As always, Minette and her staff provided a warm and welcoming classroom - complete with morning coffee and light breakfast, a catered lunch, afternoon treats, and her wonderful Southern hospitality. Thank you Minette!
Ron's class was full of students from all over the world...and it was such a pleasure getting to know them over the weekend as we discussed our businesses and our love for cakes and sugar art! Here are some photos from class...
Making buds and orchid centers:
Getting ready to dust:
Rack full of flowers drying:
Time to paint:
Ron posing with one of his Dancing Ladies (photo by the fabulous Kate Essenberg):
Ron and Minette dusting flowers (photo by Kate Essenberg):
Pretty pink Dendrobiums:
Some of my orchids...Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium, Denrobium and Oncidium (Dancing Ladies)...and we were working on the Cattleya orchid too!
Ron's gorgeous work...they look stunning all together on this tray:
What a fabulous three days...thank you for the wonderful hospitality Minette! And thank you, Ron, for sharing your incredible talent with us!
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