Bear Grass and Our Latest Wedding

I had some extra bear grass lying around and remembered an idea one of our bride's moms had shown me from an interior design magazine. I gave it a try and I think it turned out pretty great! Just a spare empty bottle, grass, a bright sunny daffodil from my garden and some natural twine. It'd look even better with a grouping of a few of them at different heights. I can't wait to use them at an event.

We also had a busy weekend with a small wedding and an event at a local private school. Here are a few photos of the wedding bouquets, which were a bright cheery mix of spring flowers like ranunculus and tulips in peach, orange and yellow tones.

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A Spring Birthday

I did a 50th birthday party a week or so ago. It was a fun one for a few reasons. First, they are just about the nicest people and so great to work with. Second, because the guest of honor loves hot pink and orange. It's so fun to get to work with bold color every now and then. With so many great spring flowers in the flower markets, I was immediately drawn to the tulips! Gorgeous. The ribbon and butterfly details finished them off for a fun party vibe which perfectly suited the guest of honor.

One of the guests liked them so much we are converting them into her December wedding centerpieces! Instead of lemon leaf we'll use cedar and juniper. Where we had tulips we'll use beautiful wintry white amaryllis and roses and black velvet ribbon with a sprig of evergreen as a vase treatment rather than butterflies. With the changes, I think they'll be stunning and totally seasonal.

Peacock Feathers

I'm loving peacock feathers lately so I created some boutonnieres with them and I think it adds such great texture, iridescence and color to the flowers.

This one is pairs the feather with a white anemone, in season now, a golden birch twig and a butterscotch ribbon.

In this version I also included a pink tulip and changed out the ribbon for a regal purple. Nothing matches but everything coordinates perfectly.

The feathers are also amazing in bouquets, centerpieces, tucked into napkins - the possibilities are endless.

Launching Our New Blog!

I'm so excited to be posting my very first blog entry. I hope you will comment on what your read and see here often.

To kick things off, I wanted to share two photos of the arrangements I created for the New Britain Museum of American Art's dinner this past weekend. I wanted the arrangements to capture the spirit of the Valentine's Day weekend while providing a reminder that spring is right around the corner (I hope!). -Christine