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Join paper artist Amity Katharine Libby as she gently guides you via "anytime" video learning. You will build confidence in your hands-on skills, deepen your understanding of botany and the plant world, and create a handmade paper flower bouquet!
Over seven lessons, you will hand color and hand craft a paper flower bouquet suitable for a wedding, elopement, hostess gift, centerpiece or other special occasion.
In this series you will complete three simple foliages and four flowers for a total of 21 stems, increasing in difficulty. You will spend time conserving your work before arranging.
While the title of this series is #7DAYBOUQUET (hashtag seven day bouquet) - you can take as long as you need between lessons. It is designed for beginners seeking a focused visual learning experience to create a finished paper flower bouquet.
This course includes:
Captioned process videos
Printable manuals
Short Skills videos
Course Curriculum
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PreviewIntroduction and how the lesson will work
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PreviewExamples from those who have taken the course
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StartSupplies for this lesson
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StartSkills in this lesson
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StartPrintable Foliages Manual
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StartSize Estimates
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StartEucalyptus Templates
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StartSeeded Eucalyptus Templates
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StartSolomon's Seal Templates
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StartPreparing the wires
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StartCutting the Solomon's Seal foliage
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StartGluing the Solomon's Seal foliage
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StartCutting and gluing the Eucalyptus leaves
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StartCutting and gluing the Seeded Eucalyptus leaves
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StartMaking the seeds for the Seeded Eucalyptus
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StartCutting the remaining foliages
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StartNotes before assembly
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StartProcess Video: Shaping and Assembling the Foliages
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PreviewIntroduction and how the lesson will work
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PreviewExamples from those who have taken the course
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StartSupplies for this lesson
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StartSkills in this lesson
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StartPrintable Zinnias Manual
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StartCutting the ombré and green crepe
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StartMaking doublette from the green paper
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StartMaking doublette from the ombré paper
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StartCutting, assembling, and shaping the centers
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StartCutting and fluting the green petals
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StartCutting the ombré paper and green paper
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StartNotes before assembly
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StartProcess video: assembling and shaping the zinnias
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StartChallenge: alternative center
Your Instructor
A Master of Science in Education with a dozen years in the classroom, plus roles writing curriculum, connecting classrooms, writing policy, and organizing data, Amity is a teacher, writer, artist, and friend.
She is the principal behind the creative education studio, flower and jane. Her online art school features teaching artists from around the world with over 1500 students enrolled in creative botanical education courses.
Amity and her family live in a family cottage surrounded by tall pines and ancient apple trees in the midcoast region of Maine. They love to have adventures in nature!
Amity has been featured on Channel 8 News, DownEast, Veranda, and the Bangor Daily News. Her artwork is represented by the Good Supply.
Amity's research on open educational resources was federally funded during the Obama administration. She has presented at the state level and internationally in the field of teaching with technology. She has written curriculum for Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens as well as for her own company and hosted two educational conferences on biodiversity and conservation for Maine teachers.