Pinks, Yellows and Shabby Chic!

I know it's officially Fall and we are nearing Thanskgiving, but my two favorite seasons are Spring and Summer. Plus today is a dreary and cloudy day, so I needed something bright to cheer me up. I had several flowers left from the photo shoot I worked on last month and I haven't had the time to decide what to do with them, until today.

I found some great buys at a local craft store as they were closing out these wonderful shabby chic style wooden vases that were blush pink/brown with the word "Spring" and a cute bird painted on them. I finally decided to use one of the two boxes I found. I just love how it turned out.

This lovely piece is 12x12x10" overall and it's so bright and cheery. Pinks and yellows, full of peonies, garden roses, English roses, ranunculus and tulips. It just makes me smile when I see this piece.

So click here if you're interested in purchasing this piece!

Custom Floral Arrangements

Well, I'm a bit behind in blog posts as you can tell. It's been very hectic the last several weeks with orders, special projects and the first week of school for my son.

This first back blog post is about several custom floral arrangements that I worked on for a client overseas. I'm very excited about this business opportunity as my flowers would be marketed to customers in this fabulous country! I can't yet tell you where, but I'm very happy to see my business growing.
My client asked for 2 of each size arrangement as well as a sample bridal bouquet to show some potential customers at a big meeting later this week.

She searched my thousands of images that I have online and found several bouquets she really liked and asked if I could recreate them or something close to it. These are a sampling of what I sent out last week.

Hopefully in the not so distant future, lovely clay floral arrangements might be sitting in the homes of people in far off places!

Custom Floral Arrangement - Phaleanopsis Orchids, Lilac, Lily of the Valley, Roses and Sweet Peas

One of my friends and past clients asked me if I could create a custom piece for her sister who just graduated with her PhD in Nursing. We had discussed maybe created a gift for her a couple of years ago for Christmas, but she decided to wait and gift her sister for this momentous occasion.

She saw one of my previous arrangements I did for another client but asked me to include magenta and a little bit of tropical. I gave her some ideas and she decided to go with phaleanopsis orchids. I think it came out beautifully and so does my friend. :)
Another custom floral arrangement to share tomorrow with you for another repeat client and fellow blogger, for her daughter's special birthday all the way in Portugal! More about that later...

More Orange, Green Ivory and Brown...

My client Priscilla also asked me to make a centerpiece for her reception table. She gave me a list of the flowers that her fresh florist is using. She mentioned orange and white orchids, green anthuriums, green hydrangeas and lilies.

I decided to stay true to those flowers and came up with this design. I decided to add the monkey tail fern curls since she has a hint of brown in her wedding colors. The order is almost complete, I've got a few menus, a guest book sign and escort cards to make and the order will be done.