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Spring Bulb Workshop

3/31/2015

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Some people celebrate the unseasonably warm start to spring by donning flip flops and taking lunch outside to start working on their tan.  Floral designers are a little less enthusiastic, because we know it means the season for spring flowers will be over before it really begins.  80-degree weather in March ushered in summer flowers, so it was just in the knick of time that we held our Spring Bulb workshop here at Royal Bloom.  We procured some of the last daffodils, narcissus, and amaryllis of the year, along with tulips, which are available year-round.  

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A great time was had with the amazing ladies attending this month's Royal Bloom Workshop! We learned about true bulbs and the difference between bulbs and corms, rhizomes, and tubers.  Students experienced hands-on how delicate bulb stems can be, and did a great job gingerly working with materials to create their own whimsical arrangements to take home. 

I splurged a little on the bulbs because I have a hard time passing up my favorites. They selected from a variety of tulips (parrot, French, double, fringed, standard), a hybrid ivory daffodil with peach center, a bright yellow daffodil, peachy pink hycinth, blue muscari, apricot amaryllis, and fragrant lily of the valley. They chose between two projects: a tall arrangement with  a dramatic branch of blooming dogwood as it's structure, or a cheery patch of wheatgrass filled with "planted" bulbs.
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The elusive Poppy

3/20/2015

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Happy first day of Spring, everyone! To those that still find themselves buried under mounds of snow, may this be a small ray of hope to encourage you that things are about to change. Poppies are strange and wonderful plants, rather finicky, but oh-so delicate and stunning. They have the essence of wildflowers, but don't be fooled, they are a high-end bloom, and around Silicon Valley, they are not simply growing in a field to be picked at whim. However, if treated gingerly, they put on a joyful show that is worth the investment. 
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For this Atherton event, our client wanted to feel as though they stumbled upon a cheery patch of flowers in a meadow, with rustic bark, and wild grasses. We had to be sure the flowers  coordinated with the stunning  artwork that hangs where guest will be dining.  Well, you know we love a good theme at Royal Bloom! So we arranged a collection of poppies with maiden hair fern, sword fern, pieris japonica, explosion grass, hypericum berry, wheatgrass, poppy pods, and oregano, and then wrapped the base of the arrangement in cork bark. It was just the ticket! Looked as though this arrangement grew naturally in the shade of a great tree on the edge of a meadow in the Springtime. 
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A & G,  Menlo Park

3/13/2015

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For this Menlo Park celebration, we coordinated the flowers with the palette of the couple's home & garden resulting in the sweetest little backyard wedding in March! 

Masses of ivory and sunny yellow petals lined the aisle leading to the garden arch draped in seeded eucalyptus, dusty miller, Butterscotch roses, daffodils, David Austin "Patience" English garden goses, snowdrop, cociea, and craspedia (Billy Balls).

One of my favorite moments of this wedding came upon our return after the event, to retrieve the rentals. The petals from the aisle runner had been joyfully strewn throughout the entire backyard and I could just see the children dancing and swimming in them like it had rained candy from heaven (a very common response to the beloved petal runners). It makes me so happy that our work brings joy to life's most important moments!

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Ahhhh Springtime!

3/9/2015

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March. Still cool enough to enjoy Winter citrus, but just sunny and warm enough to coax the daffodils from the soil.  They don't look like much at first, but when they begin to unfurl their colorful, twirling skirts, it's like medicine for the weary winter soul.  

Even the ranunculus get pudgy this month...they are huge! There is a gigantic, new variety of ranunculus that sell for $20+  per stem, but this time of year, you might be able to find local ranuncs that nearly rival that, and naturally.

My sister-in-law, Velvet, helped me make these cheery arrangements for some entertaining up in Emerald Hills.  just can't get enough of this palette against the aqua glass. It makes me happy...even sitting alone at my laptop...I'm just a silly, smiling fool for this yummy combination! Ahhhh Springtime! 

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The season of Organization

2/20/2015

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Repurposed oatmeal cartons become office organizers for chalk, charging cords, adhesives, etc.. Keeping the clutter contained and out of sight helps me to think clearly and be more productive!   
I look forward to it all year, but especially on days when my "three square meals" are; a granola bar I found in the glove box, a grande latte, and fun size snickers in the office candy dish.  Days when I put together an outfit from whichever two items are on the top of the clean laundry pile that has been growing on my couch since last...er, month.  I daydream about it on my drive to the flower market at 4 am, when I notice in the rearview mirror that I only put mascara on one eye, and I forgot my laptop at home.  Those of you who live in the world of events will know what I'm talking about...in the middle of the chaos, I can't wait for...off season!  
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Among my fabulous flea-market finds is this antique gilded frame.  I use it to display pics from some of my favorite jobs.  Tiny magnets on either side make it easy to swap out new photos when the mood strikes.
Usually January-March, depending on the type of event service, you are regrouping from the Holidays and spending more time inside...where it's warm. Consequently, your event professionals are regrouping,  too!  Time for us to work on all the routine things 9-to-5'ers appear to keep up on throughout the year.  File those reciepts, sort digital photos into albums, answer flagged emails, get the oil changed, doctor checkup, empty the box of paper clips (that I bought in May) into the paper clip organizer (yes, it's January),  and grocery shop for goodness sake!  It's also a good time to catch up on the blogs I like to "follow",  and even post to my own blog if the winds are right!  
My clever cousin, Rebecca, gave me this great idea to store and display my earrings.  It's the easiest project you'll ever do...hang a fabulous ribbon on the wall and you'll never have to dig in the jewelry box for a match again!
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I'm a bit short on cabinet space in my studio, so a couple fabulous, square cake stands now store glassware.
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The wedding of Aren & Devin

1/28/2015

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I love adding unexpected elements into my designs, so when I received the green light to incorporate feathers into Aren & Devin's wedding flowers, I did a little jig in my desk chair. The flowers worked seamlessly with the couple's stylish garden wedding at the historic Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park. 
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I used a textural combination of "hocus pocus" roses, viburnum berries, Scottish thistle, dusty miller, eucalyptus foliage (and pods), rosemary, veronica, white spray roses, red hanging amaranthus, smokebush,  succulents. and pheasant feathers.
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Terra + Aquarium= Terrarium!  

1/24/2015

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It's always a treat to witness the variety of good ideas that come out of our creative workshops! No exception today as the ladies scooped, layered, and arranged their lovely terrariums, some in apothocary jars, others in ultra-modern globes. 

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No surprise my Terrarium has an Eiffel tower as the star... J'adore Paris!
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More fun with Google!

1/20/2015

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Never the same...but always in Google fashion!
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A fresh take on the Thanksgiving Centerpiece

11/24/2014

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I couldn't bear to see another orange and brown mum arrangement this fall, so here is how I found my respite from an overdone holiday rut. ; ) Still rich, deep and gracefully fading, as nature tends toward this time of year, but still giving Autumn her just due with romantic contrasts and unlikely textures.  
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Royal Pumpkins

10/21/2014

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Played a little hooky from work one sunny afternoon last week, to enjoy a trip to the pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay with the fam.  It was more fun than I remember transforming these iconic squash into artwork! We were like a bunch of kids- loudly chatting, laughing, and munching away while we ignored weighty business decision- making, for decisions such as..."which color glitter do I feel like sprinkling on my pumpking?"  
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I chose to go with a theme of pumpkins that would display nicely at Royal Bloom; a crown, gilded, wired, textural, LeTourEiffel and, of course, a bride & groom! 
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And the  "Steam Punk (in)"....well, I'm not sure where that one came from. But it happened. ; )
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