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November 2013
Lana’s Lines
Isn’t this a wonderful
time of the year? We’re starting to pull out our sweaters, the
days are now shorter, and it’s dark at
6:00. The holidays are upon us as we prepare for Thanksgiving and the holiday season.
SAFD has had an extraordinary Fall season with
our wonderful events we have done. My sincere and
There is something planned for everyone.
heartfelt thanks to all who chaired and participated
Please come out and have some fun.
in these functions.
SAFD is also preparing for some seasonal fesOn behalf of the entire SAFD Board and mytivities we can all participate in and have some fun. self, I would like to wish all of you a blessed and
Our upcoming November program will be a special Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season.
treat with Bill Morgan doing his unique and creative
designs. Bill is always a favorite presenter and you
are sure to be amazed with his talents
Our first bus trip is November 20. That’s going to be fun for all who signed up as we have a
guided tour highlighting Tea Across Houston. ComThe inside story...
munity Affairs workshops are scheduled on November 23 AND December 12.
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Comm Affairs: Oct Workshop
NOTE: Our December general meeting date
Comm Outreach: Judy Dierker
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and location changes to Tuesday, December 10 at
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Christ the Good Shepherd Catholic Church. This will
be a combination meeting and
Nov/Dec Workshops | Bus Trip
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hands-on workshop with Pam
Sunshine Committee
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Bates and Diana Hanley conducting
the workshop. I encourage all of
Comm Outreach: Humble HS
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you to come and join us for the
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holiday festivities. If you are interAt a Glance
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ested in designing a unique, fun-toDesign Tip
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make holiday design for your
home, please sign up for the workBuying Power & Tax Notes
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shop. You can also just observe if
Membership
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you like.
Lana
Board Members
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The next SAFD meeting is November 19, 2013 @ 6:30
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October Community Affairs
Halloween and fall colors were the theme of
three designs created during the October workshop.
These cheery flowers were set out in the dining hall of a
local assisted living center.
meeting and you will receive an email with the room
location for the workshop. Bring your floral scissors.
Our next Community Affairs workshop is Saturday, November 23rd at 10:00 a.m. We will meet at
Christ the Good Shepherd. Sign up at the November
Pam Dube
Community Outreach - Judy Dierker Craft Show Tea Room
October 17th Diana Hanley led volunteers in
assembling gorgeous fall centerpieces for the annual
Judy Dierker Craft Show Team room. While everyone
was busy learning how to turn Aspidistra leaves into
ribbons and how to pick the leaf covered orbs, Pam
Dube was designing the larger centerpieces for the Tea
Room’s long tables. The only thing missing from this
event was … you! Get involved - join us for our next
workshop!
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November Presenter - Bill Morgan
SAFD welcomes Bill Morgan of Breen’s Florist as
our November 19th presenter. Born and raised in California, Bill nurtured his creative flair by learning set and costume design, then moving on to floral design. He has designed florals for movie and TV sets and cruise lines,
taught floral design at Cal-Poly State and Ceredos Jr. College in California, and now will demonstrate to us the art
of designing with high density foam as applied to floral
armature. Shown at right is the piano from Bills “Dinner
with Lee” tablescape from the April 2013 SAFD Tabletop
Gala. We invite you to join us Tuesday at 6:30 for social, 7 pm meeting
time to enjoy the presentation by
Bill Morgan. Expect to learn some
“tricks of the trade” from this very
talented designer. Available for raffle will be designs in foam forms think butterfly, clock, frog, high heel
shoe, bird, etc. It will be an intriguing display!
Upcoming Workshops
November 23 Community Affairs
Get in the Thanksgiving spirit and sign up for
the next Community Affairs workshop. Pam
Dube will be leading you in creating Thanksgiving arrangements on Saturday, November
23rd at Christ the Good Shepherd Church on
Klein Church Road beginning at 10 am.
Please bring your tools (clippers) with you.
Sign up at the meetings or email Pam at
pamdube@sbcglobal.net.
December Workshop
In lieu of a meeting we will hold a
workshop on December 10th at
6:30 to create a Christmas design.
This event will be held at Christ
the Good Shepherd. Anyone may
attend, but to create the design
please sign up and pay $30 for the
cost of materials. You will take the
Teleflora design shown at right.
Pam Dube - Community Affairs Chairman
More details will be available at
the November meeting.
November Bus Trip - Aida Quesada
The bus trip in conjunction with Teas in Texas
Tours takes place this Wednesday, November 20th. The
bus will leave the parking lot of the Barbara Bush Library
around 8:30 am. We look forward to hearing all about the
group’s adventures visiting the Pioneer Memorial Log
Cabin Museum, various team rooms for tea and biscuits,
lunch at Your Cup of Tea, and then tours of Victorian era
homes in the Heights. If there are any spots that come at
at the last minute
we will let you
know at the November meeting.
Aida Quesada
Sunshine Committee
SAFD would like to express sympathy or bring a little cheer to any SAFD member who may be ill. If you know
someone to whom we can send a card, please contact Barb McCallister, email barb.mccallister@gmail.com.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the following:
Aida Quesada and Debbie McNerney as they battle illnesses.
Debi and Ray Davis as Ray battles illness.
Martha Els, on the passing of her brother.
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Community Outreach - Humble High School
True to our motto, SAFD has reached out to share the knowledge with the community. Martha Els presented a corsage class to a group of Humble High School students, giving
them an opportunity to learn and work with flowers. From the looks of all the smiles, I would
say that these students were quite pleased with their designs. Thank you Martha for reaching out to these students and inspiring them with your talents.
October 2013 Meeting - Rebecca Sherman
Rebecca Sherman is a
transplant from Oklahoma who has
made her home in The Woodlands
and her name known in Texas as a
talented floral designer. Glorious
fall colors were featured in Rebecca’s presentation. Her arrangements led to a frenzy of raffle ticket
purchases before she even completed her final presentation.
Design 1. Rebecca’s first
design was a low arrangement featuring High End Blooming roses,
red chrysanthemums, Ivanhoe
greenery,
seeded
Euchalytus,
Solida (also known as goldenrod). A
strip of birch was cut with scissors into
narrow ribbons and intertwined into the
arrangement. This is the perfect arrangement for a dining room table.
How often do you take cut stems
and discard them? You will re-think this
when you see the garland Rebecca created from clipped stems strung along
bullion wire. The garland was wrapped around an
orange which became the focal point of the next
arrangement.
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October Meeting - Rebecca Sherman (Cont.)
Notice the moss covered foam at the base of Design
2. Rebecca prefers to use moss rather than greenery.
Lay your moss over wet foam, and spray the moss
with water. Push stems through the moss into the
foam. The orange, wrapped in the stem garland, was
impaled on a pick, inserted into the foam right
through the moss. The birch twigs are laying atop the
foam and secured by pins. Inserted into the foam
was wired wheat, looped Aspidistra, High and Blooming roses, Solidago and preserved leaves.
Design 3: New tin containers from Southern
were feathered, which Rebecca complimented by
adding a band of bark, accented by a bead wrapped
in wire. Three containers were used to create a long
centerpiece.
Flowers
used
amongst the containers were High
and
Blooming
roses,
Alstroemeria,
gourds
from HEB, Hypericum berries
(stripped
of
leaves). To connect the three
vessels she used lily grass braded by button wire. The
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grass was looped and tucked between the containers.
A bow created of burlap ribbon, tied with green wire,
was tucked into one of the containers.
Design 4: Tall stems of birch tucked into a
woven basket created a vegetative parallel design.
The birch confined the flowers, with no flowers escaping the perimeter of the vessel. Tucked into the
birch was Solidago,
purple Liatris spicata,
sometimes
called gayfeather,
red knockout lilies,
yellow yarrow, purple seafoam static,
and tulips. A garland of preserved
leaves wired into a
length of bullion
wire was wrapped
around the design to
finish.
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October Meeting - Rebecca Sherman (Cont.)
Show below is the garland created from wire and pre- ceived value” of a design. Height adds value to an
arrangement.
Rebecca uses natural product and often scavenges. She and her co-worker would go on drive bys
to inspect plants in public and sometimes private
landscapes. Under cover of darkness they would return to collect their spoils. From such an excursion
came the Horse apples (fruit of the Bois ‘d arc tree) in
served leaves. This garland was wrapped around the
tall twig Design 4.
Design 5: Rebecca’s assistant, Mike, made the
armature of birch and bittersweet for this design.
Into this Rebecca wove red callas. In the base of the Design 6. Around the main components (Horse apdesign was a pave of Red Rover chrysanthemums. ples) were added kale, green fall leaves, Safflower,
Lotus pods and Safari Sunset were added as accents. green wheat, and seeded eucalyptus.
The flowers chosen all reflected the red container.
Inserted into an armature of Bittersweet for
Design 7 is High and Blooming roses, gorgeous yellow
gerberas, Alstroemeria, Knock Out lilies, Red Rover
chrysanthemums, pepper berry, and seeded eucalyptus. We were all interested in how this design would
be bound, and to our delight Rebecca used gold flat
wire. A properly formed hand-tied bouquet such as
this will sit on its stems. Once trimmed, this bouquet
was found to be perfect as it sat up regally displaying
its gorgeous flowers.
Thanks Rebecca for a wonderful presentation!
Safari Sunset was stripped of the leaves, and she kept
the stems for later use in another design. It is her
estimate that this design would sell for between
$140-$200. Rebecca says there is a “value, and a per-
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At a Glance
MARK your Calendars !!!!
Sign up for these Events !!!
Event
Date
Details
SAFD General Meeting
Tue. 11/19 at 6:30
CCCC the Forum Building
Bill Morgan
Breen’s Florist
Bus Trip
Tea in Texas
Leave Barbara Bush
Library at 8:30 am
SIGN up ToDaY!
Wed. 11/20
Guided Tour highlighting
Tea across Houston
$ 30.00 including lunch
Community Affairs WS
Thanksgiving Project
Assembly - Sat. 11/23
at 10 am
Christ the Good Shepherd
18511 Klein Church Road
Pam Dube – CA Chairperson
pamdube@sbcglobal.net
Cell 281-731-6825
SAFD General Meeting
Hands on Workshop
Tue. Dec 10 at 6:30 pm
Christ the Good Shepherd
18511 Klein Church Road
Diana Hanley and Pam Bates
Details to follow
Must pay in advance for materials!
Community Affairs WS
Christmas Project
Assembly - Thurs. Dec 12
at 7 pm
Christmas Project
Call Aida for details
Notes
Aida Quesada – Bus Trip Chairperson
Cell 713-530-7667
Aida5555@hotmail.com
PAY now for this Bus Trip!
Design Tips
Have you ever had the head of a flower pop off in
an arrangement or hand-tied design? Certain flowers need a little help to keep them sturdy. Take a
look at how Rebecca Sherman used decorative wire
to add strength to these stems.
SAFD MISSION STATEMENT
SAFD is a non-profit organization authorized under the IRS Code Section
501(C)(3). SAFD promotes the study and
enjoyment of floral design through volunteerism, educational programs and
community involvement. Monthly programs consist of a featured speaker, top
floral designer, or hands-on classes in
fresh/silk arrangements. Raffles are held
for the arrangements and the proceeds
are used for the charities supported
by SAFD.
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Your SAFD Buying Power
Craftex Wholesale
7215 Ashcroft
Houston 77081
713.771.6691
Silks, books, and ribbons
Garden Expo
1221 West 20th St.
Houston 77008
713.861.5100
Nursery—-live plants
Pikes Peak of Texas, Inc.
4340 Directors Row
Houston 77092
713.686.4500
Fresh and permanent flowers
Wednesday – 20% off supplies
Something Special
12703-A Cutten Rd
Houston 77066
832.249.8607
Permanent plants and flowers
Southern Floral Co.
1313 W.20 St.
Houston 77008
713.880.1300
Fresh flowers and supplies
Tuesday – 10%; closed
Saturday
Taylor Wholesale
1601 21st St.
Houston 77008
713.869.7481
Fresh flowers and supplies
Greenleaf Wholesale
2112 Leeland
Houston 77003
713.223.0299
Fresh and permanent
flowers. Tues. 20% off
floral supplies
Weatherford Farms
13223 Murphy Rd.
Stafford 77477
281.498.7261
Green and blooming plants
Benefit of Membership...
With your paid membership
you receive a card that gives
you the privilege of purchasing flowers and hard goods
from the wholesale companies listed here.
Present your membership
card at time of purchase.
You are required to pay
states sales tax on your purchases. We ask that you respect this privilege by not
sharing the SAFD account
information with the general
public.
SAFD Tax Notes and Membership
Did You Know…
• SAFD is a 501(c) tax exempt charitable organization.
• You can deduct your miles involving SAFD business.
• You can deduct your membership dues.
• You can deduct your donations for raffles for
tabletop (cash or items donated).
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You can deduct items used for your tabletop display as
long as it is not used for your personal gain.
SAFD Membership
You do not need to be a florist to join SAFD, you
only need to love flowers and design, or have the desire to
learn. If you would like to join SAFD next year, please fill
out the Membership Form available on our SAFDHouston.org site. We look forward to seeing you next year,
and hope you will not only come to our monthly meetings
to learn and enjoy , but will also join us in our workshops
as we create arrangements for the many facilities we
serve.
If you download your membership form, please
bring the form to the first meeting, or mail the form to:
SAFD, P. O. Box 683166, Houston, TX 77268-3166.
You can deduct items donated for our Community Affairs care arrangements.
Just be sure to keep good records and copies of receipts
for your CPA and your files. I will qualify this with “be sure
to check with your CPA” if you have any questions. These
could be subject to interpretation by your CPA and will
depend on your filing status as to whether they qualify to
be deducted. But who knows, it may be worthwhile to - Debi Davis, Membership
keep track of these expenses.
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Diana Hanley, Treasurer
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SAFD 2012—2013 Board Members
President
Lana King
Vice President/Tabletop Chairman
Jan Beall
Secretary
Dianne Abrahams
Advisor
Sharon Barton
Program Chair
Martha Els
Program Chair Assistant
Cheryl Bonner
Treasurer/
Website Coordinator
Newsletter Editor/
Website Coordinator
Publicity
Diana Hanley
Social
Yanick Stam
Membership
Debi Davis
Historian/Parliamentarian
Debbie McNerney
Community Affairs
Pam Dube
Communications
Diane Smith
Sunshine
Barbara McCallister
Scholarship
Lana King
Special Events
Aida Quesada
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Pam Bates
Cissy Antona
713.416-2746 C 281.890.4489 H
lanaking@aol.com
281.352.3209 C 281.370.2316 H
Janbeall1861@yahoo.com
281.352.3209 C 281.370.2316 H
Janbeall1861@yahoo.com
713.822.3680 C
crbartcom@aol.com
713.818.1224 H
dianneabr@hotmail.com
713.459.8790
cheri_lynn@live.com
832.465.3518 C 281.890.4704 H
shanley313@comcast.net
281.468.3822 C
ibpamelac@att.net
281.376.4955 H
RickA@cdshouston.com
281-251-1936
ystam@comcast.net
281.797.1976 H
Debi@Debisue.com
281.251.3800 H
debbiemc57@sbcglobal.com
281.731.6825 H
pamdube@sbcglobal.net
832.717.5204
drsmitty27@gmail.com
281.719.8421 H
barb.mccallister@gmail.com
713.416-2746 C 281.890.4489 H
lanaking@aol.com
713.530.7767 H
aida5555@hotmail.com
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Join Us—Become a SAFD Member
Society for the Advancement of Floral Design (SAFD) Membership Application
To become a member of SAFD, return this application with your check for $45 or $30 if age 65 or over.
Make your check payable to SAFD. Mail to address below:
SAFD, Inc.
Membership Chairman
P.O. Box 683166
Houston, TX 77268-3166 (You must include the 3166 in the zip code)
Check one: New Member_________________ Renewal of Membership ______________________
Amt. Pd._________________ Date pd.______________ Check #______________ Cash_____________
Name_________________________________________________________ Birthday (M/D)_________
Mailing Address: Street________________________________________________________________
City, State, & Zip______________________________________________________________________
Home Phone #:_____________________ Work #:__________________ Cell #:____________________
E-mail Address:________________________________________ Fax:____________________________
Each member is expected to participate in making our club successful. In an effort to encourage participation and
recognize individual talents, please complete the information below.
I can help with the following:
______Help set up for meetings; clean up after meetings.
______Help set up for events such as Tabletop Gala, workshops, etc.
______Make phone calls to SAFD members as needed.
______Make programs, invitations or signs, etc., for events such as our annual Tabletop Gala.
______Solicit items needed for raffles or silent auctions.
______Bring snacks to the meetings or workshops.
______Help with fresh flower mini-workshops, i.e., helping with shopping for flowers, etc.
______Help with silk floral arrangements for Community Affairs. (No skill needed – you will receive training.)
______Help plan monthly day trips to interesting destinations within 150 miles.
I would like to see the following class or workshop ____________________________________________
I would be interested in starting____________________________________________________________
I would like more info on the annual SAFD scholarship___________
Please offer any topics or suggestions you have for speakers or topics for the future:
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Do you have any of the following skills? If so, check: Computer_____ Crafts____ Accounting____
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