...wispy wreaths :)

If you're toying with the idea of making your own wreath, all you need are a few materials and 30 minutes out of your busy schedule :) I've laid out what I've done to make the below wreath so that anyone interested can loosely follow these instructions.  

1. Coil your grapevine into the loose size and shape that you like. Towards the end, twist your vine into the sprayed twigs. This will hold your wreath together naturally without having to tie twine or ribbon around it. 

2. After deciding upon your top and bottom,  twist a piece of chicken wire to the bottom-left of your wreath.  Also add ribbon, twine, or wire to the top so that you will be able to hang your wreath on your door or wall. 

3. I cut these leafy greens from my backyard and placed them into the chicken wire, and coiling a few twigs around the sides to give balance to the wreath. 

4. Here I used white mums and white cabbage/kale however you can choose your own color palate and Fall flowers to fit your taste and occasion. I chose one "mass" flower and placed it on the bottom while clustering some supporting flowers around it. Finally I speckled some of the remaining mums I had around the wreath to tie it altogether. 

The final product, a light wispy wreath :)

...exercising !!

Exercising my creative juices that is (although I should probably try to hit the gym at some point as well)! While I've been working nonstop at my internship with Karen Bussen in the city (check her out at karenbussen.com if you haven't heard of her!) the downside is that I've also been slacking :( on my blog and have been in a kind of creative funk for a while. Thanks to our glorious Independence Day and a little bit of chance, I have FIVE days off this week!! What am I doing? I'm soaking up all there is to see and experience during this fabulous time of year in NYC. I plan to walk the High Line, visit the Alexander McQueen show at the MET, be blown away by ABC Carpet and Home on Broadway, see an independent movie at the Anjelika Theater on Houston St. and practice my flower arranging! Packing right? I also plan to fit in a friend's birthday party, a bbq, and some firework action as well :)

Yesterday I picked up a bunch of flowers and decided I was going to make a garland and share it with you all. Follow the steps to make your own!! 

What you'll need:

Sheers

3" wires

vase for keeping flowers in water

Flowers!! (it's nice to have a few blooms and a few leafy greens to make a full and lush garland)

Step 1. Divide your flowers into groups and then cut to desired lengths (you will be making tiny bouquets)

Step 2.  Take one of each bloom and couple leafy greens and create a small bouquet. Then wrap one of your 3" wires around the bottom to secure. They should look almost like over-sized boutonnieres. 

I like to have a small vase around so I can keep all the small bouquets in water while I'm working.

About 15 bouquets shown here.

Step 3. Simply take one bouquet and begin wrapping wire around the bottom of another. Continue until you have only three more bouquets left. 

When this happens, just turn the bouquets the other way so that you are adding on the last three in the opposite direction. Hide any wire or empty patches remaining leaves and blooms!

Hope you enjoyed the quick tutorial! It was lots of fun to make and I can't wait to share the rest of my week with you :)

...pressed flowers

I had a bit of a color theme going on with this pressed flower arrangement :)

...green :D

Here are a few of the green-themed flower designs that I have been working on!

Taken in my wonderful room which is clearly a mess

This is a green-themed triangle arrangement that I did at school...taking something like this on the train is impossible.

just because. these colors are beautiful.

...Saipua!!

Saipua is a blog that I regularly follow and LOVE! Their arrangements are absolutely gorgeous and are always so full of dimension and texture. Here is an arrangement they just recently did.

Pictures are from Saipua's blog.

...horizontal table decoration

This is my latest creation!!

I <3 flowers!! 

...mami flower design school

Mami Flower Design School is where I'm studying in Tokyo, but they have hundreds of schools all over the world. They have some of the most innovative ideas and are always hosting shows and lectures. Here are some pictures from my school in Tokyo. Enjoy :)

...my flowers!

Sometimes work comes home...and sometimes it's not such a bad thing.