Some New Arrangements for the Garden Art Party

It's that time again to create some pieces to sell for the Garden Art Party that zenatona and DK Designs are hosting at the DK Designs studio this coming Saturday. We had such a wonderful time in San Diego in October doing the 1st Garden Art Party that Debbie Friedrich of zenatona had envisioned that we decided to do it up in the Bay Area! The above arrangement was inspired by zenatona's "posey" print.
These are a couple Christmas inspired arrangements I created. Granted the orchids and tuberose aren't flowers you consider to be Christmas flowers, but the greens and whites really accent the deep reds of the anemones and the English roses. I love the top one because it reminds me of a Christmas ornament on the bottom and it's fun and whimsical with the berry branches the greens fillers and the red glitter embellished petals!I cannot take credit for this wonderful idea. It was all Debbie's vision and she was so sweet enough to ask me to be her partner in art for the Garden Art Party. Granted the one on Saturday will not be in a "garden" environment due to the weather and the fact that I don't have a nice garden, but it was great timing since my studio is essentially done.Here are some new pieces that I have made to sell. Some of them are inspirations from zenatona art, but some of them are just my own clay version of juicy bursts of color (another phrase that zenatona art epitomizes).
I'm very excited for Debbie because she was just featured in the premiere issue of Real Word Magazine which was released late last month. She's branching out and adding other items to her collection such as magnets, large prints, and a few other things she's creating. Her eye for photography and her heart is truly amazing. I'm so honored that she has asked me to be part of this Garden Art Party venture and hope we'll take it on the road!

Whatever doesn't sell next Saturday will be posted on my Etsy site for sale. I will honor the 10% discount on these items, but you'll only have 2 days to take advantage of the sale, unless I decide to extend it so you never know. :)

DK Designs - New Clay Flower Creations

I've been busy at work trying to complete some custom, exclusive design work for a wholesale client of mine. Although you'll only be able to purchase these items through the online retailer when they become available, I wanted to just share the new flowers I've been perfecting and trying to design. I did poppies before, but I've spent some time trying to get them just right and I think I'm pretty darn close. I really love this bouquet of spring flowers and it consists of so many of my favorite flowers. It's always hard to give these arrangements away because when I put my heart and soul into it, I wish I could keep it!

The other flowers that have become so popular of late are these blush pink anemones and sweet peas. It's a very monochromatic color scheme between the anemone and the sweet pea flowers, but I think it's a subtly beautiful arrangement and the black really contrasts to the light blush pink hues in the flowers and the vase. Normally when you see this type of wedding bouquet, there are no greens, but because it's a vase arrangement I added some greens to kind of break up the pink, especially since I used a light pink mercury glass vase. This is the first time I made sweet peas and since I couldn't get the actual flower to try and replicate, I had to replicate what I could see in my flower books. Not bad for looking at a flat image. Once I can find it I will definitely be buying a bunch so I can really get it to perfection!

I'll keep you posted when my exclusive designs for my client become available on their online retail shop, but for now, here are images to give you inspiration on what is possible with clay flowers!