Designer's Notebook

Are you having an outdoor garden party or maybe even a BBQ and are looking for a fresh idea to dress up your tablescape?   Gather a variety of blooms from your garden, farmer’s market, or your local nursery and place them in a homemade birch covered vase.   Here are some of our industry secrets to make your next party a one of a kind fete.

Materials:
Birch Bark
Scissors
Cylinder Vases
Hot Glue Gun
Brown Leather Rope or rafia twine
Your choice of flowers

Instructions:
1.Wrap birch around the vase to measure how much you’ll need for each vase leaving about a 2 in seam of bark overlapping. Glue the birch together.

2. Once the birch is wrapped on each vase, cut enough leather rope or rafia twine to wrap the vase twice and then tie with a bow.

3. After the vases have been complete, add your favorite flowers (we chose a variety of seasonal white blooms). The overall look of the flowers should be airy – make sure to include green accents – our favorite is scented geranium!

To complete this tablescape, collect a crisp white linen cloth, mason jars, galvanized tins, and rattan chargers.  If the party is in the evening intersperse pillar candles enclosed in lanterns between the flower compositions to create an enchanting finishing detail.

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Debuting our latest ready to gift collection, we created 2 different color palettes inspired by our favorite summer pastimes – travel and romance.

Escape to a faraway locale with this vivacious Moroccan Spice collection.  Inspired by the vibrant hues of the Middle East, each flower composition is bursting of spicy and sizzling heat.  Rich colors coupled with exotic blooms and intricate details create the perfect summertime gift!

Another popular summer destination is Europe where you can visit dreamy castles and romantic gardens.  Travel back in time with Marie Antoinette with this summer bliss collection.  Inspired by the enchanted grounds of Versailles, each flower composition is painted with soft textures and a picturesque silhouette.  Dreamy antique tones coupled with whimsical blooms and elegant scents designed in charming shabby chic vases create the perfect gift for the hopeless romantic.

To learn more about the ready to gift collections, please visit our website.

Happy Travels!!

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Congratulations to our wonderful & fabulous flower designer Nina and her husband Harun on their recent wedding! Here are some images of the enchanted evening…

*Venue:Hotel on Rivington
*Photography: Neil Rasmus

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The long awaited first day of Summer has officially arrived and we couldn’t be more happy. We hope yours is off to a wonderful start! Here’s a sneak peak at our fresh Summer Collection of lush blooms in mouth watering berry hues…stay tuned for more to come.

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The Horticulutural Society of New York hosts the much-anticipated spring gala of flowers and design annually, and this year their theme was “Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales”. A lot of designers went with a garden theme for their tablescapes but we decided to go the magical route with fairy tale inspired colors like delicate pinks, pretty peaches, soft lavenders, creams, golds, and icy blues. Tissue-like blooms were used at the base of our lavish centerpiece and hundreds of pastel ribbons cascaded down to give our table a lavish yet delicate faity-tale ending.

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The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House hosted it’s annual Gala this month titled “Shall We Dance” at Sotheby’s Auction House. The black-tie event was honoring Albert Hadley to benefit Lenox Hill. There were so many dazzling tables this year filled with unique and enchanting designs. For our table, we decided to go for an elegant and glamourous look with a sleek black linen, crisp white napkins and delicate white flowers designed in silver and smokey vases.

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Not a dull Monday in New York City today. Ballet Hispanico threw a 40th Anniversay Celebration Spring Gala at the lavish Plaza Hotel honoring Vin Cipolla and Nilo Cruz. The luscious deep reds and soft whites filling the room only complimented the already-luxurious decor.

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We were asked to put together fun and spring-like arrangements for a lunch that Glamour magazine was hosting today for the unveiling of their app on the new Apple iPad. Yellow tulips in white vases seemed so appropriate…

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Another addition to our spring collection is the ultra lavish Jewelry collection. Composed of bright jewel toned colors and rich textures, it speaks for itself when it says glamourous. Sometimes you just need to add a little spice in your life and in what better way, than with an eye dazzling bouquet that will sparkle like a gem anywhere you place it!

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