White Ranunculus Bouquet

My client Christine asked me if I could make her bridal bouquet, groom's boutonniere and cake flowers. I wanted to share her white ranunculus bridal bouquet. So simple yet so pretty!

Bouquets to Art - zenatona and DK Designs' Style!

This year is the first year I'm attending the Five Star Aloha Gala event in probably 5 years. This one is not to be missed. I was fortunate to be allowed to have a display table of my work and I asked the coordinators and Board of Directors of the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce if I could share the space with my good friend Debbie Friedrich of www.zenatona.etsy.com. I thought Debbie's work really personifies the "Aloha" spirit we all share! She has graciously donated 3 of her wonderful bursts of juicy "aloha" prints for the silent auction & raffle. We're also going to be sharing a table and I thought it would be great to create clay floral pieces that go along with her beautiful canvas art prints.

I haven't completed all the arrangements, but I started playing around with some of the flowers/concepts along with zenatona's canvas prints. The first one I decided to play with is "float". It's one of my absolute favorite prints she created.

Anyway, I consider this our very own Bouquets to Art concept, my interpretation or inspiration from her amazing canvas art prints. I think Debbie and I should take our show on tour! LOL. :) I'll share more images as I complete the pieces. If you're going to be in the San Francisco area and are interested in attending the Five Star Aloha event, please visit, www.hccnc.com for ticket information.

A Very Special Lei...

For the past 3 years, I've been creating a 3 strand pikake and 2 strand pakalana lei that is mounted in a shadow box with an award plaque for the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce of Northern California's Five Star Aloha Gala. This award has gone to the likes of Sam Choy, Wally Yomanime and June Jones. It truly is an honor to be asked every year to create such an award. I think because the clay flower lei is so unique and not your typical award is why the honorees enjoy them so much. This is a work in progress. I still have some mounting to do to the background, but I just took these shots after I finished the lei itself.
If you'd like to attend the event, visit www.hccnc.com. I've been super busy today making the flowers for various display pieces I will be selling as well as a silent auction arrangement as well. Lots of flowers to make!

A Splash of Citrus Color

Unfortunately I can't elaborate on this piece other than it's for a dear client of mine who's wedding I did last year. She asked me to create this piece for someone special to her for a special occasion and requested specific flowers. I just love the juicy citrus colors of this one. So light and happy. Just thought I would share it with you today.

Red & White Bouquet Order

My client Whitney found me via my Etsy site. She asked if I could make her flowers for her wedding. Initially she liked this fall bouquet I had made for my client back in August/September. She finally decided on red roses, white stephanotis with crystal centers and she asked me if I could add some green elements with some branches which she liked from one of my spring like bouquets.
We did her bridal bouquet, 2 bridesmaid bouquets, 3 wrist corsages, stephanotis hair flowers, and 6 boutonnieres. The order will ship out tomorrow. I love the texture and dimension that the branches and the green fillers add to this otherwise traditional bouquet of roses and stephanotis blossoms.
I'm busy working on flowers for a lei for a charity event and I'm almost done with the last 50 flowers for that. Pictures soon, I promise. After those 50 flowers are done, I have a bouquet of all white ranunculus to make for another bride to start working on. Never a dull moment in my world.
Best wishes to Whitney and her fiance!

Varying Shades of Pink - A Calla Lily Bouquet

My bride Katherine asked me if I could do her bridal bouquet, 2 bridesmaid bouquets and a matching groom's boutonniere. She sent me a photo of varying shades of pink calla lilies in a bouquet and asked if I could so something similar. She wanted the bouquet stems to be wrapped in white and crisscrossed with black. This is how the bridal bouquet turned out. Katherine is not getting married until August but she has a bridal photo session coming up next week and asked if I could at least get her bouquet done in time. So this bouquet is shipping tomorrow and I hope to finish her bridesmaid bouquets and groom's boutonniere in the next few weeks. This is my last post for the evening. I have to get back to work on my next order of red roses and stephanotis flowers that need to ship on Saturday. Lots of stuff coming up to do this week. Hopefully I'll also be launching a new product on my Etsy site! :) Will keep you posted on that. :)

Daisy Hair Flowers

I had a client recently contact me for African daisies and then she decided on gerbera. Then when it came down to it, she went back to daisies again, but not the African daisy type, more of a traditional one, but with a gerbera style center. Sound confusing? Well, let the pictures do the talking... LOL! :) I think these came out super cute. The bride will have a large and small one, the bridesmaids will have medium sized ones and the flower girl will have a petite one to wear. I love the colors...