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CFAA (sēē-fáh)

CREATIVE FLORAL ARRANGERS OF THE AMERICAS, INC

A floral design association for floral art enthusiasts!

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Click on the link below for a printable copy of the CFAA 2024 Schedule:

Printable CFAA 2025 Schedule

2025       TRANSFORMED!     SCHEDULE

  DAILY


 CHÍC BOUTIQUE and Vendors open Thursday - Saturday (posted hours)
  Made-to-order breakfast buffet for hotel guests
  Nightly complimentary happy hour for hotel guests
  Lounge gathering area for CFAA 
  Bay Café and Lounge serves up traditional Coastal Florida flavors on-site
  Main Stage Designs Raffles

        WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15, 2025

 ALL DAY Ybor City (EE-bore)
 1:00 pm Columbia Restaurant Meet-up for Lunch

THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 2025

 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Ania Norwood Master Class Florida 1
 9:30 am - 11:30 am           Barb Jacobson "Alcohol Ink Basics:  Creating Fabulous Design Components"Florida 3
 open Lunch on your own

 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

 Liz Wozencraft Workshop "Hoops in Motion"

Florida 2
 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Complimentary Happy Hour for Hotel Guests Bar
 6:45 pm - 6:45 pm Kaleidoscope Exhibition ReceptionHall
 7:00 pm -8:00 pm The Georgia Peaches  Main Stage

FRIDAY JANUARY 17, 2025

 9:00 am - 2:00 pm  Lynn Fronk Master Class "Beyond the Basics"  Florida 1
 9:30 am - 11:00 am  Betty Ann Galway Workshop "Body Flower with a Twist" Florida 3
 Open  Lunch on your own  
 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm  Barb Kaytes Workshop

 Florida 3

 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm  Ania Norwood Workshop "Creating Cardboard Innovations"  Florida 1
 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm  Nightly Complimentary Happy Hour for Hotel Guests  Bar
 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm  Dinner  Dining 
 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm  Liz Wozencraft Presentation  Main Stage

SATURDAY JANUARY 18, 2025

 9:00 am - 11:00 am Brenda McManaway "Textiles 2.0"                     Florida 1
 9:00 am - 11:00 am Claudia Bates "Color My World"   Florida 3
 11:30 am -12:45 pm Annual Business Meeting/BOD Elections Dining
 Noon - 1:00 pm  Lunch  Dining
 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

 Barb Kaytes "Outside the Container" - Containerless Designing"

 Main Stage
 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm "Clean-Up Challenge"   Main Stage
 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Nightly Complimentary Happy Hour for Hotel Guests Bar
 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner Dining 
 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Ania Norwood  Dining 
 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm closing remarks Ballroom

Registration is for members only.  The registration form appears under Seminars when you sign into the website (top right corner - click on portrait icon for password instructions)  You may purchase a membership online at creativefloral.org/membership  Refund requests for the seminar are to be made through the registrar at CFAAregistrar@gmail.com. There is a non-refundable administration fee of $50 retained before refunds can be issued. No refunds issued after Jan. 3, 2025.  Any fees paid will be considered a donation to our nonprofit organization.  Participants must be registered for the event to enter any workshop on that day.  Hotel reservations are preferred at Embassy Suites by Hilton Airport Westshore Hotel.  LInk to the Hotel Reservations  here.  You can also call the hotel at 813-875-1555.  Ask for the "Creative Floral Arrangers of the Americas 2025" special rate.   ($219/night plus taxes and fees for single, double occupancy, additional adults are $20).  There is a limited number of rooms available at the group rate.  The cut-off date for the group rate is Jan. 5, 2025, or until our block of rooms are reserved. CFAA pays for the rooms not filled if we do not meet the minimum number of hotel nights paid during this event, per our contractual obligation.   All registrants have the option to have other registrants see your contact information in the registration form.  (The list of attendees is shown on the website, only to registrants.)  All registrants are also members. 

COMPLIMENTARY for CFAA Hotel Guests:  Made-to-order breakfast buffet, Nightly happy hour reception, Guest room internet access, Hotel airport shuttle.  Overnight self-parking $9.00 per night plus tax, which is half-off their standard rate.

Click the link below to see printable CFAA 2024 Seminar Schedule:

CFAA 2024 Schedule Feb 22-24, 2024.pdf

Upcoming events

    • 15 Jan 2025
    • 10:00 AM
    • 19 Jan 2025
    • 12:00 PM
    • Embassy Suites Tampa Airport Westshore
    Register

    This year's seminar featuring

      Ania Norwood,  AIFD, CCF, EMC.

      Liz Wozencraft.

      Barbara Kaytes. 

      Lynn Fronk, NGC Master Judge and Floral Design Instructor. 

     

       Join us!  Become a member here.

    Play with us!   Scroll to bottom of page and click "REGISTER"

    Stay with us!  Make your Embassy Suites CFAA special rate reservation here.



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