (FE) teacher and the holder of the Certificate of Education. Gill's expertise for developing courses is achieved through her vast experiences; in the management of thriving retail floristry businesses in London for 12 years, running a floral and balloon decorating business specialising in wedding designs and decor and participating in wedding fashion shows. As Gill’s passion and enthusiasm for teaching developed Gill successfully grew and headed up an OFSTED Grade 1 Floristry department in a specialist FE College for many years.
Heavily involved in the promotion of the Florist industry Gill participated in the writing of City and Guilds Floristry qualifications for over 20 years and has demonstrated Floristry skills and techniques at eminent Floristry shows in the UK, Essen, Paris and Kansas. Gill received the prestigious City and Guilds silver medal (highest accolade) for her achievement in the Level 4 Floristry Business Procedures qualification in the UK. Over the years Gill has taught 100s of Floristry students with many running successful businesses in London and the Home Counties.
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