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	<title>Designer&#039;s Notebook</title>
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	<description>Thoughts From The Tuileries</description>
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		<title>A Fairytale Wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, in New York City a fairytale wedding occured.  The sun was shining and the sky was clear and blue.  The bride and groom were to be married at the Essex House right off Central Park. The bride carried a lush bouquet of all white peonies, caramel garden roses, creamy gardenias, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Birch Bark Vases</title>
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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&#8217;s market, or your local nursery and place them in a homemade birch covered vase.   Here are some of our industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destination Summer</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 4th of July!</title>
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		<title>Just Married!!</title>
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Congratulations to our wonderful &#38; fabulous flower designer Nina and her husband Harun on their recent wedding! Here are some images of the enchanted evening&#8230;

*Venue:Hotel on Rivington
*Photography: Neil Rasmus 
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		<title>Summer Has Arrived!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The long awaited first day of Summer has officially arrived and we couldn&#8217;t be more happy. We hope yours is off to a wonderful start! Here&#8217;s a sneak peak at our fresh Summer Collection of lush blooms in mouth watering berry hues&#8230;stay tuned for more to come.
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		<title>Legends, Myths &amp; Fairy Tales</title>
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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 &#8220;Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales&#8221;. 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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shall We Dance?</title>
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The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House hosted it&#8217;s annual Gala this month titled &#8220;Shall We Dance&#8221; at Sotheby&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ballet Hispanico&#8217;s Spring Gala</title>
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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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		<link>http://www.chestnutsnyc.com/blog/events/ballet-hispanicos-spring-gala/</link>
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		<title>Glamour Luncheon</title>
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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&#8230;

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