The hardest thing for me to learn was creating a bow of ribbon. I kid you not. My hands felt like they were contorted, mangled and flat out like they were made of stone. It took me a whole month to get the hang of it with out dropping loops and ending up with crippling hand cramps.
The trouble was definitely worth it though. I am amazed at how many shops and designers can't tie a bow by hand. You can instantly tell just by looking too.
We were always receiving requests to make bows for lots of things. Cars, wreaths and so on.
It has gotten to the point that you almost don't even look at what you are doing while you are making one and they still turn out great. Bows are such an integral part of being a florist too. We made hundreds of bows for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, proms. Whew.
The yards of ribbon have just a seemingly endless parade around the shop over the years. Miles of it. I wonder if we made it to the moon and back with all that we used over our 19 years of designing.
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