Cherry Blossoms and Roses

I had a couple of my pink and orange English roses left and I have been working on some other projects that used cherry blossoms so I thought these two worked well together. I decided to make several cherry blossoms so that I could finish this piece today and post on Etsy.

So pink and so pretty!

More Clay Arrangements for Friends and a Fundraiser

I've spent the last 2 days working on a couple of arrangements. One is for a little giveaway I'm doing with my wedding industry friend her pre-Valentine's Day party and the other is for my uncle's adult education school called Skills Plus, a center that assists stroke patients to regain functional, cognitive, social and physical skills back.
My aunt asked me to help out this year as many companies who used to donate items for their fundraiser could not this year. I have been trying to help out more in the community with donating my flowers for fundraisers and events. All the proceeds from this event go directly back to Skills Plus to help stroke survivors. It's important to me to help my uncle because two of my mom's siblings both suffered from a stroke and I think it's very important that they have schools such as this to help them regain their lives back.

Anyway, I'm in the "SPRING SEASON" mode (so ready for winter to be over), so I decided to make some beautiful arrangements of poppies, peonies and ranunculus. The one for the party is more as a pre-Valentine's Day theme and instead of doing red roses, I did different shades of pink in a mint julep cup. Very romantic.

The one for the fundraiser is very vibrant with poppies and orange ranunculus in a glass cylinder vase with green viburnum and some filler greens.

Custom Arrangements for a Candelabra

A very good Etsy customer of mine asked me back during Christmas to create a holiday arrangement for this handcrafted wrought iron candelabra she bought. She sent me the piece and I created a centerpiece for it. She brought it as decoration for her company Christmas party.

She liked it so much that she decided she wanted to have 2 more arrangements that she could put in the candelabra at different times of the year. She fell in love with this purple wrist haku I made a while back and she asked if those colors and flowers could be incorporated. She also wanted a fall color bouquet. She left that one up to my creative judgement. I decided to do burgundy red dahlias, mango callas, yellow freesia and light orange ranunculus with monkey tail fern curls! So this is out it all turned out. Without having the candelabra this time, it's hard to know if it's going to work, but I think it will look stunning and now she has 3 arrangements to put in the beautiful black iron piece to enjoy year round!

I love my clients, especially those who love to buy my work time and time again! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Clay Flowers = Versatile Art Decor

I am currently working on a project with my dear friend and fellow artist, Stacie Tamaki and I had to come up with something for our collaborative piece. So, after I finished the arrangement, I liked it so much that I wanted to make another one (slightly different since this one wasn't going to be a collaborative piece) so that I could sell it on Etsy. The reason why I titled this post "Clay Flowers = Versatile Art Decor" is because of the container in which I decided to use for the arrangement. It's a white-washed wooden frame box that can either be laid flat on a table and serve as a beautiful table centerpiece, or it can be hung (there's hardware on the back to hang the frame box) on the wall and serve as three dimensional flower wall art! This would make a great flower arrangement for a welcome reception table at a wedding next to the guest book.

I have so many different containers that I seriously need to start making flowers for so that I can sell them and get rid of my inventory of containers and vases! So, here's hoping that January will be very productive in terms of loading up my Etsy shop, get ready for my first Wedding Faire at the Ralston Mansion in Belmont, CA and also get my orders done for my clients! Here's to a busy and successful 2009!