About this Video

• Video Title: A Day in the Life of a Florist | Designing for Betsey Johnson
• Channel: MANGO
• Speakers: The speaker's name is not explicitly mentioned in the transcript. The speaker refers to other people, including Laia, Jules, and Lauren.
• Duration: 15:50

Introduction

This video documents a day in the life of a florist, focusing on a large floral installation for Betsey Johnson. The video follows the florist from sourcing flowers at the market, through the design and installation process, to the final reveal and client reaction. It also incorporates personal reflections on the challenges and rewards of the profession.

Key Takeaways

• The challenges of sourcing: The florist highlights the stress of sourcing flowers, emphasizing the seasonal nature of the market and the pressure to have the exact amount needed.
• Teamwork and collaboration: The video showcases the collaborative nature of the floral design process, emphasizing teamwork with colleagues Jules and Lauren.
• Overcoming self-doubt: The florist shares a personal journey of overcoming self-doubt and embracing opportunities, tying this experience to the success of the Betsey Johnson project.
• The importance of action: The video promotes taking action to achieve goals, suggesting that self-doubt can be overcome by simply starting and persevering.
• A fulfilling career: The video paints a picture of a busy but fulfilling career, balancing the hard work with moments of satisfaction and celebration.

[Music] [Music] we have such a long day today guys it is so early um but today we have a fountain installation for bsy Johnson we need to get to The Venue by 2:00 to begin loading in and begin installing everything so that means that I need to go to the flower market at 6:00 in the morning and it's currently 6:05 I plan on heading to the market at 6:30 we have to pick up a zip car downtown as well and after we pick up the zip car we will head to the flower market and begin sourcing I'm honestly kind of nervous to record at the market today I have never vlogged at the market it's like a pretty serious time for a lot of people and a lot of floors who are shopping so I think the last thing somebody wants to see is someone taking their time vlogging but you know what I'm going to be that person today okay cuz nothing is ever too [Music] serious but anyways it's almost time to cut my bang soon because they do this like weird s sweep thing when they get too long I just have to style them right [Music] [Music] now I think laia is still sleeping we all need to head out so we definitely need to wake up [Music] you know sometimes I look at myself in my bangs and like I think they look really cute and then sometimes I'm like do I look like rocki from arto it's almost like an identity crisis when I look in the mirror from time to time on my good days I am go go Yari on my bad days I am broccoli here we are I think she looks good just going to add a little bit of [Music] eyeliner [Music] great literally struggling to get pants on every [Music] morning I recently got these new shoes from Morel and I love them I think I'm going to wear them today they should be cute with with my outfit it's really dark out it's around 7 in the morning winter yeah we are we are finally in the zip car going to make our way over to the flower market oh my God so [Music] Prett we're finished [Music] guys [Music] is um this is everything hopefully we have enough can figure it [Music] [Music] out [Music] okay so the least enjoyable part for me is now over everything is packed in the back sourcing is honestly the most nerve-wracking part for me during this whole process because you just you just never know what you're going to get at the market everything is seasonal everything changes from one day to the next and all of that gives me anxiety but we power through it regardless it's I guess kind of helping me unlearn the control freak aspect that I kind of hold on to a lot of the times we are currently heading over to the studio right now where my other Flores friend named Jules is waiting for us she's great so let's go how do you feel tired me coffee I probably said that like 10 times already I'm like is she this is Jules hi the greens are very much me this is very you that one there yeah so we are done processing flowers I was so nervous that I wasn't going to have enough but we actually I think we have enough I think we have exactly the amount that I need this one event I did for topicals I was so scared that I wasn't going to have enough but I actually ended up having exactly enough like down to the last stem and it was was perfect it was abundant it was full so I'm kind of trying to nail that again I have like this game I play with myself of how many times in a row can I get just enough flowers and hopefully today is the exact [Music] amount this is look at the decent amount and the dogs like all sleeping together my husband does [Music] like those smoothing [Music] blankets so we are now now starting on the fountain and it's actually the base is a lot bigger than I thought Lauren is here we are currently kind of halfway through the mark of the fountain I feel like I kind of freaked out for no reason everything is great everything is good so [Music] yeah so we are on the final leg of everything and hoping that everything works out we'll see Lauren and juel just foraged a bunch of greens how do you feel foraging for the first time good umor guys we did it it we killed it Betsy Johnson pulled up and she was obsessed with it I'm so happy that she loved it I can't wait to get photos back and I am taking Lauren out to eat now because Lauren works so hard today and we're going to go get some sushi and shrimp and then we're going to go grocery shopping and get home so I can cuddle with Sesame excited [Music] we are officially in Trader Joe's now we have a few things we need to pick up anything that you want I feel like every time I come here and I look for something I specifically need it's never here like for example right now I really need arugula and there is no arugula I have never had yogurt pretzels I wish they were like strawberry yogurt that sounds good we are now at gon's and hopefully they have arugula here we'll see if not then I don't know what to do this is not arugula they actually don't have arugula oh wait I found it they do they do have arugula how do you gentrify a rugula like that it's very tiny you know what crazy is like what's Tiny to us is probably normal in other countries I remember when I used to go back and forth with from Europe to visit Lauren I was like why are these onions so small but those are actually the normal size onions and the onions we have in the states are huge and like genetically modified so if this is organic baby arugula and it's tiny this is actually probably the size that they're supposed to [Music] be what is one dish that you have the most difficult time making making I feel like if anything it's like certain sauces what sauce just like any kind of sauce that is like for for appearance basically and for presentation those sauces are just hard that's one nobody likes to butt anyways we're officially done shopping I can go home and be FP now for the rest of the week Sesame oh [Music] [Music] [Music] hi [Music] I cut my bang a bit shorter than I expected but everything's going to be okay it's going to be okay anyways guys today was a very long day we ended up going to this place called Volcano which is like this chain Asian restaurant honestly that food was good any food is going to taste good when you've worked hours I am really proud of myself this year because I have been in Floral Design for the past like I don't even know I've worked as a cashier at a plant shop flower shop in high school and eventually after I got kicked out of college that I will explain in another video I decided to come back as a assistant on flower floor so I spent like the first 6 to 8 months of my life washing buckets cuz cuz that's just like how the culture was in Floral Design back then that's why I say a lot of florists that are new have it pretty easy these days washing my face with boad by Aron I used to use this all the time and then I just sto using it I'm kind of back into my foaming cleanser again which really does the job but as I was saying I've been in the flal industry game for quite some time now but I don't think that I've really been taking my business or myself seriously until the this year isn't that crazy to say but yeah like I always knew that I was really talented I always knew that I had an eye for design or just had an eye of like putting things together aesthetically I think what I lacked is the self-confidence to really put myself out there this year is the year I decided to really just say [ __ ] it and put myself out there and it's been going pretty well most of the times what we need the most behind our ideas and dreams is the action and effort for a long time I doubted myself and and for a long time I also let other people let me doubt myself as well whether they might be people who felt insecure or threatened by my ideas or people who also didn't believe in themselves and let a lot of these people get into my head and make me believe that things wouldn't work out for me if I made a decision to take that next step and because I constantly F myself with self-doubt and just a constant that's too big of a dream or that's not going to happen that is what my reality became I really have to just throw myself out there no matter how much I didn't want to do it and there was a point in time where I just was so tired of constantly minimizing myself constantly making myself feel small because I feel like I didn't deserve to take up that space or I didn't deserve to claim all those good things that I wanted you know I was always that girl that cared so much about how I was being perceived or how cringe I was if I were to do what I really wanted to do or go after the things I really wanted to go after I cared about what people said about me and I cared about knowing my place and it's such an Eastern Asian mindset too I don't really know about other cultures like that but knowing your place is like such a big thing and that mindset was so heavily embedded in myself that it actually carried over into my later years where I feel like I I don't deserve those things I really need to know my place and it was such a toxic mindset that I really had to unlearn and now that I'm finally here and I've mov move past all those feelings of inadequacy and insecurity I feel like I'm in a place where I can allow myself to claim the good things that I want I can allow myself to take up space and it feels good and I'm happy and I feel like I'm receiving the things that I deserve just because I took that step so I'm hoping that if there's anyone out there who's scared to take that next step who's scared to post their work or promote their art or apply for that job or ask for that promotion I say just do it make a plan and take that first step and just do it because you really never know unless you [Music] try