Tulips in July!!

Tulips, callas and fresh lavender!!

Summer 2010

This summer was a smashing success!! I am so sorry to have taken so long to blog about them!! I promise to blog on a more regular basis..I have so many beautiful bouquets to show you!!! This stunner was a mix of our fresh flowers most of which we grew at the cutting garden this summer!! I love to mix the heights on centerpieces half tall half low!! Especially in a fantastic room like this!

May 2010 Centerpiece

Centerpiece, spring flowers in lavenders and purples

James and Nancy May 2010

Hi Kindryn! Wanted to say thank you so very much for the beautiful flowers and all of the arrangements. I dont think they could've been anymore perfect! Everybody was just gushing at how absolutely beautiful they were! They are actually still living very nicely on my table right now! It was all very beautiful and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Absolutely beautiful! Wish we could have seen you later that day, I really wanted to thank you in person after calming down, But Thank You So Very Much! James and Nancy

Bridal Show

PDN Bridal Show is upon us again!!! It will be on March 7th at 10am....Elks Club, Port Angeles...We are doing the stage decor for the fashion show...this year the venue is much more intimate than in years past, our contribution to the show will be a living chandelier!! A three tier piece, full of fresh flowers in white, creams and yellows, feathers and crystals...The theme is a wedding made in Heaven...I chose the round shape to emulate halos and the colors to give it a real heavenly feel .......Im shooting for a real show stopper!!! I will post pictures! We are going to be offering a bridal show special, our booth will be full of fabulous pictures of our flowers......accompanied by examples of my work... so come see us!!! Can't wait to see you!!

Winter centerpieces

The winter season is a good time to experiment with other textures in your centerpieces it doesn't have to just be our traditional holiday favorites like evergreens and holly. For your holiday table or your winter weddings...Fruit is FUN!!! look at this cut open papaya, the soft peachy color and black seedy center perfect eye candy. Other fruity favorites are, tangerines, grapes, apples, pears and limes...I also love to use walnuts, Cinnamon sticks or mossy branches....Winter may seem to be cold and barren in the garden, but our table scape's are far from it...make yours abundant, lush, use colored glass or your mothers silver serving bowl as a flower container...its all in the details, use ornaments for favors or napkin rings...express yourself and create memories!!!

Fall Centerpiece

This fall centerpiece I had the pleasure of doing in California, I picked 90% out of my mother in laws garden, yes in November...I found rosemary, Ivy, acorns, verbena, grasses, leaves, pods, and a few beautiful bloomers I was unfamiliar with...I added some roses from the local market and turned her once wood candle holder into a 4ft long rustic thanksgiving centerpiece..You can turn any candle holder into a centerpiece if you have the right mechanics... I filled the holes with a foil lining and added wet oasis, then created each little arrangement to flow into the next to make one cohesive arrangement..add some vines for movement and some sunflowers for show... Since I was unfamiliar with some of the flowers and foliage, and the mechanics were such that it could not hold extra water... I did not expect it to last more than a day, like most event flowers they need to be at full show for only a moment..but to my surprise it was still beautiful when we left for home 4 days later...