5/25/2010

spring flowers 101 class results...

This was a night class devoted to spring flowers. We played with different types of daffodils, spirea, astrantia, hyacinth, fritillaria, geranium, muscari, hellebores, tulips, queen anne's lace, goosenecks, and lots more to create large organic looking arrangements in stone urns. So fun...

Looking at these photos makes me miss the spring, it's 80 degrees in NYC today, and I don't do well in heat (and neither do my flowers!!)...







5/03/2010

Good morning industrious flower students!
I'm looking at Constance Spry's work this morning. She was sort of the MFK Fisher of flowers...She taught women how simple flowers and foliage plucked from yard and garden could be used inside to brighten the home. I'm crazy about all her work. And it's inspiring me to learn and grown my own flower practice...

Nicolette and I are so busy lately with our own wedding/events work. We have two peony classes coming up that we're over the moon about...and then...what? I had a fantastic lunch with Julie and Nick of Confetti System fame last week and we talked about doing a collaborative class geared toward brides who wanted to make their own flowers and paper favors...we also talked about the end of the DIY wedding movement, so go figure.

There's also a Pink/Copper color class in the works, a class about fall fruits and foliage and we'll definitely be doing a dahlia class...

I want to teach more, but I also have a lot to learn myself...

Sarah