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So you’ve seen the finished product. Here’s how we made our Rose Magazine page-o-flowers happen:
Here’s Stacey Wang working on the tiny rosebuds that comprised our logo.
Here, Claudia Palma wrangles with the onion seeds we used for black text. We learned later from the pro builders that ground onion seed is a lot easier to work with.
We purchased all our flowers in downtown L.A.’s flower district.
The plan of action, like the sunlight, quickly faded into general guidelines.
These purple orchids were my favorite flowers used in the design.
SGVN Metro reporters Ryan and James graciously pitched in to finish off the thick band of yellow flowers.
I think this is the point where we began to see the light. It was finally coming together (nevermind the letters scattered here and there).
Spelling it out for the Rose Bowl teams.
The green pom-pom flowers were really difficult to work with, but they had that dramatic pop of color that we ended up loving.
That’s SGVN Night City Editor Kate Kealey, in red, finishing up the second yellow band.
And the carnations — those huge swaths of white and red — were a wee bit difficult. They have ridiculously thick stems below each flower bud.
Claudia finessing the last details before the late-night photo shoot. We wanted to capture the flowers on film before they started to wilt.
A little hairspray makes the petals glitter under the hot lamps.
(Photos by Evelyn Barge / Staff)
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