Garden Art Party #2 - A Great Success!

Saturday was forecasted to be stormy for our Garden Art Party, but I'm so happy to say that the weather didn't deter people from coming and shopping. Granted there weren't as many people there as we had planned, but for those who did come, they were so impressed by all the art to pick. So many of them said it was so hard to choose which one they wanted because they were all so beautiful.

We had offered light refreshments for our shoppers to enjoy. Since I was so busy trying to make all the flowers and get the studio ready i didn't have time to make anything homemade, but I put a personal touch to the drinks, tea selection, etc.

The above picture is of the center table that had some of our art, the publications we were recently featured in, a guest book and a chance to enter a drawing.

I made signs for the tea and put them in these really cute bamboo wooden boxes. I used zenatona's logo image with my orchid logo!
Using our two logos I covered the Italian Soda bottles with our own custom labels!Signs with special Garden Art Party pricing and my single flowers just to help beautify the signage. Turns out people wanted to buy the flowers that weren't for sale!This is one of zenatona's new pieces - "ember". This is my latest of the LONG list of favorites of her work!We had a table for gifts $20 and under with my notecards, and zenatona's 8x10 prints and magnetic bursts of color.

It was an awesome day, even though it was dreary outside, the studio was bright and so vibrant with color inside! Lots of interest in people hosting their own garden art parties for us to come and share/sell our items in the spring, interest in family portraits and custom pieces!

We hope to do this again in the spring or summer time and share with you again all the new prints and clay floral art we've created between now and then!

Thank you to all who came and purchased our art. We sincerely appreciate your business and hope that you or the one you purchased for enjoys the art we've created! We're looking forward to the next Garden Art Party, rain or shine!

If you missed out and would like to see our work or purchase one of our works of art, please visit us at:
zenatona - www.zenatona.etsy.com
DK Designs - www.dkdesignshawaii.etsy.com

More flowers for the Garden Art Party on Saturday

It's been a busy day, made flowers for a few more arrangements and had time to shoot one that I had completed a couple of days ago. I hope to finish flowers for a few more arrangements before putting the flower making for Saturday's Garden Art Party to bed. Plus I have a wedding order due on 12/26, back East so I have to start working on her order tomorrow. Not to mention start getting the studio cleaned and rearranged for the Garden Art Party and prepare the food. The above image is my interpretation of "quench". I love these two tone orange and pink roses. So vibrant.
This particular purple anemone with light purple garden roses seems to be my most popular piece of late. I think because of the striking balance between light and dark purples. I thought it was fitting to use zenatona's "balance" canvas print with this photo. It is a perfect "balance" between light and dark and I realized the texture in the black sand is similar to the texture in the center of the anemone flowers!
This next piece is my interpretation of "blush". Such a beautiful combination! This is the first time I've tried to compliment "blush" with my clay flowers.
Here's a work in progress. Final photos will be updated tomorrow. I still have to paint the orchids and varnish the anthuriums, but I love how this pandan box from Eco-Friendly Market looks as the vase for this arrangement. I created this piece to go with zenatona's "sunkiss" print. It's my all-time favorite image Debbie captured. It is the essence of Hawaii in my mind.

The last piece is a yellow ranunculus arrangement. I made some for my "sunkiss" piece and decided that it was such a beautiful color that I would create some more for a smaller arrangement and I love how it looks against "maya". One day I hope to create something specific to go with "maya" because it is OH SO BEAUTIFUL! :)
Well, back to my studio to create more flowers. The turn out is expected to be pretty good on Saturday. Looking at probably 25-30 people if everyone shows so I'm excited to see and hear what people have to say about our work!

Countdown to the Garden Art Party

I'm getting really excited about the Garden Art Party with dear friend, Debbie Friedrich of zenatona! We had a great catch up session and were ironing out all the details for Saturday's wonderful event. I've been continuing to create pieces. In total as of tonight I have 9 new arrangements to showcase and sell. Hopefully I will have plenty more as I have a few more arrangements I want to create using zenatona art as my inspiration.I decided to make a piece that goes with "breeze". Granted there are no teal colored flowers, but I had this stunning antique style mercury glass vase that was the perfect teal color. So I decided to create ranunuculus and debated what the other flower would be. I had already done dendrobiums so I had hoped to do something different. I had a left over flower from Sally's order and it hit me... gardenias! So this is how it turned out. Then another idea hit me, take a photo of our 2 pieces together! All I have to say is absolute PERFECTION! I'm not trying to sound conceited in the least bit, but I truly see how Debbie and my art go so well together. I think our creativity and encouragement is deeply rooted in our friendship. We are so supportive of one another, always try to encourage and throw out ideas to help grow and blossom. :)

The other two prints of zenatona below are "peace" and "bee polly". One of Debbie's motto's is "adding juicy bursts of color to your home" It's interesting because honestly when I first started doing clay flowers, I had the worst eye for color. I had a hard time trying to do bold or vibrant colors and I was stuck on pastels. Somehow I broke out of that shell and I can see just how vibrant and juicy my flowers have become. :)I decided to take a couple other pictures of my work and Debbie's so you can see just what I mean. I hope that the people who come to the Garden Art Party will see how well these two arts pair together and will want both pieces to showcase in their home or give as gifts. Well, back to work, lots to do before Saturday...