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!!